Vast majority of Ukrainians support the idea of joining the European Union. According to data of research conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, if referendum on whether Ukraine needs to join EU had taken place in December, 2015, 53% of Ukrainians would have voted for Ukraine joining the EU, 23% would have been against, 24% have not decided yet or would not have participated in voting.

The poll in December, 2015 showed that half of the population (50%) trusts sociological organizations that have been working for a long time already, 10% do not trust sociological organizations, others do not think about it. Trust-mistrust rate for sociological surveys and trust-mistrust balance (percentage of those, who trust, minus percentage of those, who mistrust, equals +40%) is almost the same as it was in 2014.

The greatest trust Ukrainians have in volunteers and the Church. While 45% of Ukrainians trust Armed Forces of Ukraine, third of Ukrainians do not.

According to the latest KIIS survey 64% of participants have been going through some stressful situation in the last year. This percentage is not much bigger than it was in 2014 (62%) but it has grown significantly comparing to 2013 (49%). Also growth was observed in the amount of people who were through the serious illness of a significant other (from 9,9% in 2014 to 14,3% in 2015), and people who suffered serious illness and had surgery (from 7,2% in 2014 to 11,3% in 2015). Amount of those people who were in situations of shelling and bombing decreased in 2015 (from 7% in 2014 to 6%) although difference is not very significant.

On December 22, 2015 the presentation of research “Assessment of demand for professions that are in need on the labor market” was held in the office of United Nations Development Programme.