Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

The Economics of the Post-Sovietand Eurasian Integrationcountries (and Georgia), expressed through the attitudes of the populations ofthese countries towards other countries of the former Soviet Union (except forthe Baltic States) and a range of other countries round the world. Respondents’attitudes toward other countries are categorised in a range of indicators displayedin questions on a survey form.Each question on the survey form is designed to reflect the degree of therespondent’s social and cultural affinity with different countries, on thecorresponding indicator. The respondent expresses both his/her personaldisposition to the countries out of the prescribed list, and also the dispositiondesirable for his/her country.The questions forming the main part of the survey are all of the same basictype: respondents are asked to match countries from the prescribed listwith qualities such as friendly/non-friendly, familiar/unfamiliar, interesting/uninteresting, and so on. In other words, the survey form consists of dichotomouspairs.The list of answers that respondents can choose from gives rise to three groupsof conclusions for each question: a desire for integration with other post-Sovietstates, a desire for integration with countries outside this region, and a desire forCategories of people’s integration preferencesIntegration preferencesof populationEconomic attractionPolitical attractionSocio-cultural attractionWhich countries’goods do you buy?Where would youwant to work?Where would youwant to live?Where should weimport labour from?Where should weimport capital from?What countries shouldwe run a scientificexchange with?What countries have you been in?What countries do you want to knowmore about?What countries have permanentcorrespondents?Where would you want to go onholiday?Where would you want to study(or send your children to study)?Where should we import art from?Where should we attract touristsfrom?Who is our friend?Who is our enemy?Which countries wouldwe provide militaryaid to?Which countries wouldprovide military aidto us?152 EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012