Public Perceptions of the Present and Future of Myanmar 28 3.1 Expectation of the Ongoing Armed Conflicts While more than half of the respondents are relatively hopeful that the ongoing armed conflicts could end within the next five years, about 13 percent view the conflict as protracted, believing it could last more than five years. About a quarter of the respondents expressed no opinion. Up to six months 3% One to two years 8% Three to four years Six months to one year 8% 14% 13% Over five years 6% Two to three years 13% 36% Four to five years DK/RA Fig-31 : Expectation of armed conflicts (Overall) n=2808 Up to six months Six months to one year One to two years Two to three years Three to four years Four to five years Over five years DK/RA Geography Gender Age Education States 3% 5% Regions 3% 8% Yangon City 1% 7% 15% 15% Magway/Sagaing 2% 7% 13% 17% Men 2% 8% 14% 14% Women 3% 7% 11% 14% 7% 5% Between 18 and 25 3% 7% 13% 13% 8% 7% 14% 34% Between 26 and 35 2% 6% 9% 6% 16% 32% 36 and above 3% 9% 13% 14% 6% 5% 9% 40% No High School 3% 9% 13% 12% 7% 6% 8% 42% High School completed and above 3% 7% 15% 9% 0% 11% 13% 14% 12% 8% 14% 15% 13% 20% 7% 19% 33% 8% 5% 11% 36% 9% 11% 37% 6% 11% 8% 40% 7% 14% 7% 28% 15% 31% 12% 6% 40% 16% 60% Fig-32 : Expectation of armed conflicts 31% 80% 100%