Kievans are confident that corruption continues to grow and are ready to protest

Forty-four percent of Kyiv residents surveyed believe corruption in Ukraine has increased in the past year, and 31,5% expect it to worsen even further next year. These are the findings of a survey conducted by Active Group as part of the "City Omnibus" project in December 2017, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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Of the 44% who believe that corruption has increased, 23,1% said that it has become a little more and 20,9% of Kiev residents said that it has become “much more.”

Only 11,4% of respondents believe that corruption in Ukraine has decreased over the year, of which 2,4% – “significantly less”, 9% – “slightly less”.

The largest share of respondents (43,0%) are convinced that no changes have occurred. Only 0,7% could not decide on the answer.

More than half of respondents (53,2%) do not expect any changes with corruption next year, 18,4% think that it will become “a little more”, 13,1% - “significantly more”. 2,1% of Kiev residents believe that corruption will become “significantly less”, and 12,1% - that there will be small positive changes. 1,2% of Kiev residents did not answer this question.

Men are more confident that corruption has decreased, while women are more vocal about its increase.

According to Active Group project coordinator Vitaly Shedlovsky, the disappointing situation with corruption affects protest and protest sentiments. Every third respondent (34%) is confident of a significant increase in the level of corruption over the past year and declares their readiness to protest. “This can be interpreted as the fact that Kiev residents can no longer stand the lack of improvements, and they see protests as the only way to change something,” says Vitaly Shedlovsky.

The study took place from December 9 to 10 as part of the Kiev Omnibus project. A total of 1685 respondents were surveyed. The error at a confidence probability of 0,95 does not exceed 2,2%.