This survey took place between December 13–19, 2018 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 136 localities of 52 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%
WOULD YOU WANT TO PERMANENTLY MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY? * (one answer)
| Oct. 90 |
Apr. 92 | Mar. 93 |
Oct. 94 |
Apr. 09 |
May. 11 |
May. 12 |
May. 13 |
May. 14 |
May. 15 |
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Dec. 18 |
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| Definitely | 11 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Probably | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | |||||
| Probably not | 69 | 77 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 21 |
| Definitely not | 48 | 46 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 47 | 56 | 61 | |||||
| It is difficult to say | 20 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
* In 1992-2018, this question included the clarification: “beyond the borders of the former USSR.”
DO YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR RELATIVES WHO HAVE PERMANENTLY MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTRY IN THE LAST 2-3 YEARS? (one answer)
| Dec. 18 | |
| Yes | 20 |
| No | 80 |
| It is difficult to say | <1 |
WHAT IS YOUR GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO PERMANENTLY MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY? (one answer)
| Dec. 18 | |
| Positive | 28 |
| Neutral | 56 |
| Negative | 14 |
| It is difficult to say | 2 |
HAVE YOU BEEN TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES IN THE LAST 5 YEARS? (respondents were presented with a card from which they could choose more than one answer and/or write in their own; ranked in descending order)
| Dec. 18 | |
| I haven’t been abroad in the last 5 years | 58 |
| I haven’t been to these countries in the last 5 years | 20 |
| Former republics of the USSR | 10 |
| Turkey | 8 |
| European countries | 6 |
| Egypt | 3 |
| Thailand | 3 |
| China | 2 |
| USA | 1 |
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Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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