Opinions and views of the citizens of Southern and Eastern regions of Ukraine: April 2014
The survey “Opinions and views of the citizens of Southern and Eastern regions of Ukraine: April 2014” was conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology during April 8-16, 2014. The results are representative for the population (18 years and older) of each of 8 regions (oblasts) of the South and the East of Ukraine (Odesa, Mykolaiiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk oblasts).
“Mixed” type of polling was used in the survey. In large cities (with population of 100,000 and higher) and regional centers, computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) were held. In towns and villages, ordinary face-to-face interviews in the respondents’ households were conducted.
In the framework of the survey, total of 3,232 interviews with respondents who live in 160 settlements of the South and the East of Ukraine (1,476 CATI and 1,756 face-to-face interviews) were held. In each region, no less than 400 interviews were conducted.
Do you consider Viktor Yanukovych to be a legitimate President of Ukraine?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Certainly, yes | 10,0 | 6,9 | 18,8 | 8,1 | 12,2 | 6,9 | 5,9 | 6,9 | 3,2 |
Rather, yes | 9,6 | 7,9 | 13,6 | 7,7 | 15,4 | 3,7 | 9,6 | 5,9 | 5,9 |
Difficult to say for sure, partly yes, partly no | 8,5 | 5,0 | 7,9 | 9,6 | 12,9 | 4,5 | 11,6 | 8,9 | 6,9 |
Rather, no | 18,1 | 13,4 | 23,8 | 17,5 | 17,6 | 16,9 | 18,0 | 17,6 | 15,1 |
Certainly, no | 51,7 | 64,6 | 34,4 | 55,6 | 40,0 | 64,0 | 50,4 | 58,7 | 68,1 |
Don’t know/ Refuse to answer | 2,2 | 2,2 | 1,5 | 1,5 | 2,0 | 4,0 | 4,4 | 2,0 | 0,7 |
Do you support actions of those, who with arms capture administrative buildings in your region?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Certainly, yes, I do | 5,7 | 5,4 | 9,4 | 1,0 | 12,2 | 3,0 | 2,0 | 3,7 | 1,7 |
Rather, yes | 6,0 | 3,7 | 8,7 | 3,5 | 12,2 | 4,0 | 3,5 | 6,2 | 1,0 |
Difficult to say for sure, partly yes, partly no | 10,4 | 6,4 | 8,4 | 9,1 | 15,6 | 9,7 | 7,9 | 16,8 | 11,6 |
Rather, no, | 16,7 | 15,6 | 18,8 | 17,0 | 19,1 | 15,6 | 18,0 | 14,4 | 9,9 |
Certainly, no, I don’t | 60,1 | 68,1 | 53,2 | 68,9 | 39,2 | 66,3 | 67,7 | 58,4 | 72,0 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 1,2 | 0,7 | 1,5 | 0,5 | 1,7 | 1,5 | 1,0 | 0,5 | 3,7 |
Do you support the idea, that your region should secede from Ukraine and join Russia?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Certainly, yes, I do | 7,1 | 3,7 | 11,9 | 2,2 | 13,2 | 3,5 | 3,2 | 9,2 | 1,0 |
Rather, yes | 8,3 | 3,2 | 15,6 | 4,0 | 17,1 | 3,7 | 4,0 | 6,9 | 2,5 |
Difficult to say for sure, partly yes, partly no | 12,5 | 6,9 | 17,3 | 9,9 | 12,4 | 6,0 | 11,9 | 17,3 | 11,4 |
Rather, no | 16,0 | 13,1 | 17,3 | 17,5 | 20,6 | 6,7 | 19,3 | 16,1 | 11,1 |
Certainly, no, I don’t | 53,7 | 71,0 | 34,9 | 64,0 | 31,3 | 78,7 | 59,5 | 49,5 | 73,5 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 2,4 | 2,0 | 3,0 | 2,5 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 2,2 | 1,0 | 0,5 |
