23.11.2010
Citizens' attitude to EURO 2012 in Ukraine: October 2010
- According to a study conducted by Rating Group in October 2010, only 17% of respondents did not believe that Ukraine would successfully host the UEFA EURO 2012 football championship, while 62% expressed positive expectations and 21% were undecided. The most optimistic views were recorded in the regions that were due to host the tournament, namely the North and Donbas, where 69% expressed confidence, and the West with 64%. The most pessimistic expectations were observed in Central Ukraine, where 55% believed in a successful hosting of EURO 2012 and 26% did not. Among supporters of political parties, voters of Strong Ukraine, Front for Change, Batkivshchyna and the Party of Regions were the most optimistic. Younger respondents were more likely to believe in a successful tournament, and men were more optimistic than women.
- Compared to August 2009, public assessments of Ukraine’s readiness to host EURO 2012 improved significantly. On a five-point scale, where 1 indicated low readiness and 5 high readiness, the average score increased from 2.4 in August 2009 to 3.0 in October 2010. The number of respondents giving a score of four tripled over the year. As in the previous year, the highest ratings were recorded in Donbas, with an average score of 3.2. The greatest progress was seen in the North, where the average score rose from 2.2 to 3.1, and in the West, from 2.1 to 3.0.
- For Ukrainians, EURO 2012 was primarily associated with national prestige and the creation of new jobs, each mentioned by 42% of respondents. It was also seen as an opportunity to improve the quality of roads, airports and hotels by 34%, and to generate additional income for the country by 31%. Over the year, fewer people viewed EURO 2012 as a driver of development for host cities or as an opportunity to present Ukraine positively to Europe and the world, while more saw it as a test of whether Ukraine is a civilized country. Only 3% of respondents considered EURO 2012 unimportant for the country, compared with 9% a year earlier.
- Economic crisis, corruption in government and poor-quality roads were seen as the main obstacles to a successful hosting of EURO 2012. Compared to August 2009, the share of those who viewed the economic crisis as a key problem fell from 61% to 46%, corruption from 51% to 35%, and poor roads from 39% to 34%. Concerns about political crisis dropped most sharply, from 54% to 26%. Perceptions of problems such as slow stadium construction, difficult urban transport, lack of quality hotels and modern airports remained largely unchanged.
- For the second year in a row, 40% of respondents believed that Rinat Akhmetov had contributed the most to the successful preparation for EURO 2012. As in previous surveys, Hryhorii Surkis ranked second. Viktor Yanukovych’s perceived contribution doubled compared to August and December of the previous year, while Borys Kolesnikov and Mykola Azarov appeared in the ranking for the first time. The contributions of the previous government were rated more modestly, with Yulia Tymoshenko, Yevhen Chervonenko, Yurii Pavlenko, Viktor Yushchenko and Ihor Vasiunyk mentioned less frequently.
Methodology
- Survey organization: Rating Group.
- Survey population: adult population of Ukraine aged 18 and older.
- Sample size: 2,000 respondents.
- Method: face-to-face formalized interview using a structured questionnaire.
- Sampling error: no more than 3.0% for values close to 50%, no more than 2.6% for values close to 30%, and no more than 1.8% for values close to 10%.
- Fieldwork dates: 4–11 October 2010.
- 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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