PEOPLE'S TOP: real MEN and WOMEN

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02.10.2012

PEOPLE'S TOP: real MEN and WOMEN

According to the majority of Ukrainians, the image of a “REAL MAN” is best embodied by the Klitschko brothers and Vladimir Putin, and to a lesser extent by Viktor Yanukovych, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and footballer Andriy Shevchenko.
At the same time, the image of a “REAL WOMAN,” in the opinion of respondents, is best embodied by Yulia Tymoshenko and Sofia Rotaru, and to a lesser extent by Ani Lorak, Angela Merkel, Alla Pugacheva, and Margaret Thatcher.
The Sociological Group “Rating” continues its special project “People’s TOP,” which consists of a series of studies identifying the best of the best. The special feature of the methodology is that respondents do not receive any lists or prompts — people express their opinions exclusively through open-ended questions, naming three of their own choices. In October, we present the issue “Real Men and Women.”
Thus, according to the study results, the majority of surveyed Ukrainians would name Vitalii Klitschko (30.1%) as a “real man” among famous people in Ukraine or abroad, as well as his brother Wladimir Klitschko (9.9%) and the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin (9.5%).
Somewhat fewer named the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (6.3%), opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk (5.3%), and footballer Andriy Shevchenko (5.1%).
The top ten also included Ukrainian politicians Serhiy Tihipko (2.9%) and Oleh Tyahnybok (2.6%), as well as the presidents of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (2.5%) and the United States Barack Obama (2.4%).
The TOP-25 also included: Anatolii Hrytsenko (2%), Petro Symonenko (2%), Mykola Katerynchuk (1.9%), Yurii Lutsenko (1.7%), Mykhailo Poplavskyi (1.7%), Dmitry Medvedev (1.7%), Vasyl Virastyuk (1.6%), Petro Poroshenko (1.6%), Bohdan Stupka (1.4%), Mykola Azarov (1.3%), Rinat Akhmetov (1.3%), Volodymyr Lytvyn (1.1%), Iosif Kobzon (1%), Oleh Blokhin (1%), Viktor Yushchenko (1%).
The Top-50 (with results between 0.4–0.9%) also included Savik Shuster, Yuri Gagarin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Taras Shevchenko, Serhii Bubka, Viacheslav Chornovil, Viktor Pinchuk, Vlad Yama, Oleksandr Ponomaryov, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Serhii Sobolev, Nikolai Baskov, Ihor Kondratiuk, Stas Mikhailov, Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, Lev Leshchenko, Valerii Meladze, Pavlo Zibrov, Georgy Zhukov, Maksim Galkin, Bruce Willis, Grigory Leps, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Sarkozy.
In total, 323 men were named by respondents. At the same time, about 32% of respondents were unable to answer the question.
According to the study results, the majority of surveyed Ukrainians would name former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (24%) as a “real woman” among famous people in Ukraine or abroad, as well as singer Sofia Rotaru (10.4%).
Somewhat fewer named singer Ani Lorak (6.2%), German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (5.2%), singer Alla Pugacheva (4.2%), and former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (4.2%).
The top ten also included Ukrainian public figures Natalia Korolevska (3.4%), Taisia Povaliy (3.2%), Anna Herman (2.5%), and Oksana Marchenko (2.3%).
The TOP-25 also included: Inna Bohoslovska (1.9%), Yana Klochkova (1.7%), Ruslana Lyzhychko (1.7%), Valentina Tereshkova (1.6%), Natalia Mohylevska (1.6%), Angelina Jolie (1.5%), Oleksandra Kuzhel (1.5%), Iryna Herashchenko (1.4%), Tina Karol (1.4%), Nina Matviienko (1.2%), Natalia Vitrenko (1.1%), Iryna Bilyk (1.1%), Olha Sumska (1%), Oksana Bilozir (0.9%), Raisa Bohatyriova (0.9%).
The Top-50 (with results between 0.3–0.9%) also included Liliya Podkopayeva, Alla Mazur, Irina Allegrova, Madonna, Elizabeth II, Hillary Clinton, Svitlana Loboda, Iryna Akimova, Edita Piekha, Lina Kostenko, Ada Rohovtseva, Nina Karpachova, Vera Brezhneva, Ruslana Pysanka, Natalia Koroleva, Whitney Houston, Lolita Milyavskaya, Lyudmila Zykina, Lesya Ukrainka, Nadiya Kadyshova, Nastya Kamenskikh, Yevheniya Tymoshenko, Valeriya, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Nadiya Babkina.

Methodology

In total, 248 women were named by respondents. At the same time, about 37% of respondents were unable to answer the question.
Survey population: residents of Ukraine aged 18 and older.
Sample size: 1200 respondents.
Method: face-to-face formalized interviews.
Sampling error (with 0.95 confidence):
– for values near 50%: no more than 2.8%
– for values near 30%: no more than 2.6%
– for values near 10%: no more than 1.7%
Fieldwork period: September 1–11, 2012.
Due to the limited sample size of 1200 respondents, no separate breakdown for Donbas and North was conducted; therefore, macro-regions were consolidated into four groups:
- West: Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi
- Center: Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyiv City, Kyiv Region, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv
- South: Crimea, Odesa, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sevastopol
- East: Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk