According to a recent study by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) 61.9% of the respondents during the year experienced some stressful situations. Compared to 2013 year their number has increased significantly - by almost 10% (from 52% in 2013 to 61.9% in 2014). A lot of people in 2014 were in situations of shelling and bombing cases (7.1%). It was increased the number of people who have found themselves without a livelihood (from 4.8% in 2013 to 6.2% in 2014) or lost their jobs (6% in 2013 to 8% in 2014).

According to surveys conducted by the Kyiv international Institute of sociology, in December of 2014 in comparison with the beginning of the year the level of readiness to participate in the protest movements hasn’t changed significantly: 42.2% of the adult population of Ukraine are ready to participate in the protest movements in February 2014, in December the share of such people was 43.3%.

November 20, World No Tobacco Day, the public presented the results of All-Ukrainian poll of public opinion, conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) in October 2014, with questions about the prevalence of smoking, level of quitting and consumption of illegal cigarettes.

The survey showed that in May 2014, despite the situation in the country, the number of Ukrainians who were not planning to take vacations has decreased from 68% to 62% since 2013. The number of people who are not able to go anywhere also decreased from 21% to 17% in the same period (the difference is statistically significant). This change may be explained by the absence of Crimea in the survey sample this year.

Through the research of Omnibus which was conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) tracks the dynamics of self-assessment of health by Ukrainian population Ukraine since 1995. For a long time we noted a deterioration of self-assessment. However, from the beginning of the 2000-s there is a gradual increase in the proportion of positive answers to this question.

In November 2013, 38.8% of questioned said that their health good or very good. It is twice higher than in 2001 (19%). In parallel, there is a reduction in the proportion of those who negatively assess the state of their health: from 31.4 percent in 2001 year to 17.7 percent in 2013.