Ukrainian Society at the Edge of the 21st Century 2000

Attitudes to the political, social and economic Transformation .
Topics: Economic situation; economic transformations; development of private
business, privatization of land and of large enterprises; buying and selling
land; willingness to work for a private company; direction of foreign policy;
freedom of expression of political views; return to socialism vs. develop
capitalism; role of social groups; trust in family and relatives, oneself,
neighbors, fellow citizens, god, colleagues, church, astrologers, mass media;
police, communist party, political parties, "Rukh", nationalists, Verkhovna
Rada (parliament), armed forces, government, president, private entrepreneurs,
mangers of large state enterprises, trade unions (traditional and new);
membership in organizations; leisure activities; newspapers read last week;
interests in politics; capable political leaders; strong leader vs. democracy;
multiparty system; political parties and movements, that deserve power;
important political movements; participation and voting in the Verkhovna Rada
(parliament) Elections (March 1998); trust in deputy elected in one´s district;
opinion about the President Kuchma; preferred role of the president; preferred
priority in the policies of the president; general political situation in
Ukraine and Russia; joining the union of Russia and Belarus; Russian language
as a official language; satisfaction with one´s own present position in society,
one´s own contribution to society and with that what one gets from society;
predominant influence on one´s own life; satisfied with outlook on life; mood
last days; social position in society; ability to live under changing social
conditions as regards to health, working, clothing, housing, economic knowledge,
confidence in one´s own abilities, medical assistance, fashionable clothing,
basic furniture, contemporary political knowledge, resolve in pursuing one´s
goals, legal protection for defending one´s rights and interests, ability to
have an adequate vacation, having a second, unofficial job, buying the most
necessary products, initiative and independence in solving daily problems,
adequate leisure time, opportunity to work to full potential, opportunity
to eat according to one´s own tastes; general health condition; suffering
from any chronic illnesses; frequency of catching a cold/flu last year;
frequency of being sick; stressful situations during last year; consequences
of the Chornobyl catastrophe for one´s own health; satisfaction with quality
of life in one´s resident; close relatives living outside Ukraine; leaving
current residence (influential factors); preferred place to live; satisfaction
with living conditions; current living conditions; number of rooms; size of
family; number of people living together in one room; equipment in the
household; possession of goods; second resident; domestic animals/pets;
material level of the family´s life (scale); second income; income group;
salary last month and anything left for next months; responsibility for delayed
payments of wages; average income of the last month; monthly income (per person)
providing average life of one´s own family; monthly average income (per person)
counted as poor/rich; changes of material conditions for medical services,
vacation, leisure time, reliable information about events in Ukraine and
in the world, raising children, freedom to express views, participation
in cultural events, environmental situation, personal security, protection
from the whims of bureaucrats and bodies of power, security of employment;
frequency of hooliganism and robberies in one´s own district; decision which
encroached on people´s interests and actions against it; probability of mass
protest actions and participation in them; political protests; death penalty;
attitudes towards ethnic groups; violation of ethnic groups; maintain of peace
and order; frequency of changing place of employment; work in public or private
sector; job satisfied; religious confession; nationality; native language;
spoken languages; language of the interview.