Most Russians don’t want their children, grandchildren to emigrate — VTsIOM
MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. About 83% of Russians don’t want their children and grandchildren to emigrate, while another 71% oppose the idea of their children studying abroad, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center that was released on Wednesday.
"Russians regard their country as an attractive place of permanent residence for their children, grandchildren and themselves. Over the past 30 years, the proportion of Russians that don’t want their children and grandchildren to emigrate has climbed by 16 percentage points to 83%. Compared with 1993, the proportion of Russians that don’t want to leave Russia has risen by 18 percentage points (90%)," the pollster, known as VTsIOM, said in a statement.
The poll showed that the idea of emigration for their children and grandchildren is most often rejected by people aged 45-59 years (87%) and over 60 years (95%). The proportion is lower among people aged 18-24 years (60%).
According to VTsIOM, 10% of respondents support the idea of emigration for their children and grandchildren, while 8% said they would like to live in another country themselves.
"The younger the Russians are, the greater the support for the idea of their children and grandchildren emigrating (30% among 18-24-year-olds and 19% among 25-34-year-olds versus 3% of people aged over 60), and that are open to this option themselves (18% among 18-24-year-olds and 15% among 25-34-year-olds versus 3% of people aged over 60 years)," the statement said.
The poll showed that more than 71% of people don’t want their children to study abroad, and 20% want to do the opposite and send their children and grandchildren to study abroad. About the same proportion of people oppose the idea of their children working abroad (70%), while 20% would like them to find a job overseas.
The all-Russian telephone survey was conducted on January 21, 2023. It covered 1,600 Russians aged over 18. The margin of error with a probability of 95% does not exceed 2.5%.
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