Working women in Poland are more respected than house wives, but they have less job opportunities and lower payments than men, shows a survey conducted by CBOS.

Life in Poland is easier for men than women, think 39 percent of female Poles, but it is still better than it was in 1980s.

Since the transformation, women in Poland are better-groomed (claim 87 percent of respondents), they spend more time at work (83 percent), are more aware of their necessities (68 percent), females share duties with men more often (58 percent) and are more satisfied with their lives (46 percent).

Two thirds of Polish women claim that Poles show a greater respect for women who have a profession than those who stay at home and take care of the household. However, over a half of the respondents (59 percent) think that it is more difficult for women than for men to find a job, to be promoted to managerial posts (52 percent), to get a pay raise (65 percent) and to develop a career in politics (63 percent).

One of the main achievements of women after 1989 is their involvement in business. Sixty-one percent of respondents think that women have an equal opportunities as men to run their own company.

The survey titled, Women 2009, was conducted between the 2-7 June and covered a sampling of 1,000 women. (mg/mmj)