This survey took place between 20-23 January 2017 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 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 for a selection of 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed:
3.4% for indicators around 50%
2.9% for indicators around 25%/75%
2.0% for indicators around 10%/90%
1.5% for indicators around 5%/95%
WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER, IF YOU COULD CHOOSE? (one answer)*
| Apr.94 | Feb.95 | Nov.96 | Nov.97 | Nov.00 | Jul.01 | Feb.10 | Feb.11 | Feb.12 | Dec.15 | Jan.17 | |
| Make a solid if even relatively small wage and not worry about tomorrow | 55 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 41 | 46 |
| Work and earn a lot, even without any particular guarantees for the future | 32 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 42 | 36 |
| Have your own business, run it at your own risk | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| It is difficult to say | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
* Question was given with an alternate response selection in the past. See the 2012 Annual Report (page 61).
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ASSERTIONS ABOUT THE MEANING OF WORK IS CLOSEST TO YOUR OWN OPINION? (one answer)
| Apr.94 | Feb.95 | Nov.96 | Nov.97 | Nov.00 | Jul.01 | Aug.08 | Feb.10 | Feb.11 | Feb.12 | Dec.15 | Jan.17 | |
| Work is in itself interesting and important to me, regardless of pay | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 12 |
| Work is for me primarily a way to earn a livelihood | 65 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 66 | 62 | 58 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 57 | 60 |
| Work is not the most important thing for me, there are things in life much more important than work | 12 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 18 |
| Work for me is an unpleasant obligation, if I could, I would not work at all | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| It is difficult to say | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
IF YOU HAD THE CHOICE OF ANY JOB, WHERE WOULD YOU PREFER TO WORK (one answer)
| Dec.15 | Jan.17 | |
| State-owned corporation, government agency | 37 | 36 |
| Private enterprise | 10 | 11 |
| Foreign company, firm | 8 | 8 |
| Government (municipal, regional, federal) | 9 | 8 |
| Would like to have own business, farm | 9 | 10 |
| Would like to work overseas | 3 | 5 |
| Any, there’s no difference to me | 15 | 15 |
| Other | 1 | 1 |
| It is difficult to say | 8 | 7 |
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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