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MOSCOW, 26 September 2022. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the findings of a survey describing how much money Russians spent on their summer vacation this year.

The average summer vacation lasted 30 days this year, which is the average vacation time. Since 2018 this figure has been fluctuating between 28 and 33 days. This year women had more days off (32 days vs 28 days among men); older Russians also had longer vacations (46 days), whereas the 35-44-year-olds had a shorter vacation (21 days). In addition, the length of vacation also depends on the place of living: people living in northern parts (North Western, Ural and Siberian Federal districts) enjoyed longer vacations - 32, 34 and 37 days respectively. This is due to longer vacations in these areas. Respondents traveling in a group point to 4 persons in their company (3 persons in 2021; 4 persons in 2020).

This year the average summer vacation cost 38,605 rubles per person; this sum has not changed much compared to last year (38,858 rubles), but it is higher (+ 6,013 rubles, or +18%) than in 2020.

  • Respondents who report to have spent more money on vacation this summer are those who live in Moscow and St Petersburg (67,009 rub per person), residents of million-plus cities (56,428 rub), the 25-34-year-olds (50,067 rub) and those people who are satisfied with their income (55,194 rub. vs. 21,653 rub. in the group of those who are not satisfied).
  • Those who went abroad spent more than those who travelled within Russia (45,429 rub vs. 38,852 rub).

 

VCIOM-Sputnik Russian nationwide telephone survey was conducted 3-4 September, 2022. A total of 1,600 Russians aged 18 and over took part in the survey. Survey method: telephone interviews using a stratified random sample based on a complete list of mobile phone numbers in use in Russia. The data were weighted according to social and demographic characteristics. The margin of error at a 95% confidence level does not exceed 2.5%. In addition to sampling error, minor changes to the wording of questions and different circumstances arising during the fieldwork can introduce bias into the survey.

September 3, 2022 survey key effectiveness indicators:  cooperation rate (CR)* = 0.8590; minimum response rate (MRR)** = 0.0242; response rate (RR)*** = 0.1691.

Calculations based on the corporate standard https://profi.wciom.ru/principy_standarty/korporativnyj-standart-po-izmereniyu-rezultativnosti-oprosov-sputnik-vciom/

 

* CR: the number of complete interviews divided by the sum of: а) complete interviews and b) non-interviews with eligible respondents.

** MRR: the number of complete interviews divided by the sum of: а) complete interviews, b) interrupted interviews after successful screening and c) all the respondents where it is unknown whether they meet the selected criteria or not.

***RR: RR is calculated in the same way as MRR, with the only difference that the number of respondents with unknown eligibility decreases proportional to the percentage of eligible cases in the total number of respondents with identified eligibility or non-eligibility.

 

How many days did your summer vacation last this year?

(open-ended question, one answer, % of those who travelled somewhere last summer)

 

2019*

2020*

2021*

2022

Average

28

33

31

30

How many persons travelled with you during your summer vacation, including you?  

(open-ended question, one answer, % of those who travelled somewhere last summer)

 

2020*

2021*

2022

Average

4

3

4

How much money did you spend on your summer vacation? If you were NOT alone, please specify the sum per person in Russian rubles.  (open-ended question, one answer, % of those who travelled somewhere last summer)

 

2018*

2019*

2020*

2021*

2022

Average

37 179

39 942

32 592

38 858

38 605

How much money did you spend on your summer vacation? If you were NOT alone, please specify the sum per person in Russian rubles.  (open-ended question, one answer, % of those who travelled somewhere last summer)

 

Total

Men

Women

Ages 18-24

25-34

35-44

45-59

60 and older

Average

38 605

44 383

34 196

37 489

50 067

48 055

35 123

25 059

How much money did you spend on your summer vacation? If you were NOT alone, please specify the sum per person in Russian rubles (open-ended question, one answer, % of those who travelled somewhere last summer)

 

How would you assess the current financial situation in your family

Vert good/good

Average

Bad / very bad

Don’t know

Average

55,194 rub

35,953 rub

21,653 rub

50,666 rub

 

* In 2018-2021, VCIOM-Sputnik Russian nationwide telephone survey; 1,600 Russians aged 18 and older. Survey method: telephone interviews based on stratified random sample from a complete list of mobile phone numbers in use in Russia. The data were weighted according to social and demographic characteristics. The margin of error at a 95% confidence level does not exceed 2.5%.

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