07.02.2017
Emotional assessment of Ukrainians’ living conditions
- According to a survey conducted by the Rating Group in December 2016, the lowest daily levels of stress among respondents are caused by family relations, professional activity, and the external environment, while the highest stress levels are caused by the war and military threat, socio-political instability in the country, corruption, and respondents’ own financial situation.
- Half of respondents assess the material situation of their family as satisfactory. Only 15% believe they have more or less enough money to live on. At the same time, one third report that they consider themselves poor. Those who consider themselves poor are more numerous in the East, among older people, rural residents, respondents with poor health, and those with low education.
- Slightly less than half of respondents assess their housing and living conditions as average, more than a third as comfortable, and one in five as poor.
- The worst housing conditions are more often reported by residents of the East and South. The higher the education and income of respondents, the better they assess their housing conditions.
- 42% of respondents believe that they fully control their lives and are free in their decisions, and approximately the same share say they partially control their lives. At the same time, 19% state that they have almost no control over their own fate. The highest share of those who report no control over their lives is in the East, among people over 50, the poor, and respondents with poor health.
- Only 18% of respondents assess their social status as high. Half consider themselves to be of middle status, while a quarter believe they belong to the lower social strata. The latter group is most common in the East, among older and poor respondents.
- About one third of respondents are completely satisfied with their lives, about half are rather satisfied, and one quarter are not satisfied. In the East, the share of dissatisfied reaches almost 40%. Dissatisfaction with life is higher among those over 50 and among respondents with low income.
- 82% of respondents believe that, if necessary, they can receive emotional support from others; 9% believe they cannot, and 9% could not answer. 77% said they could receive physical assistance, 13% said they could not, and 10% were undecided. Slightly fewer (69%) expect financial support, while 20% believe they would not receive it and 11% could not answer. The younger the respondents and the higher their income, the more often they believe they could receive emotional, physical, and financial support.
- Few respondents reported participating in civic organizations. Only 7% said they are members of religious organizations, 5% belong to professional clubs, 3% to artistic or civic NGOs, and 2% are members of political parties.
- Almost a third of respondents believe that household duties are shared equally, 24% perform most of the duties themselves, 20% say another family member performs most of them, 14% say all duties fall on them, and only 5% say all duties fall on another family member. Among those who perform most household duties, there are four times more women than men.
- About one third of respondents believe that their profession has high prestige, about half say it has medium prestige, and one quarter believe it has low prestige.
Methodology
- Respondents: the working-age population of Ukraine – males aged 18-65, females aged 18-60. The sample is split up into various categories: age, gender, region, and place of residence.
- Total: 1580 respondents.
- Face-to-face formalized interviews.
- The margin of error does not exceed 2.5%.
- Fieldwork dates: 1-10 December 2016
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