Please, imagine, that there was a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the European Union or the Customs Union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, You can vote for entry into the EU or into the Customs Union, What would be your choice in this case?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
I would vote for entry into the European Union | 24,7 | 38,1 | 9,4 | 31,1 | 11,2 | 40,4 | 25,4 | 26,5 | 37,4 |
I would vote for entry into the Customs Union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan | 46,8 | 29,2 | 72,5 | 36,3 | 64,3 | 22,1 | 36,5 | 46,5 | 31,4 |
I wouldn’t participate in the referendum | 14,8 | 17,1 | 8,4 | 16,8 | 10,4 | 19,9 | 19,5 | 16,8 | 17,6 |
DIFFICULT TO SAY | 12,3 | 14,4 | 8,9 | 15,1 | 11,4 | 16,6 | 15,3 | 9,4 | 11,9 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 1,4 | 1,2 | 0,7 | 0,7 | 2,7 | 1,0 | 3,2 | 0,7 | 1,7 |
Do you agree that Russia rightly protects the interests of Russian-speaking citizens in the South-East of Ukraine?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Yes | 32,6 | 21,0 | 47,0 | 19,5 | 44,2 | 14,6 | 30,6 | 36,6 | 23,5 |
No | 49,9 | 65,6 | 33,4 | 53,3 | 31,8 | 71,5 | 52,3 | 53,0 | 61,1 |
Difficult to say | 16,1 | 12,1 | 19,6 | 23,0 | 19,6 | 13,4 | 15,8 | 10,1 | 14,9 |
Refuse to answer | 1,4 | 1,2 | 0,0 | 4,2 | 4,5 | 0,5 | 1,2 | 0,2 | 0,5 |
Do you consider invasion of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine possible?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Certainly, yes | 19,7 | 24,0 | 19,3 | 19,0 | 14,4 | 21,3 | 17,8 | 18,6 | 25,0 |
Rather, yes | 26,6 | 24,3 | 29,0 | 25,7 | 29,0 | 28,0 | 24,2 | 25,5 | 28,2 |
Difficult to say for sure, partly yes, partly no | 20,0 | 15,1 | 13,9 | 20,7 | 26,8 | 23,3 | 25,4 | 21,8 | 24,3 |
Rather, no | 17,3 | 20,3 | 18,8 | 18,0 | 15,4 | 12,9 | 14,3 | 19,8 | 9,7 |
Certainly, no | 14,8 | 13,6 | 18,6 | 15,1 | 11,9 | 13,9 | 15,6 | 13,6 | 12,4 |
Refuse to answer | 1,5 | 2,7 | 0,5 | 1,5 | 2,5 | 0,5 | 2,7 | 0,7 | 0,5 |
In the case of incursion of Russian troops into the South-East of Ukraine, you are going to…?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Put up armed resistance to aggressor | 20,9 | 26,0 | 11,9 | 25,9 | 10,7 | 31,0 | 24,9 | 19,6 | 36,9 |
Welcome the deployment of Russian troops | 7,0 | 2,2 | 12,6 | 2,5 | 11,7 | 4,7 | 4,9 | 8,4 | 1,2 |
Join the army of Russian Federation | 2,1 | 1,2 | 3,5 | 0,7 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 2,0 | 3,5 | 0,5 |
Stay at home and not to interfere | 46,9 | 44,1 | 55,4 | 48,6 | 43,2 | 36,2 | 39,5 | 49,8 | 47,8 |
DIFFICULT TO SAY | 20,5 | 24,8 | 15,6 | 19,0 | 26,1 | 26,3 | 23,7 | 17,1 | 12,9 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 2,5 | 1,7 | 1,0 | 3,2 | 6,0 | 1,7 | 4,9 | 1,7 | 0,7 |
Do you support introduction of Russian troops into Ukraine?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Certainly, yes | 5,6 | 3,7 | 9,9 | 0,7 | 6,9 | 3,5 | 2,7 | 7,7 | 3,0 |
