Analysts of the “Vox Ukraine” center compared the socio-economic indicators and the psychological state of our fellow citizens in the Motherland and in Poland (the country with the second largest number of refugees). During the surveys, the researchers found out how Ukrainians at home and abroad evaluate their health, level of happiness and trust in others.
According to the two items “happiness” and “trust”, the indicators in Poland and Ukraine are similar. As for the assessment of one’s own health, the indicators differed significantly.
“Ukrainians in Poland more often report their good or very good health (51.2% vs. 31.2%), but do not differ in two other socio-economic indicators: both samples show a similar level of happiness (62.6% in Ukrainian and 64.4% in the Polish samples indicated that they are happy or more likely to be happy) and trust (28.6% in the Ukrainian and 29.0% in the Polish samples reported that they trust or rather trust others)”. – it is noted in reports on research results.
The probability of being happy is reduced for those who have experienced significant inconvenience due to war. The level of assessment of health, happiness and trust was also influenced by the presence or absence of the experience of violence.
“Any significant inconvenience, such as a life-threatening food shortage, is associated with a 6.4 percentage point lower likelihood of being happy and a 6.0 percentage point lower likelihood of being in good or very good health. Additionally, experience experiencing any violence prior to full-scale aggression in 2022 was associated with an additional 6.1% lower likelihood of being happy, while minor inconveniences (such as blackouts) were associated with a 4.9% lower likelihood of trusting others,” the Vox study found. Ukraine”.
