21.10.2020
Roads in Ukraine: population assessments
- According to the results of a survey conducted by Rating Group, 76% of respondents noticed an improvement in the condition of roads and an increase in road repairs over the past year (in 2017 this share was 62%, in 2018 – 61%). 23% hold the opposite view. Assessing improvements in road conditions at different levels, 67% of respondents noticed improvements on interregional roads, 63% in their district, and 62% in their locality.
- Among respondents who noticed improvements in road conditions, 46% believe that the main credit for this belongs to local authorities, 29% believe it is the President’s merit, only 3% attribute it to the Prime Minister, and 2% to the Verkhovna Rada. Over the past three years, the share of those who believe that road improvements are the President’s merit has increased significantly.
- If in 2017–2018 good roads were considered the merit of local authorities and the Prime Minister, then in 2020 they are attributed to local authorities and the President.
- 56% of respondents believe that more roads are being repaired under Zelenskyy than under Poroshenko (13%). 18% believe that the amount of construction was the same. Assessing the sphere of social infrastructure construction, 27% believe that more is being built under Zelenskyy, 27% under both, and 17% under Poroshenko.
- Comparing all presidents, 41% believe that the most road repairs took place under Zelenskyy. 15% believe this was during President Poroshenko’s term, 11% during Yanukovych’s, 8% during Kuchma’s, 3% during Yushchenko’s, and 2% during Kravchuk’s. 17% were unable to decide on this issue.
Methodology
- Audience: Ukrainian citizens aged 18 and older in all regions except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas. The sample is representative in terms of age, gender and type of settlement.
- Sample size: 3,000 respondents.
- Survey method: CATI (computer-assisted telephone interviews). Based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers.
- The margin of error of the study with a confidence level of 0.95 is no more than 1.8%.
- Fieldwork dates: 8-10 October 2020.
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