09.04.2015
Religious preferences of the population of Ukraine
- According to the survey results, the majority of Ukrainian respondents (74%) identify themselves as Orthodox, 8% as Greek Catholic, and 1% each as Roman Catholic and Protestant or Evangelical church members. Nearly 9% consider themselves simply Christians, while 6% do not associate themselves with any religious denomination.
- In the regional breakdown, Orthodoxy is the most widespread denomination in all regions except Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv regions, where more than half of the population adheres to Greek Catholicism. In addition, nearly 20% of Zakarpattia residents identify themselves as Greek Catholic. Roman Catholicism is also more common in Zakarpattia compared to other regions (7%).
- Among those who consider themselves Orthodox, a relative majority (38%) identify with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, 20% with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, 1% with the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and 39% consider themselves simply Orthodox without specific jurisdictional affiliation.
- The Kyiv Patriarchate is most commonly supported in Western and Central Ukraine, while the Moscow Patriarchate is more common in the South and Donbas. Nevertheless, even in southern and eastern regions, except Donbas and Odesa region, supporters of the Kyiv Patriarchate outnumber supporters of the Moscow Patriarchate. At the same time, the further south and east, the more respondents tend to identify themselves simply as Orthodox without associating with a specific Orthodox jurisdiction. The highest shares of such respondents are observed in Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Odesa, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.
Methodology
- The survey was conducted by Rating Group in cooperation with SOCIS Center for Social and Marketing Research, Razumkov Centre, and KIIS.
- Survey population: population of Ukraine aged 18 and over
- Sample size: 25,000 respondents
- Method: face-to-face interviews
- Margin of error (95% confidence):
– national indicators: ≤ 0.9%
– regional indicators: ≤ 3.1% - Fieldwork period: February 1 – February 17, 2015
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