The National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) is carrying out the fourth round of the Omani opinion poll on the citizens' living conditions, according to (NCSI).

The survey, which was carried out from November 22 to December 10, 2020, aims to identify the extent of satisfaction of Omani citizens with some aspects of their life, such as health, environmental conditions, work, employment, entertainment, relationships, social participation and their priorities.

It also aims to identify the changes that have occurred in the citizens' situations since the end of first round of the poll in October 2014, second round of the same in October 2016 and the third round in November 2018.

The poll covered a survey sample of 3,000 individuals from across the governorates of the Sultanate, within the margin limit of error of not more than 3%, and with a confidence level of 95%.

The survey is based on using the methodology of weighting the sample so as to correspond the sample distribution in accordance with the variables of the governorate, gender, nationality of the (citizen/expatriate), educational level (less than secondary, secondary, or higher than secondary), and the age groups (less than 30 years old, 30-49 years, and 50 years and above).

The survey data is being collected through telephone communications via mobile phones, and this method saves time, effort and cost of data collection, enabling the periodic conduct of such polls.