Ukraine: The OCU and UGCC are the most trusted Churches

24. Juli 2020

KIIS conducted a survey from 24 to 30 June 2020 regarding the attitude of Ukrainians to the main Churches in Ukraine. Among all respondents, 42.4% have a positive attitude to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, 10.3% have a negative attitude, and 37.2% have a neutral attitude (the balance of positive and negative ratings is +32.1%). The next in this category is the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – 35.3% positive against 6% who are negative (with 46.1% of those who have a neutral attitude) (balance +29.3%). 23% of respondents have a positive attitude to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, 31.6% have a negative attitude (with 36.8% of those who are neutral) (balance-29.3%).

KIIS conducted a survey using the CATI method (computer-assisted telephone interviews) based on a random sample of telephone numbers. The sample is representative of the adult population (aged 18+) of Ukraine. The samples do not include territories that are temporarily not controlled by the government of Ukraine - the Crimea, certain regions of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The survey included 2000 interviews. The statistical sampling error (with a probability of 0.95 and considering the design effect of 1.1) does not exceed: 2.4% for indicators close to 50%, 2.1% — for indicators close to 25%, 1.5% — for indicators close to 10%, 1.1% — for indicators close to 5%, 0.5% — for indicators close to 1%. (Quelle: www.risu.ua, 9. Juli 2020)