The satisfaction with life in August among Kyiv residents considerably fell compared to May 2014, according to the results of a poll conducted by Research and Branding Group.
According to the poll conducted in August, the results of which were presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on August 15, 42 percent of respondents are satisfied with their lives in general (68 percent in May) and 46 percent of them are not satisfied (26 percent).
Asked what feelings they have, 36 percent of respondents named hope, 56 percent – alarm, 16 percent – optimism, 18 percent – confusion, 13 percent fear and 13 percent pessimism.
The respondents said that among the consequences of the past six months they are fearing an armed conflict most of all (70 percent), a rise in the prices and inflation (51 percent), a loss of job (33 percent), panic and chaos (22 percent), stoppage of production (12 percent), growth of crime (11 percent), the instability of the foreign exchange rate (13 percent) and a drop in their standard of living (14 percent).
Taking into account the events of the last six months, a large number of Kyivans believe that today the country is only just entering a large-scale crisis (39 percent) and is on the peak of a large crisis (38 percent). One percent of respondents said that there is no large-scale crisis, and 5% said Ukraine is gradually overcoming a large-scale crisis.
Over a half of Kyiv’s residents (53 percent) said that they felt the influence of crisis in the economy in general, and 37 percent felt a partial impact of the crisis.
Fifty percent of the respondents said that over the past month their income did not change, and 46% said that their income fell.
According to the poll, in the current conditions Kyiv residents started saving on vacations (56 percent), clothes and shoes (49 percent), food (38 percent), entertainment (34 percent) and major households appliances (34 percent).
In addition, 72 percent of respondents supported the early parliamentary election and 15 percent did not support it. A total of 33 percent of respondents support a proportional election system, 14 percent a mixed system, and 11 percent a majority voting system. Three quarters of Kyivans said that they plan to take part in voting when the election is held.
The poll was conducted among Kyiv residents from July 26 to August 5, 2014. A total of 802 persons over 18 years were polled. The sampling error is plus or minus 3.2 percent.
