Unemployment and lack of shelters: residents of Kherson named the main problems of the city

59% of Kherson residents consider employment difficulties to be the main problem of the city.

This is evidenced by the results of an online survey of Kherson residents regarding the socio-economic and security situation in the community, conducted on the order of the Kherson Community Fund «Zakhyst».

Another 37% of citizens name stray animals among the city's problems, 33% — a small number of shelters. Also, the five most urgent problems included «consequences of flooding the city after the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP dam» and «unfair distribution of humanitarian aid», but their changes are within the margin of error.

Other problems include difficulties in obtaining medical care, power outages, and late garbage collection.

The research was conducted by the Kherson Community Fund «Zakhyst» charitable organization within the framework of the Program for the Promotion of Public Activity «Join!», funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact in Ukraine.

The report was compiled based on the results of an online survey based on an interactive structured questionnaire, a link to which was sent to potential respondents from the database of the online research panel of the Kherson community.

The sample was formed on the basis of demographic indicators as of January 1, 2022. With such indicators, the research error does not exceed 5% with a probability of 0.95. The sample includes Kherson residents who are currently in the community, as well as those who left Kherson after February 24, 2022 and are currently in other regions of Ukraine or abroad.

Survey of residents of Mykolaiv in 2024

An analytical survey in 2024 showed that 18% of Mykolaiv residents do not know whether they will leave the city in the event of another Russian offensive to the south, and 43% of Mykolaiv residents believe that things in the city are going in the wrong direction.

Also, the approval rating of the activities of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration decreased from 73% in 2023 to 48% in 2024. And 36% of locals approve of the activities of the Mykolayiv mayor.

After that, the mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych reacted to the results of the annual municipal survey. He declared the responsibility of the media for forming negative «attitudes» among the population.

65% of Mykolaiv residents answered that they were interested in information about how much money the local government received for reconstruction and how it was spent. At the same time, the citizens rated the quality of the provided services as average : the state of medicine, protective shelters, the work of the police, hospitals and educational institutions.

Almost half of Mykolaiv residents believe that the economic situation in Ukraine will worsen in the next 12 months.

More than half of the surveyed Mykolaiv residents believe that the return of citizens who left Mykolaiv since the beginning of the full-scale war will help raise wages (43%) and restore destroyed housing (35%).