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Since the beginning of April, the number of those who plan to return home in the nearest time has decreased slightly – from 29% to 22%. Instead, the number of those who would like to return a little later increased – from 24% to 31%. This is evidenced by the results of a nationwide poll conducted by the sociological group «Rating» on April 26.

The number of those who intend to return home after the end of the war has not changed (43%).

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At the same time, 20% of the adult population said they had to change their place of residence (this figure has been rising since mid-March). Most of those who are forced to leave are in the eastern regions (58%) and among young people (33%).

We will add that polls were conducted among the population of Ukraine aged 18 and older in all oblasts, except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas. The sample is representative by age, sex and type of settlement. The sample is 1000 respondents. Survey method – telephone interviews using a computer. Error of representativeness of the study with a confidence level of 0.95 – no more than 3.1%.

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Translated by Vitalii Holich

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