The International Republican Institute (IRI) commissioned a two-part survey consisting of a national sample of Ukrainian youth located in Ukraine as well as a convenience subsample residing in Poland between the ages of 10 and 35 on behalf of the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and the Ukraine National Identity Through Youth (UNITY) project.

The goals of this initiative were to obtain accurate information on the perceptions of children and youth (aged 10-35) on (a) civic engagement and reconstruction; (b) prospective employment and education; and (c) potentially migrating – either from Poland back to Ukraine or from their home communities for those residing in Ukraine, along with several other relevant topics. This is the second survey in this series, the first survey published in 2021 can be found here.

The security environment that existed in Ukraine at the time of fieldwork for this survey precluded IRI from conducting a face-to-face survey of the respondents located in Ukraine. IRI utilized instead a Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) methodology. This study was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the sole responsibility of IREX and IRI and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States government.

Methodology

Ukraine Sample:

The survey was conducted by Info Sapiens on behalf of the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). Survey data was reviewed and analyzed by the International Republican Institute’s Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR).

The survey was conducted from June 30 to July 14, 2023, through telephone (CATI) interviews. Mobile phone numbers were selected using RDD (random digit dialing). The codes of all main operators in Ukraine were used.

The sample consists of a national sample of n=1,417 youth aged 16-35, a national sample of n=502 children aged 10-12, and a national sample of n=525 children aged 13-15. These samples are representative of the population of the Ukraine of the respective age.

Due to the absence of reliable information on the population as for now, the latest available pre-invasion data from State Statistical Service as of January 1, 2022, were used to set oblast quotas and to weight the dataset by age, gender, region, and settlement size. Respondents were asked to name their current place of residence and their place of residence before February 24, 2022.

The theoretical margin of error does not exceed ±4.4% for youth aged 10-12 and youth aged 13-15. The theoretical margin of error does not exceed ±2.6% for youth aged 16-35.

The overall response rate is 3%.

Charts and graphs in the presentation may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Poland Sample:

The survey was conducted by Rating Group on behalf of the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). Survey data was reviewed and analyzed by the International Republican Institute’s Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR).
 
The survey was conducted from June 23 to July 1, 2023, through face-to-face interviews with those 16 and older, and through phone interviews with those 10-15 (following face-to-face consent by their parent/guardian.)

Intercept sampling was conducted near centers for assistance of Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw and Bydgoszcz. While steps were taken to maximize randomization, such as intercepts being hold on different days and times, stationing interviewers at multiple centers per city, etc., the sample cannot be assumed to represent all Ukrainian refugees aged 10-35 currently in Ukraine.

The sample consists of Ukrainians who arrived in Poland since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The sample is comprised of n=100 respondents aged 10-12, n=100 respondents aged 13-15 and n=300 respondents aged 16-35. Each group received a questionnaire appropriate to their age.

The overall response rate is 60%.

Charts and graphs in the presentation may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Questions routed to fewer than 25 respondents are not presented in the report.

Ethical Considerations

The protocol for Youth Opinion Survey 2023 was assessed through an expedited research ethics review by HML Institutional Review Board. This study’s human subjects’ protection protocols received research ethics review approval on 05/31/2023 in accordance with the requirements of the US Code of Federal Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects (45CFR46 & 45CFR46.110) and were expedited by (7) Research on individual or group characteristics or behavior. HML IRB is authorized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Research Protections (IRB #00001211, IORG #0000850), and has DHHS Federal-Wide Assurance approval (FWA #00001102).

Verbal informed consent has been received from all respondents. For the category of 10-15 years old, the youngest category within the survey, consent has been received from parents or legal guardians. A consent form included information on the survey topic, confidentiality, voluntary participation, rights to not answer some or any questions and refusal to participate at any moment.​

Rating Group (who conducted the survey of Ukrainian youth in Poland) complies with its policies on child protection during participation in research activities, national legislation and European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research guidelines. An expert in conducting surveys with children, Marianna Tkalych – Full Professor in Psychology, CEO in Research Laboratory “Rating Lab”, Psychologist-specialist of forensic psychological examination was involved in data collection tools development. Rating Group has not stored personal information on participants.

Additionally, Info Sapiens team members (who conducted the survey Ukrainian youth in Ukraine) have experience surveying under-aged people since 2006. All interviewers participated in briefing sessions before the survey, where they were trained to conduct interviews with minors.​

Info Sapiens complies with its policies on child protection during participation in research activities, national legislation and European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research guidelines. An external expert in conducting surveys with children, Maryna Ohorodniichuk – a psychologist specializing in client-centered therapy, author and instructor of training courses for psychologists and parents, member of the Ukrainian Association of Psychotherapists, was involved in data collection tools development. Neither group has stored personal information on participants.

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