Sociologists have found that 83% of Ukrainian refugees have higher education
Among Ukrainian refugees, the majority are highly qualified specialists with higher or incomplete higher education.
This is evidenced by the results of a survey of the Kyiv Razumkov Center.
“83% of refugees are people with higher or incomplete higher education. The most represented among the social groups surveyed were highly qualified specialists (30%), heads of enterprises and their departments (14%), entrepreneurs (14%), skilled workers (12%), housewives (11%),” the report says.
According to an all-Ukrainian survey, women predominate among refugees (93%). The largest age groups of respondents are people from 30 to 39 years old (42%) and from 40 to 49 years old (29%).
90% of the refugees surveyed lived in cities before the war, 10% in villages. Most (45%) of refugees left after the start of the war from the central regions of Ukraine (mostly residents of Kiev (23% of all respondents) and the Kiev region (9%)), 31% - from the eastern regions, 16% - from the southern regions and 8 % – from the western regions. 51% of respondents answered that at home they mostly speak Russian, 40% - mostly Ukrainian. 70% consider Ukrainian as their native language, 20% consider Russian as their native language.
The survey was conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center from July 20 to August 25, 2022. Respondents were selected using the “snow globe” method and by posting requests to participate in the survey in Facebook groups that unite representatives of the Ukrainian community and refugees in different countries (using the “self selected sample” method).
511 refugees were interviewed in 30 countries. Most of the respondents were refugees who were in Poland (110 people) and Germany (85 people). 231 people were interviewed in other countries of the European Union, 63 people - in countries outside the EU (Moldova, Turkey, Switzerland, Great Britain, USA, Israel). Refugees to Russia and Belarus - and this is several million people - were not covered by the survey.
Earlier it was reported that about 430 thousand citizens of Ukraine who arrived in Poland as refugees from hostilities have already found work. Statistical data is silent about whether this work is by profession and in accordance with existing education and qualifications.
Sociologists have found that 83% of Ukrainian refugees have higher education.