By Tatyana Piaskovska

On May 18-30. 2018. Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted an all-Ukrainian public opinion poll. Data were collected from 2025 respondents living in 108 settlements in all oblasts of Ukraine (except for the AR of Crimea) with the method of personal interviewing. The sample was stochastic, and it is representative of the population of Ukraine aged 18 and above.

In Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts survey was conducted only in the territories that are controlled by the Ukrainian government.

The statistical sampling error (with a probability of 0.95 and for a design effect of 1.5) does not exceed:

3.3% — for indexes close to 50%,

2.8% — for indexes close to 25%,

2.0% — for indexes close to 10%,

1.4% — for indexes close to 5%.

The study showed that as of the second half of May 2018. 64% of the Ukrainians do not plan to have a rest. Compared to 2017. this number has increased (it was 59%). The number of those who have no opportunity to go somewhere is 22% (and it was 24%).

A visa-free regime begins to influence the plans of the Ukrainians to go for the rest abroad. This year, 4% of respondents answered this way; this number did not rise above 2% during many previous years.

Moreover:

• Rest in the Carpathians, and in other places of Ukraine is still the most popular option as it was a year ago (8%);

• In the second place, there is a rest in “dachas” and country houses (7%)

• The third place was shared by visiting relatives and traveling abroad, same 4%;

• 1% of the respondents plan to go to Crimea, as it was a year ago

• 12% of the respondents have not decided yet where to go on vacation.

By sex:

• 45% of women and 37% of men plan to stay at home for rest

• Among men, twice as many of those who plan to travel abroad (5%) than among women (3%).

No more significant differences were found.

By age:

• The older is the age, the bigger is the number of those who plan to stay at home for the rest (18-29 years old - 25%, 70+ years – 72%). The same tendency is observed with the opportunities to go somewhere - the older is the age, the greater is the number of those who do not have the opportunity to go somewhere (18-29 years - 22%, 60-69 years - 28%).

• Representatives of the youngest age group of 18-29 years are most likely to travel to the Carpathians and abroad (14% and 8%, respectively).

• The biggest amount of those who plan to have a rest in “dachas” is among middle and older-aged people (8-9%) compared to young people (4%).

By the level of education:

• Most of those who do not plan to go on vacation are among those with incomplete secondary and lower education (84%), the least – among those with the higher (48%)

• The largest number of those who plan to travel somewhere within the country is concentrated among people with the secondary specialized and higher education: visiting relatives in the village is an option for 3% of the people with a secondary education, for 4% with the secondary specialized education, and for 6% with the higher education; trip to the Carpathians and other places of Ukraine is a choice of 13% of people with the higher education, 7% with secondary specialized education

• The largest number of those who plan to go abroad is among people with higher education (8%).

By the level of financial well-being:

• The number of those who will not go on vacation is inversely proportional to the level of financial well-being: the lower is the income, the more there is of those who do not go on vacation, and vice versa (see graph 1)

Graph 1.   How financial well-being affects the Ukrainians` plans for summer vacation

Addition 1. Formulations of the questions from the questionnaire

How do you plan to spend your summer vacation? CARD V1. ONE ANSWER

Addition 2.Tables

How do you plan to spend your summer vacation?

*) we ask about Crimea separately since 2014                                   

 By sex:

By age:

By the level of education:

By the level of financial well-being:

By the type of settlement: