10.12.2009
Citizens' attitude to EURO-2012 in Ukraine: December 2009
- On the eve of UEFA’s decision on the format of Ukraine’s participation in EURO-2012, interest in the championship among Ukrainians is growing.
As of early December, about 55% of respondents are against the idea of cancelling EURO-2012 in Ukraine. Only 12% support this idea. At the same time, 23% of respondents do not care whether EURO will take place in Ukraine or not, and another 10% are undecided. - Compared to August 2009, in December the number of those undecided on this issue decreased by more than half. As a result, the number of those who oppose cancelling EURO-2012 in Ukraine increased from 46% to 55%. At the same time, although slightly, the number of those indifferent to whether EURO will take place in Ukraine or not increased — from 21% to 23%, as did the number of those who support cancelling the championship — from 9% to 12%.
- Compared to August, support for holding EURO-2012 increased the most in the West — from 50% to 63%, in the Donbas — from 41% to 57%, and in the Center — from 45% to 58%.
- It should be noted that in the Donbas the number of those indifferent to the championship also decreased; in the East it did not change; in the remaining regions it increased.
- As in August, the South remains the most neutral toward EURO-2012: only 36% are against cancelling EURO and the same 36% are indifferent to whether EURO will take place in Ukraine or not.
- The number of those indifferent to the championship has generally increased among older people.
- Youth remain the most enthusiastic supporters of holding the European Football Championship in Ukraine.
- By education, the same trends remain as in August: the higher the level of education of respondents, the fewer indifferent people and the more supporters of EURO there are.
- In villages, EURO-2012 continues to be of less interest than in cities.
- Unlike men, among women the number of those indifferent has increased. The number of men who are against cancelling EURO-2012 increased from 53% to 66%, and among women — from 41% to 46%.
- As in August, Ukrainians continue to believe that R. Akhmetov (39.6%) has done the most for the successful hosting of EURO-2012 in Ukraine.
19.1% believe H. Surkis did the most, 8.1% — Y. Tymoshenko, 7.8% — V. Yanukovych, 5.6% — Y. Chervonenko, 5% — V. Yushchenko, 3.6% — Y. Pavlenko, 3% — O. Yaroslavskyi, 1.9% — V. Lytvyn, 1.2% — A. Yatseniuk, less than 1% — I. Vasiunyk and M. Lubkivskyi. At the same time, 7.3% believe that none of the politicians did anything for the successful holding of EURO-2012 in Ukraine, and another 39% were unable to decide on this issue. - Unlike other politicians and EURO-2012 officials, whose indicators slightly declined (including H. Surkis), support for R. Akhmetov increased slightly.
- More than half of those who are against cancelling the championship in Ukraine believe that R. Akhmetov did the most for EURO.
Methodology
- Survey audience: population of Ukraine aged 18 and older.
- Sample size: 2000 respondents.
- Research method: face-to-face formalized interview using a questionnaire.
- Sampling error: for values close to 50% — no more than 3%; close to 30% — no more than 2.6%; close to 10% — no more than 1.8%.
- Fieldwork period: 28 November – 7 December 2009 (comparisons in the text are made with a similar survey conducted by Sociological Group “Rating” on 2–15 August 2009).
- Regional breakdown:
- West: Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Chernivtsi
- Center: Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy
- North: Kyiv city, Kyiv region, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv
- South: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Sevastopol
- East: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv
- Donbas: Donetsk, Luhansk
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