Analytical note
on the results of conducted polls
of project U-Report in April 2016.1
Poll №1 «Youth Speak AIESEC»
The purpose of the poll: to reveal the main advantages of studying at a college/university, the
measures that help youth to develop themselves as a professionals and form traits of a real leader.
According to the results of the poll, the biggest advantage of studying at a college or university
for U-reporters are acquiring knowledge (40%), practical skills (35%), a diploma (19%) , and getting new
acquaintances (18%). Among others mentioned advantages are life experience, personal development
and formation of personality, communication with peers (Pic. 1).
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Data are presented in percentage of the number of respondents who answered the question. The data are not
representative because the socio-demographic characteristics of registered U-reporters do not reflect the general
characteristics of Ukrainian youth.
Number of U-reporters - 5393
Number of new U-reporters in April – 4481
Socio-demographic characteristics of U-reporters (as of April 30, 2016)
Geographical distribution: city Kyiv and Kyiv region – 41%, Lviv region – 12%, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy region – 6%,
Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv region – 4%, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia region – 3%, Odesa, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region – 2%, . Others
regions do not exceed 2%.
Gender distribution: female – 68%, male – 32%
Age distribution:
 Before 14 years – 7%
 15-19 years – 43 %
 20-24 years – 29%
 25-30 years – 17 %
 31 years and more – 4%
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Knowledge
40
Practical skills
35
A diploma
19
Getting new acquaintances
18
All mentioned
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Life experience
0.7
Personal development
0.6
Formation of personality
0.3
Communication with peers
0.3
Pic.1. Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the question «In your opinion, what is the biggest advantage of
studying at a college/university»2 (N=1136), %
U-reporters indicated activities that give the opportunities to develop as a professional: changing
programs (50%), educational visits (17%), lectures (14%), volunteering (14%), conferences (13%) and
case studies (10%) (Pic. 2).
Additionally, respondents mentioned other possibilities also that allow young people to develop
professional skills: participating in public organizations’ activities, summer schools and training,
workshops, festivals, meditation, professional practice, work on a specialty.
50
17
14
14
13
10
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Changing
programs
Educational
visits
Lectures
Volunteering
Conferences
Case studies
All mentioned
Рiс.2. Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the question «What activities the best help to develop
professional skills?»3 (N=1093), %
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The sum of answers does not equal 100%, respondents could choose more than one answer to the question.
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Answering to the question "What the trait makes a person a true leader?", the respondents
mentioned about sociability (13%), goal-orienting (12%), responsibility (11.5%), confidence (10%),
perseverance (8.2%), charisma (6%), determination (5%).
In the rare cases respondents mentioned the following personality traits as: education,
insistency, courage, organization, hard work, professionalism, self-development, fairness, attentiveness,
honesty, sincerity, activity, initiative and leadership. Other traits of the personality you can find on the
Pic 3.
education
insistency
courage
activity
initiative
goodwill
ambition
accountability
altruism
motivation
will
politeness
resourcefulness
wisdom
creativity
professionalism
inspiration
independancy
Рiс.3. Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the open-ended question «What the trait makes a person a
true leader?» (N=924)
Poll №2 «Appeal for medical aid»
The purpose of the poll: to get to know about experience of youth to appeal for medical care and
minimum age for independent appeal to the doctor.
44% of U-reporters appealed for medical care 1-2 times for last 12 months, 3-5 times – 23%.
Every fourth respondent (24%) never appealed for medical care (Рic.4).
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The sum of answers does not equal 100%, respondents could choose more than one answer to the question.
1-2 times
44
3-5 times
24
6 and more times
Don’t remember
Жодного разу
23
9
24
Рiс.4. Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the question «How did you often appeal for medical aid for
last 12 months?» (N=1237), %
According to the Ukrainian legislation if a person aged 14-18 in medical institutions services are
provide only after parents’ permission (guardians, family members) 4. Only after reaching the 18 year
young people have the right for independent appeal for medical care without parents’ escort.
It is worth to be mentioned respondents’ opinions about whether to allow adolescents 14-18
years old to appeal to the doctors without the permission of their parents, divided: 53% said Yes, 47%
said No.
At the same time, U-reporters suppose that an average minimum age for independent appeal for
medical care must be 16 years (30.5%). Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the question about the
minimum age varies from 7 years to the maximum - 30 years (Pic5).
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30.5
Adolescents aged 14-18
should appeal for
medical care without
parents escort
53
21
18
47
10
3.6
0.2
7 year 10
0.8
11
Yes
4
4
2.4
3
1
0.6
12
13
14
No
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
0
22
0
0
23 30 year
Рiс.5. Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the open-ended question «What the minimum age should be
for independent appeal?» (N=1090) and to the question «Should adolescents aged 14-18 be allowed
to appeal for medical care independently?» (N=1175), %
Poll №3 «Political situation»
The purpose of the poll: to reveal to what extend youth interested in political situation in
Ukraine and specific of voting.
64% of respondents are interested in political situation from time to time and rarely. Every
fourth U-reporter is interested in current political events (27%) (Pic. 6).
42
27
22
9
Always
From time to time
Rarely
Don’t interested
Рiс.6. Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the question «To what extend do you interested in political
situation in the state?» (N=1161), %
The majority of youth (66%) believe that a vote in elections should be obligatory for all citizens.
At the same time every third believes that the right to participate in the vote should not have all
citizens.
The minimum age of participation in voting must be 18 years (57%), while the rest of the
respondents believe that the minimum age for participation must be 15-17 years (18%) or 19-21 years
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(21%). Minority of respondents (3%) indicated that minimum age for participation in the electoral
process must be 22-25 years (Pic. 7).
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Approval of Temporary standards of providing medical assistance to adolescents and youth: Orderof of Ministry
Health of Ukraine as of 02.06. 2009, №382.
[Electronic resource]. – Mode of access:http://www.moz.gov.ua/ua/portal/dn_20090602_382_.html].
10-14 years
1
15-17 years
18
18 years
57
19-21 years
21
22-25 years
28 and more years (max.42)
3
0.4
Voting mush be obligatory for
everybady
66
34
Yes
No
Рiс.7. Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the open-ended question «What the minimum age should be for
voting?» (N=1095) and to the question «Voting must be obligatory for everybady?» (N=1052), %
Poll №4 «Sustainable Development Goals»
The purpose of the poll: to reveal the level of awareness of youth about Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) of United Nations Organization till 2030 and who should be the goodwill
ambassador of youth and SDGs of Ukraine.
68% of respondents don’t know about Sustainable Development Goals.
Among them who know about SDGs 53,5% are sure that Ukraine will have reached the main
indicators of future international development by 2030, at the same time 46,5% of respondents do not
think so.
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According to the U-reporters’ opinion such well-known Ukrainians may be the goodwill
ambassador of youth and SDGs of the UNO as Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, Ruslana, Tina Karol, Dzhamala and
others (Pic. 8).
S. Vakarchuk
339
Ruslana
27
Т. Кarol
23
Dzhamala
22
V. Zelenskyi
16
S. Prytula
15
О. Usik
12
V.Кlychko
12
І. Dorn
12
N. Savchenko
10
Nobady
Don’t know
31
202
Рiс.8. . Distribution of U-reporters’ answers to the open-ended question «Who is from well-known
Ukrainians should be the goodwill ambassador of youth and SDGs?» (N=1036)
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