Rather, yes | 6,1 | 1,5 | 9,4 | 3,5 | 12,4 | 3,0 | 4,2 | 7,9 | 1,7 |
Difficult to say for sure, partly yes, partly no | 11,8 | 5,9 | 13,1 | 9,6 | 23,1 | 5,5 | 11,4 | 13,9 | 7,2 |
Rather, no | 15,9 | 15,3 | 18,8 | 17,0 | 17,4 | 9,2 | 14,6 | 17,1 | 8,9 |
Certainly, no | 58,4 | 69,6 | 47,5 | 66,7 | 36,0 | 77,9 | 64,4 | 53,2 | 78,7 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 2,2 | 4,0 | 1,2 | 2,5 | 4,2 | 1,0 | 2,7 | 0,2 | 0,5 |
Do you consider the civil war in Ukraine possible?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Certainly, yes | 16,4 | 20,3 | 19,3 | 16,3 | 13,9 | 17,4 | 12,6 | 11,6 | 17,8 |
Rather, yes | 29,6 | 24,3 | 36,6 | 24,9 | 38,0 | 27,8 | 25,7 | 26,2 | 28,0 |
Difficult to say for sure, partly yes, partly no | 19,8 | 15,3 | 15,3 | 20,5 | 23,3 | 23,8 | 22,2 | 22,3 | 26,5 |
Rather, no | 20,2 | 25,2 | 17,3 | 20,2 | 14,4 | 21,1 | 20,2 | 25,2 | 14,4 |
Certainly, no | 12,5 | 13,6 | 9,2 | 16,3 | 9,7 | 9,4 | 16,5 | 13,9 | 12,9 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 1,5 | 1,2 | 2,2 | 1,7 | 0,7 | 0,5 | 2,7 | 0,7 | 0,5 |
What makes you anxious most of all at the present moment?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Raging of banditry in the country | 43,1 | 43,3 | 51,5 | 37,5 | 29,8 | 48,1 | 46,2 | 40,1 | 42,6 |
Inattention of central authority to the problems of South-East of Ukraine | 16,8 | 8,7 | 19,8 | 15,6 | 22,8 | 23,6 | 15,8 | 13,6 | 22,3 |
Growth of radicalism and nationalism | 19,1 | 10,6 | 22,5 | 13,1 | 26,6 | 20,8 | 19,3 | 19,1 | 24,5 |
One-sided coverage of problems of the region and the country in Ukrainian media | 8,2 | 5,7 | 11,9 | 7,9 | 7,2 | 6,0 | 6,2 | 10,6 | 5,7 |
Introduction of visas with Russia | 7,3 | 4,0 | 9,4 | 3,0 | 7,2 | 3,2 | 5,9 | 11,1 | 14,1 |
Joining NATO | 9,6 | 2,5 | 15,3 | 5,2 | 10,7 | 5,0 | 12,8 | 10,1 | 12,1 |
Disabling Russian TV-channels | 5,0 | 2,0 | 6,4 | 2,5 | 3,7 | 4,0 | 4,9 | 10,6 | 3,5 |
The risk of losing job | 18,6 | 9,9 | 24,5 | 16,8 | 20,3 | 23,1 | 24,0 | 15,8 | 12,4 |
Non-payment of salaries and pensions | 24,6 | 13,6 | 32,4 | 26,7 | 28,0 | 30,3 | 31,9 | 18,6 | 11,9 |
Collapse of Ukrainian economy | 39,2 | 27,5 | 44,3 | 32,8 | 42,7 | 48,4 | 40,0 | 36,9 | 53,2 |
Rupture of economic ties with Russia | 19,7 | 8,2 | 26,7 | 10,1 | 36,2 | 13,9 | 11,1 | 24,0 | 23,5 |
Growth of separatist moods | 13,7 | 10,9 | 12,6 | 9,6 | 12,7 | 21,3 | 14,1 | 14,9 | 23,5 |
Imposition of one language | 6,5 | 2,0 | 9,4 | 2,5 | 12,7 | 4,5 | 4,0 | 7,7 | 7,9 |
Threat of civil war | 31,7 | 26,7 | 40,6 | 27,7 | 28,5 | 29,3 | 31,4 | 24,5 | 47,8 |
Threat of invasion of Russian aggressor | 16,9 | 17,1 | 6,4 | 15,6 | 10,7 | 36,2 | 20,2 | 16,3 | 45,3 |
Other | 1,8 | 3,2 | 1,0 | 2,7 | 0,7 | 0,5 | 2,0 | 2,2 | 1,7 |
DIFFICULT TO SAY/DON’T KNOW | 1,8 | 2,0 | 0,7 | 3,5 | 1,5 | 2,0 | 1,5 | 2,7 | 1,0 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 0,9 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 1,5 | 2,0 | 0,5 | 0,5 | 0,2 | 0,0 |
