75% of Ukrainians prepared for possible problems with energy supply in winter

Almost 75% of Ukrainians were preparing for possible problems with energy supply in winter, with Kyiv residents, young and middle-aged people, and those with higher incomes preparing for energy supply problems most intensively.

Source: results of the survey conducted by Rating sociological research group held on 22-23 November

The most popular steps included the purchase of flashlights and batteries, the preparation of food supplies, the purchase of accumulators and generators, as well as the preparation of drinking water supplies; each of these activities was carried out by more than half of the respondents.

"Residents of Kyiv, as well as young and middle-aged people, who are more affluent, prepared most intensively for problems with energy supply. Urban residents were slightly more likely than others to buy flashlights and batteries and make drinking water supplies, while rural residents were more likely to buy generators.

The intensity of preparation for problems with energy supply is also affected by the respondent’s mood (...): pessimists who expect difficulties make more efforts to prepare for winter than optimists," sociologists say.

At the same time, 72% of respondents managed to find an invincibility centre in their locality. (an invincibility centre is a heated premises stocked with food and power banks to assist residents facing hardships due to power cuts -ed.) At the same time, in rural areas, almost 40% of residents found no invincibility centre in their locality.

Most of these centres are located in Kyiv, the liberated territories and the contact zone areas. Among respondents with an Invincibility centre in their locality, 13% used it last winter: 3% did it often, and 10% did rarely.

The survey results show that most Ukrainians (74%) do not plan to leave their homes if there is no electricity for a week.

At the same time, almost a quarter of Ukrainians plan to move to another place in this case: 11% will seek to move within the locality, 8% to another locality, 3% to a temporary residence (a school, etc.), and 2% will try to go abroad.

Most often, movement is limited to the same locality where the respondent lives. Residents of Kyiv are mostly ready to move because in general, residents of cities are more affluent and younger, sociologists summarise.

The study took place on 22-23 November. 1,000 respondents aged 18 and over were interviewed by telephone based on a random sample of mobile numbers in all regions, except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas, as well as territories where there was no Ukrainian mobile connection at the time of the survey. The sample is representative in terms of age, gender and type of settlement. The error of representativeness of the study with a confidence level of 0.95 does not exceed 3.1%. 

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