Attitude to the unitary state and separatism in Ukraine

In a period from April 29 to May 11, 2014 Kyiv International Institute of Sociology conducted the nationwide public opinion survey by  Ivan Katchanovski (Ph.D. in Political Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada)order: 2022 respondents living in 110 settlements in all regions of Ukraine (except Crimea) were personally interviewed. The sample is random and representative for the population of Ukraine aged 18 and above.

Statistical sample error (with probability of 0.95 and design-effect of 1.5) does not exceed:

3,3% — for indicators close to 50%;
2,8% — for indicators close to 25%;
2,0% — for indicators close to 10%;
1,4% — for indicators close to 5%.

 

During the survey KIIS identified attitudes to the different variants of the unitary state and separatism in Ukraine. The following results were observed:

The majority of respondents prefer maintaining the current status in the unitary Ukraine with extended authority - 53.2%. Maintaining the current status in the unitary Ukraine with current authority is supported by 22.7%; autonomy within a federal Ukraine is supported by 6.9%; separation from Ukraine and independent state establishment is supported by 1.9%; separation from Ukraine and joining other state is supported by 4.7% of respondents.


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