Most women currently living in Ukraine want to stay — both in the country and in their own city or village. For 79% of Ukrainian women, staying in Ukraine is important, and for 72%, it’s important to stay in their local area.

Almost half of the respondents described this as critically important: 45% in relation to Ukraine, and 40% in relation to their specific place of residence.

Only 6% said that being in Ukraine doesn’t matter to them, and 11% said the same about staying in their local area.

The research is conducted by the Centre for Economic Strategy and the Institute for Behavioural Studies at American University Kyiv as part of the demographic resilience project of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, initiated by UNFPA, UN Population Fund in Ukraine, and supported by the UK government together with the NGO “UA Experts”.