This survey took place between March 21-27, 2019 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 50 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%
CHOOSE THREE QUALITIES FROM THOSE LISTED THAT YOU THINK BEST CHARACTERIZE MEN. (respondents were presented with a card from which they could choose more than one answer; ranked in descending order according to March 2019)
| Feb. 02 | Feb. 08 | Feb. 12 | Mar. 19 | |
| Hard-working | 61 | 51 | 52 | 72 |
| Responsible | 38 | 34 | 39 | 40 |
| Thoughtful and caring | 32 | 23 | 23 | 40 |
| Loyal | 19 | 16 | 16 | 31 |
| Assiduous | 21 | 15 | 20 | 28 |
| Logical | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Lazy | 15 | 23 | 21 | 13 |
| Frivolous | 11 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
| Careless | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
| Creative-minded | 16 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
| Clean and neat | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Promiscuous | 14 | 16 | 15 | 8 |
| Beautiful | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| It is difficult to say | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
CHOOSE THREE OF THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES THAT YOU THINK BEST CHARACTERIZE WOMEN. (respondents were presented with a card from which they could choose more than one answer; ranked in descending order according to March 2019)
| Feb. 02 | Feb. 08 | Feb. 12 | Mar. 19 | |
| Thoughtful and caring | 46 | 47 | 44 | 60 |
| Beautiful | 48 | 47 | 46 | 50 |
| Loyal | 40 | 36 | 33 | 45 |
| Hard-working | 41 | 32 | 29 | 41 |
| Clean and neat | 36 | 31 | 30 | 34 |
| Responsible | 21 | 18 | 16 | 22 |
| Frivolous | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
| Assiduous | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Creative-minded | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Logical | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Lazy | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Promiscuous | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Careless | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| It is difficult to say | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
CHOOSE THREE QUALITIES FROM THOSE LISTED THAT YOU THINK BEST CHARACTERIZE MEN.
| Men’s opinions on men | Women’s opinions on men | |
| Hard-working | 79 | 67 |
| Thoughtful and caring | 42 | 39 |
| Loyal | 33 | 30 |
| Responsible | 42 | 39 |
| Beautiful | 5 | 4 |
| Clean and neat | 10 | 8 |
| Assiduous | 30 | 26 |
| Logical | 29 | 19 |
| Frivolous | 5 | 14 |
| Creative-minded | 9 | 9 |
| Lazy | 7 | 18 |
| Careless | 7 | 11 |
| Promiscuous | 4 | 12 |
CHOOSE THREE QUALITIES FROM THOSE LISTED THAT YOU THINK BEST CHARACTERIZE WOMEN.
| Men’s opinions on women | Women’s opinions on women | |
| Hard-working | 29 | 51 |
| Thoughtful and caring | 58 | 61 |
| Loyal | 47 | 43 |
| Responsible | 16 | 28 |
| Beautiful | 58 | 44 |
| Clean and neat | 34 | 34 |
| Assiduous | 10 | 16 |
| Logical | 7 | 10 |
| Frivolous | 19 | 8 |
| Creative-minded | 11 | 13 |
| Lazy | 4 | 2 |
| Careless | 2 | 1 |
| Promiscuous | 2 | 2 |
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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