The poll quizzed 2,013 of respondents from all regions of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Kyiv. The poll's margin of error is 2.3 percent.
According to the poll, 82.2 percent of respondents believe the Ukrainian economy is in a state of crisis for internal reasons, and the world financial crisis is simply worsening the situation. Another 6.5 percent of those polled said the Ukrainian economy is in a normal condition, but the global financial has a negative effect on it. And only 1.9 percent of those questioned believe the Ukrainian economy is in a normal condition and the crisis has no significant effect on it.
At the same time, 92.4 percent of those polled stated, they felt a rise in prices as a result of the economy crisis, 28.3 percent of respondents were worried about being made unemployed, 25.6 percent of those questioned said that due to the financial crisis, they had lost some savings and revenues due to the devaluation of hryvnia.
Only 7.7 percent of respondents said they didn't feel any impact from the economic crisis in Ukraine.
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