December 18, 2007

Abstract: (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Adults in Ukraine believe two actions are always objectionable, according to a poll by the Kiev Gorshenin Institute of Management Issues. 88.4 per cent of respondents believe shoplifting is never acceptable, and 86.7 per cent of respondents feel the same way about drunk driving.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Adults in Ukraine believe two actions are always objectionable, according to a poll by the Kiev Gorshenin Institute of Management Issues. 88.4 per cent of respondents believe shoplifting is never acceptable, and 86.7 per cent of respondents feel the same way about drunk driving.

Homosexual relations are third on the list with 81.3 per cent. More than half of respondents would never accept public littering, traffic violations, rudeness, and adultery. Conversely, less than two-in-five respondents express strong objections to travelling in public transit without a ticket, abortion, becoming an informant, jumping the queue, and premarital sex.

Ukraine gained its independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. On that same year, the country decriminalized homosexuality.

In November 2004, Ukrainian lawmakers amended the country’s abortion legislation, reducing the period when a woman can choose to terminate a pregnancy from 28 weeks of gestation to 22 weeks.

Polling Data

What is your attitude toward following actions?

	Never acceptable	Sometimes acceptable	Acceptable
Shoplifting	88.4%	8.4%	3.2%
Drunk car driving	86.7%	10.2%	3.1%
Homosexual relations	81.3%	13.0%	5.7%
Garbage or disposal throw-out in a street or nature	73.3%	22.4%	4.3%
Violation of traffic rules	70.2%	25.6%	4.2%
Rudeness, abusive language	63.4%	29.8%	6.8%
Adultery	61.5%	29.3%	9.2%
Doctor-assisted suicide (euthanasia)	52.3%	30.8%	16.9%
Tax evasion	48.5%	37.5%	14.0%
Deception for sake of profit	48.3%	41.6%	10.0%
Pocketing of found things, money	43.2%	41.9%	14.9%
Traveling in public transit without a ticket	38.2%	45.0%	16.8%
Abortions	37.3%	45.1%	17.6%
Complaining to law-enforcement authorities about a friend who has stolen something	36.3%	41.3%	22.4%
Jumping the queue in a shop, booking office etc.	33.2%	49.5%	17.3%
Premarital sex	31.7%	37.0%	31.3%

Source: Kiev Gorshenin Institute of Management Issues
Methodology: Interviews with 2,000 Ukrainian adults, conducted from Nov. 1 to Nov. 10, 2007. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.

 

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