Левада-Центр : THE ECOLOGICAL SITUATION

This survey took place between 27 and 30 May 2016 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 800 people over the age of 18 in 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies does not exceed 4.1% for indicators around 50%.

HOW WOULD YOU EVALUATE THE ECOLOGICAL SITUATION (CLEANLINESS OF AIR AND WATER, NOISE LEVEL, STATE OF NATURAL SURROUNDINGS) IN THE TOWN OR REGION WHERE YOU LIVE?

	July 91	Apr 08	Sept 10	May 11	Aug 12	May 13	Jun 14	May 15	May 16
Very good	3	5	5	7	3	3	4	6	6
Probably good	14	28	36	33	29	26	39	37	32
Probably bad	33	37	38	43	46	49	40	40	39
Very bad	46	28	15	16	19	16	10	12	17
It is difficult to say	5	2	6	2	4	7	7	5	6

TO WHAT DEGREE ARE YOU TROUBLED BY THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN YOUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA?

	Mar 89	Sept 90	May 11	Aug 12	May 13	Jun 14	May 15	May 16
Very troubled	53	58	24	25	21	14	14	17
Probably troubled	27	34	49	49	52	50	47	49
Probably not troubled	8	4	13	14	11	15	17	17
Not troubled at all	7	1	12	10	11	18	19	15
It is difficult to say	4	3	2	2	5	3	3	2

WHAT WORRIES YOU MOST WITH REGARD TO THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN YOUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA? (as a percentage of those respondents who are troubled by the state of the environment; multiple answers)

	May 11	Aug 12	May 13	Jun 14	May 15	May 16
Pollution of water sources (rivers, lakes, seas)	50	59	54	52	52	52
Air pollution	48	52	52	51	49	49
Bad, polluted drinking water	36	35	34	30	35	31
Harmful chemicals in food	28	22	29	26	25	31
Unhygienic state of the territory	30	36	30	27	24	25
Climate change	24	22	21	23	20	21
Rising noise level	10	13	14	12	10	16
Shrinking water sources, appearance of deserts, water regime disturbance	12	14	10	9	13	14
Deforestation	19	15	16	16	12	14
Increased radiation levels	13	16	17	17	13	11
Acid rain	9	10	8	10	10	11
Lack of green spaces	10	9	9	11	11	10
Disappearance of bird, fish, animal, plant, and insect species or changes in the plant and animal world	10	11	9	8	9	10
Unsuitability of water for watering	3	3	4	3	4	1
Other	1	2	2	2	2	1
It is difficult to say	2	3	5	3	4	2

HOW SPECIFICALLY DOES THE WORSENING OF THE ENVIRONMENT MANIFEST ITSELF IN YOUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA? (multiple answers)

	May 11	Aug 12	May 13	Jun 14	May 15	May 16
People’s worsening health	59	59	62	56	57	61
Violation of the natural cycle in nature	29	28	32	28	27	32
Disappearing green zones	34	42	35	33	32	29
Wasting of natural wealth	33	28	31	30	26	27
Fewer opportunities to relax in nature	22	30	25	25	21	22
Other	7	7	5	3	5	6
It is difficult to say	6	11	9	10	9	5

	All	Consumer Status			Place of residence
	All	Below average	Average	Above average	Moscow	500,000+	100- 500,000	Up to 100,000	Village
Very good	6	4	7	6	4	2	3	7	11
Probably good	32	33	32	32	15	25	27	37	45
Probably bad	39	33	40	42	38	50	47	34	28
Very bad	17	23	15	16	38	19	16	15	10
It is difficult to say	6	7	6	4	5	4	7	7	6
Very troubled	17	24	16	15	24	22	20	15	10
Probably troubled	49	46	49	53	61	56	49	46	43
Probably not troubled	17	22	16	15	7	9	23	17	23
Not at all troubled	15	8	16	16	8	11	7	19	21
It is difficult to say	2	1	3	1	<1	1	1	3	3
Pollution of water sources (rivers, lakes, seas)	52	56	52	50	39	50	53	62	50
Air pollution	49	47	47	55	72	67	47	44	27
Harmful chemicals in food	31	35	32	28	37	34	32	32	26
Bad, polluted drinking water	31	33	31	30	45	26	29	29	35
Unhygienic state of the territory	25	25	23	28	7	31	35	19	21
Climate change	21	24	18	24	22	20	22	19	22
Rising noise levels	16	13	16	19	36	23	12	12	8
Deforestation	14	13	14	17	21	15	21	12	6
Shrinking water sources, appearance of deserts and other water regime disturbances	14	24	13	8	4	10	16	18	15
Increased radiation levels	11	10	15	4	7	10	12	12	11
Acid rain	11	9	12	9	11	11	6	9	16
Lack of green spaces	10	14	8	11	14	21	7	5	5
Disappearance of bird, fish, animal, plant, and insect species or changes to the plant and animal world	10	14	10	8	8	6	16	5	15
Unsuitability of water for watering	1	3	1	<1	1	1	3	1	1
Other	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	<1	2
It is difficult to say	2	1	2	2	<1	1	2	2	3
Disappearing green zones	29	30	27	32	33	39	38	26	14
Wasting of natural wealth	27	25	26	29	25	33	27	29	19
People’s worsening health	61	68	60	59	75	69	56	52	62
Violation of the natural cycle in nature	32	33	32	31	25	30	37	26	37
Fewer opportunities to relax in nature	22	20	20	28	28	31	26	17	13
Other	6	3	8	6	4	8	7	6	5
It is difficult to say	5	5	7	3	5	2	4	9	7

Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).

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