Russians are most afraid of “illness of loved ones, children” (82%), “world war” (56%) and “abuse of power by the authorities” (53%). The structure of mass fears remains unchanged.

 

Russians are most afraid of “illness of loved ones, children” (82%), “world war” (56%) and “abuse of power by the authorities” (53%). The structure of mass fears remains unchanged.

 

	Not afraid at all / rather not	Sometimes I am, sometimes not	Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	Can’t say
Illness of loved ones / children	10	8	82	0
World war	29	14	56	1
Abuse of power by authorities	27	18	53	2
Illness, misery	29	18	52	1
Return of repressions	37	13	47	3
Poverty	36	19	45	0
Aids	46	13	39	2
Loss of savings	45	15	39	1
Death	33	14	39	1
Getting robbed	41	21	38	1
Worsening of the political regime	39	21	37	3
Natural disasters	46	22	31	1
Unemployment	47	16	32	5
Public humiliation, verbal abuse	53	18	28	1
Getting old	60	16	24	1

Are you afraid of…

…Illness of loved ones / children?

	1994	1999	2003	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	7	3	8	11	7	9	12	16	10	11	11	8	10
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	10	6	13	15	12	17	18	20	11	12	10	9	8
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	78	85	77	70	80	72	68	62	78	76	79	82	82
Can’t say	5	6	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0
Number of respondents	3000	2000	2000	1500	800	800	1600	1600	1600	1600	1600	1600	1600

…World war?

	1994	1999	2003	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	21	22	33	44	29	21	32	32	28	31	30	24	29
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	14	14	21	16	21	26	22	25	14	15	15	14	14
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	51	49	39	30	45	51	43	40	57	53	54	62	56
Can’t say	14	16	7	10	6	2	3	3	1	1	2	1	1

…abuse of power by the authorities / lawlessness?

	1994	1999	2003	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	16	13	23	32	27	38	42	40	30	29	29	22	27
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	18	16	26	26	26	19	27	28	18	20	20	19	18
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	51	55	44	30	41	33	29	29	51	50	49	58	53
Can’t say	16	16	7	12	6	2	3	4	2	1	2	2	2

…illness, misery?

	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	22	19	23	26	24	31	27	30	26	29
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	21	21	27	26	26	20	21	22	17	18
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	51	57	48	45	48	49	51	47	57	52
Can’t say	6	3	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1

…return of repressions?

	1994	1999	2003	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	26	34	51	47	38	49	53	51	41	41	39	29	37
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	16	14	21	17	23	21	22	23	16	16	17	16	13
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	37	28	19	17	30	26	20	21	40	39	39	52	47
Can’t say	20	23	10	19	10	4	5	5	3	4	5	3	3

…poverty?

	2008	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	27	41	27	20	28	30	29	37	35	33	32	36
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	23	23	24	24	25	24	27	18	20	21	21	19
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	44	27	45	52	46	44	42	45	44	46	46	45
Can’t say	5	10	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0

…AIDS?

	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	48	44	49	58	52	45	46	47	41	46
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	14	19	23	17	22	11	13	1	13	13
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	27	31	26	20	22	41	38	36	45	39
Can’t say	11	6	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2

…loss of savings?

	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	40	40	48	44	48	51	40	38	45
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	24	26	22	24	16	17	19	18	15
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	29	32	27	29	34	28	39	44	39
Can’t say	7	2	4	4	3	3	2	1	1

…death?

	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	36	33	36	35	37	46	44	46	42	33
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	20	19	28	25	26	16	17	18	14	14
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	32	41	32	36	33	37	37	31	42	39
Can’t say	11	6	4	4	4	2	2	5	2	1

…getting robbed?

	1994	1999	2003	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	14	19	19	33	28	32	39	39	40	45	43	36	41
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	15	16	28	25	30	33	30	30	19	22	20	21	21
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	62	52	49	33	39	33	30	29	39	32	33	44	38
Can’t say	9	14	5	9	4	2	2	3	1	1	2	1	1

…worsening of the political regime?

	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	42	48	57	54	42	40	37	34	39
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	24	25	22	25	18	21	21	23	21
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	25	24	17	17	36	35	37	41	37
Can’t say	10	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

…natural disasters?

	1994	1999	2003	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	28	28	35	40	34	28	48	38	48	47	52	45	46
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	24	19	25	24	25	28	25	28	20	21	21	20	22
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	33	33	34	27	38	43	25	32	32	32	26	33	31
Can’t say	15	20	6	9	3	2	2	3	1	<1	1	1	1

…unemployment?

	1994	1999	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	21	12	45	37	45	44	45	50	50	46	50	47
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	20	13	18	19	21	21	22	14	16	18	17	16
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	49	66	30	38	30	31	30	30	26	31	31	32
Can’t say	10	9	7	6	5	5	4	7	9	5	3	5

…public humiliation, verbal abuse?

	1994	1999	2003	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	28	31	45	44	35	42	52	47	53	53	53	46	53
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	20	18	24	20	27	26	24	25	14	18	19	18	18
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	37	32	24	26	32	30	22	24	31	27	26	36	28
Can’t say	16	19	7	10	6	3	2	4	2	2	2	1	1

…getting old?

	2008	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	03.2021	12.2021
Not afraid at all / rather not	43	46	38	48	46	57	54	53	53	60
Sometimes I am, sometimes not	19	22	32	22	24	16	16	18	17	16
Rather afraid / Constantly afraid	29	27	28	27	27	27	28	28	30	24
Can’t say	10	6	2	3	3	2	1	2	1	1

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