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Half of the protesters on Kyiv's Independence Square (Maidan) are residents of Kyiv and the other half have come from various regions of the country, shows a poll conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology on December 7-8.

The poll showed that 49.8 percent of the protesters are residents of Kyiv and 50.2 percent have come to Kyiv from other regions.

Thirty-eight percent of the protesters are aged between 15 and 29,
49 percent are aged between 30 and 54, and 13 percent are 55 or older. A total of
57.2 percent of the protesters are men.

A relative majority of the protesters (39.5 percent) have higher or
vocational education degrees, 13.2 percent are students, 9.4 percent are non-working
pensioners, 9.3 percent are businessmen, 8 percent are heads of enterprises and
divisions of enterprises, 6.7 percent are workers.

An overwhelming majority of the respondents (91.7 percent) came to Maidan
independently, the arrival of 6.3 percent was organized by a public movement,
and the arrival of 1.8 percent was organized by a party.

Most protesters (72,4 percent) are ready to stay on the Maidan for as long
as is needed, 3.4 percent intend to stay there until the New Year holidays,
4.4% said can stay there for a week at the most, 9.2 percent said they can stay
2-3 days, and 6 percent said they intended to stay there only on the days of
the poll.

The poll surveyed 1,037 protesters, who were selected randomly.