The survey "Did we have it better then?" was conducted in April among people older than 45, covering more than 2,200 citizens of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Four percent of Croatians feel that life in the former Yugoslavia was worse and 6% said "God forbid it happened again."
Fourteen percent said they were nostalgic for the former Yugoslavia, 62% said they were not, while 22% said they were occasionally nostalgic.
Sixty percent of Croatian respondents could live in a one-party system with no problems if they lived well, 14% could live in such a system depending on the party in power, while 21% categorically said they could not live in such a system.
Only 8% of respondents said Tito was a dictator, 40% see him as a positive figure and 31% as an unconditionally positive one.
Thirteen percent of Croatian respondents remember the former federation for discrimination on national grounds which they personally experienced, while 83% feel they were not discriminated against on those grounds.
Fifty-six percent of Croatian respondents declared themselves as believers, while 36% said they were not. In the former Yugoslavia, 78% of respondents went to mass, while 38% regularly went to church or mosque.
Sixty-nine percent of respondents feel that corruption is the leading problem in Croatian society and claim there was less corruption in the former Yugoslavia. Only 2% said there was more corruption than in independent Croatia.
As for purchasing power, 28% of respondents claim they can afford more today, while 55% feel much more was affordable in the former federation.
Compared to their growing up in socialist Yugoslavia, 91% of respondents feel that children today are growing up in a less safe environment, while only 4% feel children are safer today.
Seventy-three Croatian respondents would bring back youth work drives, while 15% are against it.
Bosnian respondents generally have more positive views of and feelings towards the former Yugoslavia, with 87% saying life before was better, 66% feel that life in the ex-Yugoslavia was much better, 65% find Tito a positive figure and only 3% view him as a dictator.