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MASLENITSA

This survey took place between 17-20 February 2017 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 people over the age of 18 in 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys.

The statistical error of these studies for a selection of 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed:     

                3.4% for indicators around 50%

                2.9% for indicators around 25%/75%

                2.0% for indicators around 10%/90%

                1.5% for indicators around 5%/95%

MASLENITSA BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 20. IS YOUR FAMILY PLANNING TO MAKE CREPES FOR MASLENITSA; WILL YOU BE EATING MEAT OR MEAT PRODUCTS; ARE YOU PLANNING TO GO VISITING OR HAVE GUESTS TO CELEBRATE MASLENITSA; ARE YOU PLANNING TO GO TO ANY FOLK FESTIVALS; WILL YOU CELEBRATE MASLENITSA ANOTHER WAY? (multiple answers)

1997 2000 2003 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Planning to make crepes 68 72 80 75 75 79 79 76 74 64 65 70 69
Planning to go visiting or have guests to celebrate Maslenitsa 37 35 40 37 30 33 38 39 34 33 34 30 41
Will eat meat 48 27 31 27 26 30 31 33 44 24 25 24 31
Planning to go to folk festivals for Maslenitsa 16 19 21 25 22 21 24 25 21 27 26 23 27
Will celebrate Maslenitsa another way 10 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2
Not planning to celebrate Maslenitsa 16 15 11 14 17 12 10 11 11 16 14 11 13

LENT BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 27. WHAT KIND OF DIET WILL YOU HAVE DURING LENT: SAME DIET AS USUAL; FAST PARTIALLY (FOR EXAMPLE, GIVE UP MEAT OR ALCOHOL); FAST COMPLETELY FOR THE FINAL WEEK; OR FAST COMPLETELY FOR THE FULL SEVEN WEEKS?

1998 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Same diet as usual 79 77 76 77 79 76 79 70 73 72 74 69 71 71 75 73
Planning to fast partially (give up meat, alcohol, etc.) 11 14 13 16 13 15 15 17 19 18 17 21 18 20 16 18
Planning to fast completely for the final week of Lent 5 2 5 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
Planning to fast completely for the full seven weeks 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 2
 It is difficult to say 1 4 2 2 1 3 2 6 3 4 4 5 5 2 2 5

IN CONNECTION WITH LENT, ARE YOU PREPARED TO LIMIT YOUR …

Definitely

 

Probably Probably not

Definitely

not

I don’t do this normally It is difficult to say
…alcohol consumption?
Feb.17 12 18 20 17 26 7
Feb.16 7 18 17 15 38 5
Mar.13 10 24 18 11 30 6
…sexual activity?
Feb.17 5 10 25 27 18 17
Feb.16 2 8 25 26 24 15
Mar.13 5 14 29 20 18 14
…recreation, consumption of entertainment media?
Feb.17 6 13 29 24 17 10
Feb.16 3 13 28 27 22 8
Mar.13 7 19 31 19 15 10

Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly  Monterey Institute of International Studies).

ANO Levada Center has been included in the register of noncommercial organizations acting as foreign agents. See the Director of the Levada Center’s statement of disagreement with this decision here.

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