“Commenting on the results of the study, the general director of the KMIS, Volodymyr Paniotto, says that the attitude of Ukrainians towards most groups is satisfactory”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The average social distance from the population of Ukraine to refugees is 3.66. Social distance is an indicator of the consequences of close relationships respondents are ready to allow with representatives of a certain group, where 1 – agree to admit as a family member, 7 – would not allow in Ukraine at all
Regarding internally displaced persons (IDPs), the index of social distance is 3.20.
According to the survey, almost 58% of respondents are ready to let them into their environment, another 35% agree that they should live in Ukraine (93% in total). Thus, 93% of the population agrees to allow IDPs into their environment, only 7% have a xenophobic attitude towards them (almost as many as towards Ukrainian-speaking Ukrainians). Therefore, the situation with IDPs looks quite favorable, states the KMIS.
Sociologists also note that according to the results of a survey conducted in September-October 2024, 68% of IDPs feel a positive attitude towards them from the community, 27% – neutral, only 4% feel a negative attitude towards themselves.
According to KMIS data, the attitude towards Ukrainians who ended up in the occupied territory after February 24, 2022 is worse – the social distance index is 3.97, which is below the average.
According to the results of the survey, 40.7% are ready to allow them into their environment, another 44.6% agree that they should live in Ukraine (85% in total). 15% have a xenophobic attitude towards them.
Commenting on the results of the study, he says that the attitude of Ukrainians towards most groups is satisfactory – the best attitude towards IDPs, a more or less normal attitude towards refugees and the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine, a slightly worse, but generally normal attitude towards people in the occupied territories.
From September 20 to October 3, 2024, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted its own all-Ukrainian public opinion survey “Omnibus”. 989 respondents were interviewed by the method of telephone interviews based on a random sample in all regions of Ukraine (territory under the control of the Government of Ukraine).