62% of Ukrainians against land market
KYIV. Feb 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Some 62% of Ukrainians are against the introduction of the agricultural land market in Ukraine, according to a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on February 21-25, 2020.
If the All-Ukrainian referendum on the sale of agricultural land took place next Sunday, 15% of Ukrainians would vote in the referendum “in favor of” the land market, 62% – “against,” and another 18% would not vote.
According to the results of the study, during the period of November 2019 – February 2020, the share of supporters of land sales decreased: 22% in November, 19% in December, and 15% in February.
The survey was conducted using the CATI method (computer-assisted telephone interviews) using a random selection of mobile phone numbers. The sample is representative of the adult population (aged 18 years and older) of Ukraine. The sample does not include territories that are temporarily uncontrolled by the Ukrainian authorities. During the survey, 1,500 interviews were conducted, the sampling error with a probability of 0.95 does not exceed 3%. The data of this study are compared with the results of KIIS surveys, which were conducted from December 15 to December 18, from November 22 to November 25, from November 4 to November 7, from October 9 to October 11, and from September 6 to September 19, 2019.
