About one-third of Ukrainians rate their family's well-being as ‘very poor,’ according to a survey by the Razumkov Centre.
In May 2021, only 36% assessed their family's well-being as ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ poor, 48% - as ‘neither poor nor good,’ 14% - as ‘good’ or ‘very good’). In September-October 2022, the share of citizens who rated it as ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ bad slightly increased (to 39%), while the share of those who considered it ‘good’ or ‘very good’ decreased to 10%. According to the survey conducted in February-March 2023, just like the assessment of the economic situation in the country, the assessment of family well-being has slightly improved and has become close to the indicators recorded in May 2021: 35% rated it as ‘very’ or ‘rather’ bad, 50% - as ‘neither bad nor good’, 12% - as ‘good’ or ‘very good’. In December 2023, assessments of their own family's well-being slightly deteriorated (37%, 51%, and 10.5%, respectively) and did not differ statistically from those observed in September-October 2022. However, the results of the survey conducted in September 2024 (31%, 50%, and 16%, respectively) show some improvement compared to December last year and are even slightly better than in the ‘pre-war’ year of 2021.
When assessing the level of material well-being of their own family in terms of what purchases family income allows, the share of citizens who say they can barely make ends meet has increased slightly since the start of full-scale aggression compared to June 2021, with a rise in the number of people who say they barely make ends meet, not even having enough money for basic groceries (from 9% in June 2021 to 12% in September 2024) and the share of those who say they live well, but are not yet able to make some purchases (buy an apartment, car) (from 6% to 9%), while the share of those who say their family ‘generally has enough to live on, but buying durable goods such as furniture, refrigerator, TV is already causing difficulties’ has decreased (from 44% to 41%).
The shares of those who say that when buying food, they often try to buy the cheapest products, paying less attention to their quality (44%) and those who often afford to buy higher quality (healthier or tastier) products, even if they are more expensive (45%) are approximately equal. The latter make up only 15% of those who say they ‘barely make ends meet’ and 81% of those who say they ‘live well’.
Compared to 2005, the share of people who receive the main part of their livelihood from salary has increased from 38% to 54%, while the share of those who live mainly on pensions, scholarships, financial assistance or alimony has decreased from 38% to 29%, from 7% to 2.5% - on stocks or income received from subsidiary farms, land plots, from 5% to 3% - on side jobs, from 3% to 2% - on income from entrepreneurship.
