In October, all three of IHP’s Consumer Confidence indices increased, reaching their highest levels since SLOTS began tracking in 2022. Compared to the previous month.
This analysis indicates that using individually modelled past voting choice instead of self-reported past vote choice would have provided a satisfactory solution to the problem of social desirability bias as encountered by the SLOTS survey prior to the 2024 Presidential Election.
Sri Lankans views of the country’s direction improved dramatically in SLOTS polling for September 2024. In the weeks leading up to the Presidential election, a net 43% of the public thought the country was heading in the wrong direction. This reversed after the election, with a net 5% of Sri Lankans saying that the country was headed in the right direction in the last ten days of the month, the highest level since SLOTS started tracking this in April 2022.
All three of IHP’s Consumer Confidence indices dropped marginally in August 2024 compared to the previous month.
As Sri Lankans head to the polls, large majorities of voters want the government to increase spending on health and education according to the latest findings from the Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS).
In first half of 2024, the most notable changes in voting intent were the rise in support for President Ranil Wickremasinghe as a potential Presidential candidate at the apparent expense of support for likely candidates from the NPP, SJB and SLPP.
Sri Lankans overwhelmingly cite the economy and inflation as their biggest concerns going into the September Presidential Election in the latest IHP Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) polling during April to July 2024.
The latest SLOTS polling for July 2024 shows that 72% of Sri Lankans continue to say that the country is heading in the wrong direction, while only 8% believe it is on the right track.
All three of IHP’s Consumer Confidence indices increased in June 2024.
The latest SLOTS polling for June 2024 shows that four in five (79%) Sri Lankans continue to say that the country is heading in the wrong direction, while only 4% said it was on the right track.
The latest SLOTS polling estimates show 80% of Sri Lankan adults say that the country is heading in the wrong direction in May 2024
All three of IHP’s Consumer Confidence indices changed slightly in May 2024.
Three out of four Sri Lankan adults (75%) say that the country is heading in the wrong direction in the latest IHP Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) polling in April 2024.
A workshop was held in November 2023 to provide an in-depth training to the DIAGNOSE-Diabetic Retinopathy project investigators and staff on the use of the Remidio FOP NM-10 AI-assisted digital retinal camera.
