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VALUES OF THE MODERN YOUTH

According to the latest VCIOM-Sputnik survey, modern young people are communicative, tidy, active, sport-loving and have materialistic value orientations.

27.06.2017

IN BRIEF

The basic values of the modern young people living in Russia are communicative skills, tidiness, sport activities and importance of materialistic values; The way how the young people are described by themselves and the way how they are described by older generation are almost similar, at the same time over the recent years the youth’s image has changed

According to the latest VCIOM-Sputnik survey, modern young people are communicative, tidy, active, sport-loving and have materialistic value orientations.

MOSCOW, June 27, 2017. For the Youth Day the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the results of a survey devoted to the values of the modern Russian young people.

Abilities to be communicative, tidy, sport-loving and appreciating materialistic values are the most typical characteristics of the young generation (the most frequent answers across all age groups). Most of respondents think that young people are law-abiding (more than 50% across all age groups) and loyal towards Russian authorities (also more than 50%, however the shares of those who oppose this opinion are higher among the 18-24-years-olds and the 25-34-year-olds).

On the one hand, persons aged 18-24 describe themselves (the modern Russian youth) as being cynical (today 56% agree with that vs 43% in 2014); and persons aged 25-34 - as being more aggressive (52% vs 41, respectively), whereas the middle-aged Russians have changed their views of the young people.

On the contrary, respondents aged 60 and over are more likely to describe young people as being friendly (59% vs 42%), ready to help (56% vs 41%), unselfish (47% vs 32%) but young respondents do not seem to think like that.

Young respondents and elderly persons mention stronger patriotic feeling (52% in 2017 vs 45% in 2014 in the 18-24-year-old age group; 62% vs 42%, respectively, among those aged 60 and over), courage (62% vs 55% and 60% vs 46%), kind-heartedness (58% vs 49% and 61% vs 41%).

Besides that, in both age groups (persons aged 18-24 and persons aged 60 and over) there has been an increase in the shares of those who consider youth to be honest (from 48% to 58% and from 41% to 56%, respectively), hard-working (from 39% to 45% and from 32% to 46%), cultured (from 46% to 56% and from 31% to 49%), thrifty (from 32% to 53% and from 27% to 38%, however the mean prevalence of thriftlessness among youth is evident).

As to politics, older respondents (44% among persons aged 60 and over) and increasingly young respondents (54% among the 18-24-year-olds; 62% among the 25-34-year-olds) consider that young people are not interested in political issues.

The VCIOM-Sputnik Russian nationwide survey was conducted on June 20-21, 2017, using stratified dual-frame random sample based on a complete list of landline and mobile phone numbers operating in Russia, and involved 1,200 respondents. Russians aged 18 and over took part in the survey. The data were weighted according to selection probability and social and demographic characteristics. The margin of error at a 95% confidence level does not exceed 3.5%. In addition to sampling error, minor changes in question wording and different circumstances arising during the fieldwork can introduce bias into the survey.

In 2014 a household survey was conducted.