What concrete measures do you expect from the central authority in order to preserve the unity of the country?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Disarmament and dissolution of illegal radical groups | 37,8 | 34,4 | 46,5 | 28,4 | 33,5 | 48,4 | 35,3 | 31,9 | 48,0 |
Defining the clear perspective of economy of the South-East (support to enterprises in the region) | 22,4 | 11,4 | 24,8 | 21,7 | 36,0 | 23,1 | 22,7 | 20,8 | 23,3 |
Creation of parliamentary coalition with participation of the Party of Regions | 3,9 | 3,2 | 4,2 | 4,0 | 4,0 | 3,5 | 6,2 | 3,2 | 2,0 |
Appointment of representatives of the South-East on ministerial positions | 10,8 | 3,0 | 16,1 | 6,9 | 15,9 | 8,7 | 10,6 | 12,6 | 9,4 |
Balanced cultural policy with regard to national peculiarities and mentality of citizens in the South-East | 15,2 | 11,1 | 15,6 | 11,9 | 24,1 | 20,1 | 14,3 | 12,6 | 16,6 |
Dissociation of authorities from nationalist and radical rhetoric | 16,3 | 11,6 | 21,5 | 10,1 | 22,1 | 21,8 | 10,1 | 15,8 | 17,8 |
Reestablishment of dialog (economic and political ) with Russia | 23,0 | 13,9 | 29,7 | 19,8 | 28,5 | 18,1 | 20,7 | 24,8 | 25,5 |
Federalization of Ukraine | 11,8 | 5,9 | 19,1 | 5,7 | 21,6 | 5,5 | 6,7 | 13,4 | 4,7 |
Introduction of the second state language | 11,0 | 4,0 | 17,1 | 8,1 | 17,1 | 4,0 | 7,4 | 12,9 | 11,6 |
Early parliamentary elections | 14,5 | 10,1 | 7,9 | 9,9 | 14,4 | 31,8 | 24,0 | 14,9 | 22,8 |
Pre-term elections of the President of Ukraine | 17,6 | 15,6 | 10,9 | 15,6 | 13,2 | 27,0 | 26,7 | 19,8 | 28,5 |
Establishment of permanent public dialog between the South-East and central government | 19,5 | 15,3 | 18,6 | 13,8 | 20,1 | 24,8 | 25,2 | 20,5 | 23,5 |
Distinguishing by central authority between positions and interests of ordinary citizens in the region and it’s party-oligarchic elites | 13,4 | 8,7 | 13,4 | 9,6 | 16,4 | 27,0 | 11,6 | 10,4 | 25,2 |
Other | 3,1 | 2,2 | 1,7 | 4,0 | 1,5 | 4,2 | 3,7 | 6,4 | 2,7 |
DIFFICULT TO SAY/DON’T KNOW | 10,2 | 11,6 | 7,4 | 19,3 | 8,7 | 8,7 | 8,6 | 8,7 | 12,6 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 1,5 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 1,2 | 1,7 | 0,5 | 1,2 |
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What the state structure of Ukraine should be?
| South-East as a whole | Dnipropetrovsk region | Donetsk region | Zaporizhia region | Luhansk region | Mykolayiv region | Odessa region | Kharkiv region | Kherson region |
Unitary – regions should have the same rights, which they have at the present moment | 19,1 | 19,6 | 10,6 | 19,8 | 12,4 | 17,9 | 29,1 | 23,3 | 32,9 |
Unitary, but it is necessary to conduct decentralization of power and broaden rights of regions | 45,2 | 51,0 | 41,1 | 51,4 | 34,2 | 63,0 | 44,2 | 39,1 | 54,5 |
Federal | 24,8 | 11,4 | 38,4 | 15,3 | 41,9 | 10,7 | 17,5 | 32,2 | 6,9 |
DIFFICULT TO SAY/DON’T KNOW | 8,8 | 11,6 | 8,7 | 13,6 | 7,9 | 8,4 | 8,1 | 5,2 | 5,0 |
REFUSE TO ANSWER | 2,0 | 6,4 | 1,2 | 0,0 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 1,0 | 0,2 | 0,7 |
