The survey was conducted by Rating Group Ukraine on order of the International Republican Institute.
The survey was conducted throughout all Ukraine territory (except for occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas) from 18 February till 4 March 2016. Survey method - face-to-face interview at the respondent’s residence.
Total sample – 2,400 residents of Ukraine aged 18 and older, who have the right to vote. The sample is representative by sex, age, region, and settlement size. Additionally, 1,000 respondents were surveyed in Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts. For sampling there were used multistage probabilistic sampling method, for respondents’ selection procedure - random route and ‘last birthday’ rule.
The margin of error does not exceed 2.0%.
Average response rate – 63.0%.