RUSSIA THE EURASIAN CUSTOMS UNION AND THE EU COOPERATION STAGNATION OR RIVALRY?

PUBLIC OPINION
Will Ukraine gain or lose more
from accession to…?
% of citizens polled
Where do you think people of your occupation or
social group have better prospects – in the EU or in the CU?
% of citizens polled
EU
CU
In the EU
36.7%
Gain
45.3%
Hard
to say
24.5%
Lose
30.3%
Gain
36.8%
Hard
to say
25.8%
Lose
37.4%
In the CU
Equal
Hard to say
20.5%
17.6%
25.2%
Should Ukraine sign the Association Agreement with the EU?
% of citizens polled
UKRAINE
Yes
42.1%
No
32.9%
Hard to say
24.9%
West
Centre
South
East
Yes
67.7%
Hard
to say
No
11.5%
Yes
45.8%
Hard
to say
No
31.0%
AGE EDUCATION SOCIAL AND
PROFESSIONAL GROUPS
Yes
29.5%
Hard
to say
No
49.2%
Yes
29.1%
Hard
to say
20.9% 23.3% 21.3% 30.6%
No
40.3%
OWNERSHIP SECTORS OF ECONOMY NATIVE
LANGUAGE
18-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Incomplete secondary
Secondary
Secondary vocational
Higher or incomplete higher
Businessmen
Specialists
Workers
Students
Pensioners
Unemployed
State or municipal enterprise of the production,
services or trade sector
Organisation or institution funded from the
state or municipal budget
Non-state enterprise
Industry
Agriculture and agro-industrial sector
Transport and communications
Sector of services
Trade
Education, pre-school education, science,
culture, arts
Public health
Russian
Ukrainian
Both Russian and Ukrainian
Yes 53.6 46.2 48.0 38.8 27.6 17.3 33.3 42.8 54.0 56.0 53.3 39.9 62.1 30.2 50.6 42.7 54.7 43.2 35.7 41.3 45.5 51.5 45.1 45.2 52.8 29.9 50.9 33.4
No 22.2 33.5 31.6 32.5 43.4 40.8 34.7 35.7 26.8 23.8 25.5 38.3 8.0 40.1 24.0 34.8 25.9 33.5 43.2 26.1 35.5 28.4 29.2 28.6 32.1 46.7 24.1 39.5
Hard to say 24.2 20.3 20.4 28.7 29.0 41.8 32.0 21.5 19.2 20.2 21.2 21.8 29.9 29.7 25.4 22.5 19.4 23.4 21.1 32.6 19.1 20.1 25.7 26.2 15.1 23.4 25.0 27.1
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