09.12.2009
Attitude of Lviv region residents to EURO-2012
- About 73% of residents of Lviv Oblast are against the idea of refusing to hold EURO-2012 in Lviv, while only 7% support this idea. At the same time, for 16% of respondents it does not matter whether EURO will take place in Lviv or not, and another 4% were unable to decide. About two thirds believe that Lviv will host matches of EURO-2012, 17% do not believe so, and 16% were unable to decide.
- About 38% are satisfied with the work of Prime Minister Yuliia Tymoshenko in preparing for the championship, 32% with the work of President Viktor Yushchenko, and 16% with the work of the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn. Among local leaders, the highest satisfaction with preparations for the championship is with Andrii Sadovyi (about 40%). About 28% are satisfied with the work of the Head of the Oblast State Administration Mykhailo Kmit, and about a quarter with the Head of the Oblast Council Mykola Senyk. It is interesting that the work of the Prime Minister, the President, and the Head of the Oblast State Administration is evaluated better in villages than in Lviv, while the work of the city mayor is evaluated better in the oblast center.
- In the opinion of the majority, the highest chances of hosting matches of the 2012 European Football Championship are for Lviv (58%), Kyiv (56%), and Donetsk (52%). The chances of Kharkiv were rated by residents of Lviv Oblast more than twice as low (22%). These results were largely influenced by a high level of local patriotism and by wishful thinking. Thus, respondents with higher education (mostly residents of Lviv) rated the chances of Kyiv and Donetsk highest and, significantly more than others, the chances of Kharkiv. Rural residents with lower education and of older age gave preference to Lviv. At the same time, rural residents more than Lviv city residents support the idea of keeping EURO (76% versus 69%), but they believe less that the championship will actually be held in Lviv (65% versus 70%).
- Supporters of Yuliia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yushchenko most strongly defend the idea of holding EURO in Lviv. They also most strongly believe that Lviv will host the championship matches. The greatest skeptics are voters of Serhii Tihipko and Volodymyr Lytvyn.
- For residents of Lviv Oblast, EURO-2012 is above all about improving the quality of roads, airports, and hotels (55%), new jobs (50%), the prestige of the oblast (47%), and the development of the city and the oblast (46%). Thirty-nine percent believe that EURO opens opportunities to present Lviv Oblast to tourists in a better light, 36% see it as a test of the professional competence of the local authorities, and 30% see it as an opportunity for the city and the oblast to earn additional funds. Another quarter believe it is an additional impulse for the development of sport and culture in the region. Only 6% think that EURO-2012 is not important for Lviv Oblast.
- It is interesting that for Lviv city EURO means better roads, urban development, and additional earnings, while for villages and other towns of the oblast it is primarily a matter of prestige, new jobs, and tourism development. Men have significantly higher expectations regarding EURO than women. The younger and more educated the respondents are, the higher their expectations.
Methodology
- Audience of the study: population of Lviv Oblast aged 18 and older.
- Sample size: 1,200 respondents (including 400 in Lviv).
- Method: face-to-face formalized interviews using a questionnaire.
- Margin of error: for values close to 50% not more than 2.8%, for values close to 30% not more than 2.4%, for values close to 10% not more than 1.7%.
- Fieldwork dates: 14–23 November 2009.
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