70% of Ukrainian citizens will not travel to another country, even if the borders are opened.

This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Foundation “Democratic Initiatives” named after him. Ilka Kucheriva together with the Sociological Service of the Razumkov Center, reports Censor.net.

Thus, among the respondents, the share of men who would like to go to another country for permanent residence, if the borders are open to all categories of the population, is 25%, and women - 17%.

“The desire to go abroad for permanent residence in case of opening borders was most often reported by respondents aged 18 to 29 years (33%). The older the age group to which the respondent belongs, the smaller the proportion of respondents who would like to go abroad for permanent residence. Among respondents aged 30 to 39, 27% would like to travel abroad, among respondents aged 40-49 — 23%, 50-59 years — 16%, and among respondents aged 60 — 9%.

26.5% of respondents who lived in the eastern regions before the full-scale invasion agreed that they would like to go abroad for permanent residence if the border was open to all categories of the population. Among the respondents who lived in the western regions before the full-scale invasion, 23% stated their desire to go abroad for permanent residence. Among those who lived in the central regions, 19% would like to go abroad, and 12% in the southern regions,” the study says.

For those who would like to go abroad in case of opening borders, the main motivation for leaving is lack of development opportunities (30.5%), threat to life due to fighting (29%), lack of social support from the state (29%), desire to reunite with relatives (26%), desire to leave bringing relatives dependent on the respondent (23%), and the inability to find a job according to the respondent's requirements (21%).

The survey was conducted from November 29 to December 14, 2024 in territories controlled by the government of Ukraine and in which there are no hostilities. 1518 respondents aged 18 and over were interviewed face-to-face. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.6%.