More than half of Ukrainians do not trust the data of the Ministry of Health on the situation with the incidence of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ukraine, considering these data to be either overstated or understated. This is according to the data of a common sociological study conducted by Active Group and Club of Experts companies, the results of which are available to Interfax-Ukraine.
According to the study conducted on July 10-12 by telephone interview, in particular, 34.2% of respondents do not trust the official data, since, in their opinion, the statistics of the Ministry of Health on the number of COVID-19 cases is overstated.
Another 20.5% of respondents do not trust the official statistics, considering it understated.
Some 18.6% of respondents fully trust the official data and some 14.9% partially.
According to the study conducted in early July, some 34.8% of respondents said that lockdown restrictions did not change their work in any way, while according to the study conducted in April, only 18.3% of respondents said that lockdown did not affect to their work.
The study was conducted throughout Ukraine, with the exception of the temporarily occupied territories and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, based on a representative sample. The study involved 1,000 respondents.