In your opinion, what are the most typical characteristics of the modern Russian youth? Per each pair choose the most typical characteristic (closed-ended question, one answer each pair of statements, %)
		Total respondents	Aged 18-24	25-34	35-44	45-59	60 and over
Aggressiveness	2017	45	40	52	52	41	39
Aggressiveness	2014	44	39	41	44	50	45
Kindness	2017	46	56	44	38	50	46
Kindness	2014	47	53	51	48	41	46
Don’t know	2017	9	4	4	10	9	15
Don’t know	2014	9	8	8	8	9	9
Cynicism	2017	51	56	62	61	48	36
Cynicism	2014	48	43	48	47	54	45
Sincerity	2017	39	42	31	33	38	51
Sincerity	2014	40	46	41	39	36	41
Don’t know	2017	10	2	7	6	14	13
Don’t know	2014	12	11	11	14	10	14
Activeness	2017	54	69	60	48	52	50
Activeness	2014	58	63	67	57	55	53
Passiveness, inaction	2017	39	27	35	46	42	37
Passiveness, inaction	2014	34	29	27	37	39	37
Don’t know	2017	7	4	5	6	6	13
Don’t know	2014	8	8	6	6	6	10
Patriotism	2017	54	52	46	49	58	62
Patriotism	2014	42	45	45	42	38	42
Indifference towards home country	2017	36	40	45	41	34	27
Indifference towards home country	2014	44	45	39	43	50	42
Don’t know	2017	10	8	9	10	8	11
Don’t know	2014	14	10	16	15	12	16
Egoism	2017	38	45	43	44	36	28
Egoism	2014	49	44	45	50	52	49
Readiness to help	2017	49	46	44	44	53	56
Readiness to help	2014	42	49	47	40	37	41
Don’t know	2017	13	9	13	12	11	16
Don’t know	2014	9	7	8	10	11	10
Unselfishness	2017	41	36	36	39	44	47
Unselfishness	2014	34	43	34	34	32	32
Greediness	2017	43	49	51	49	38	34
Greediness	2014	45	41	49	45	48	40
Don’t know	2017	16	15	14	12	18	19
Don’t know	2014	21	16	17	21	20	28
Hard work	2017	44	45	46	37	44	46
Hard work	2014	32	39	35	32	27	32
Idleness	2017	48	53	48	56	46	41
Idleness	2014	57	54	53	57	64	54
Don’t know	2017	8	2	6	7	10	13
Don’t know	2014	11	7	12	11	9	14
Honesty	2017	54	58	49	50	58	56
Honesty	2014	43	48	45	44	41	41
Hypocrisy	2017	34	38	44	37	29	26
Hypocrisy	2014	40	40	41	35	43	36
Don’t know	2017	12	4	7	13	13	18
Don’t know	2014	17	12	14	21	16	23
Sociability	2017	80	86	84	80	79	75
Sociability	2014	72	74	76	74	70	66
Reserve	2017	15	10	12	17	17	15
Reserve	2014	20	19	16	18	22	22
Don’t know	2017	5	4	4	3	4	10
Don’t know	2014	8	7	8	8	8	12
Moral value orientation	2017	17	22	14	14	17	18
Moral value orientation	2014	16	13	18	18	15	15
Materialistic value orientation	2017	76	72	83	80	77	70
Materialistic value orientation	2014	75	80	73	73	78	73
Don’t know	2017	7	6	3	6	6	12
Don’t know	2014	9	7	9	9	7	12
Thriftlessness	2017	51	46	53	55	54	46
Thriftlessness	2014	57	57	54	56	62	53
Economy	2017	38	53	35	35	36	38
Economy	2014	28	32	32	29	25	27
Don’t know	2017	11	1	12	10	10	16
Don’t know	2014	15	11	14	15	13	20
Level of culture, politeness	2017	48	56	45	43	48	49
Level of culture, politeness	2014	37	46	39	34	37	31
Lack of culture, low level of interpersonal communications	2017	46	43	49	49	46	41
	2014	48	41	45	49	50	51
Don’t know	2017	6	1	6	8	6	10
Don’t know	2014	15	13	16	17	13	18
Cowardice	2017	21	25	31	24	16	16
Cowardice	2014	25	26	25	24	28	22
Bravery	2017	59	62	55	57	60	60
Bravery	2014	49	55	50	50	45	46
Don’t know	2017	20	13	14	19	24	24
Don’t know	2014	26	19	25	26	27	32
Personal health care responsibility	2017	45	52	51	45	42	39
Personal health care responsibility	2014	33	40	34	37	31	26
Lack of attention to personal health	2017	48	45	45	48	50	50
Lack of attention to personal health	2014	54	49	53	52	59	56
Don’t know	2017	7	3	4	7	8	11
Don’t know	2014	13	11	13	11	10	18
Indifference	2017	36	38	43	39	35	29
Indifference	2014	44	40	44	42	50	41
Kind-heartedness	2017	54	58	46	48	54	61
Kind-heartedness	2014	42	49	44	44	37	41
Don’t know	2017	10	4	11	13	11	10
Don’t know	2014	14	11	12	14	13	18
Arrogance	2017	32	37	38	36	25	29
Arrogance	2014	37	34	38	35	40	37
Openness, friendliness	2017	57	53	52	52	61	59
Openness, friendliness	2014	48	55	50	51	45	42
Don’t know	2017	11	10	10	12	14	12
Don’t know	2014	15	11	12	14	15	21
Untidiness, self-neglect	2017	14	9	9	13	18	15
Untidiness, self-neglect	2014	23	21	22	21	25	22
Tidiness, neatness	2017	77	90	81	79	73	71
Tidiness, neatness	2014	61	70	64	63	58	56
Don’t know	2017	9	1	10	8	9	14
Don’t know	2014	16	9	14	16	17	22
Love for sport	2017	66	68	71	67	64	62
Love for sport	2014	54	64	57	57	48	48
Indifference towards sport	2017	23	23	21	25	23	23
Indifference towards sport	2014	33	26	31	31	39	31
Don’t know	2017	11	9	8	8	13	15
Don’t know	2014	13	10	12	12	13	21
Religiosity	2017	39	46	41	38	34	42
Religiosity	2014	28	30	31	28	28	26
Atheism, antitheism	2017	44	45	46	48	43	39
Atheism, antitheism	2014	47	48	43	49	52	45
Don’t know	2017	17	9	13	14	23	19
Don’t know	2014	25	22	26	23	20	29
Interest towards politics*	2017	39	39	34	35	41	44
Interest towards politics*	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lack of interest towards politics*	2017	52	54	62	60	48	44
Lack of interest towards politics*	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don’t know *	2017	9	7	4	5	11	12
Don’t know *	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Self -sufficiency *	2017	51	53	45	53	53	53
Self -sufficiency *	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Susceptibility to suggestion; being affected by the opinions of others*	2017	38	42	46	39	38	30
	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don’t know *	2017	11	5	9	8	9	17
Don’t know *	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tendency towards violating the laws and regulations*	2017	34	34	39	37	31	31
Tendency towards violating the laws and regulations*	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Law-obedience *	2017	55	59	52	51	54	59
Law-obedience *	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don’t know *	2017	11	7	9	12	15	11
Don’t know *	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Negative attitude toward Russian authorities*	2017	24	29	31	25	24	16
Negative attitude toward Russian authorities*	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Negative attitude toward Russian authorities *	2017	57	60	54	52	57	60
Negative attitude toward Russian authorities *	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don’t know *	2017	19	11	15	23	19	24
Don’t know *	2014	0	0	0	0	0	0

* In 2014 these characteristics were not proposed for assessment

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