Information on the variables

Before starting to work with the DMHRU, please, make sure that you have questionnaires or the SPSS dataset in front of you: you will need them to identify the number of variable of your interest. The figures in the 2013, 2015 and Both correspond to the number of the question in the questionnaire 2013 or 2015. In the Difference there are no ID numbers, as the numbers of questions has changed in 2015.

Demographic questions were transformed for the sake of the calculation of the correct statistics; their names were, respectively, changed. Below we list the types of changes in variables and their names.

1) Some of the questions were transformed for the sake of the calculation of the correct statistics; their names were, respectively, changed. Below we list the types of changes in variables and their names. Some questions that can be defined as nominal scale were recoded into the series of 1/0 variables, that show the percentage of voices given for an option. This recoding was done to the following variables of the datasets; the new names are presented below.

New nameQuestion-statement/Option of the answer
statusUkrainy_1_1Ukraine should be independent, behind any blocks
statusUkrainy_1_2Ukraine should be united with Russia
statusUkrainy_1_3Ukraine should access European Union
statusUkrainy_1_4Ukraine should join the union of Eastern and Central European countries
statusUkrainy_1_5Ukraine should split and form several states
mynulep76_1Ukraine is a part of European history
mynulep76_2Ukraine is a part of the East Slav's history
mynulep76_3The history of Ukraine is unique
namewarp95_1Great National War
namewarp95_2Second World War
namewarp95_3German-Soviet War
monument103_1Never visited the monuments for the heros of the WWII
monument103_2Visited once WWII
monument103_3Few times visited WWII
monument103_4Many times visited WWII
monument104_1Never visited monuments for UPA heros
monument104_2Once visited UPA
monument104_3few times visited UPA
monument104_4Many times visited UPA
monument105_1Never visited monuments for the Afghan war heros
monument105_2Once visited Afghan
monument105_3Few times visited Afghan
monument105_4Many times visited Afghan
monument106_1Never visited monuments for Peacemaking operations since 1991
monument106_2Once visited peacemaking
monument106_3Few times visited peacemaking
monument106_4Many times visited peacemaking
ridnamovap150_1Native language of respondent: Ukrainian
ridnamovap150_2Russian
ridnamovap150_3Both Ukrainian and Russian
ridnamovap150_4Both Ukrainian and other
ridnamovap150_5Both Russian and other
ridnamovap150_6Other
ridnamovap150_7Surzhyk
ridnamovap150_8Difficult to say which language is native
vykukrmovy160_1The desired level of Ukrainian language use in your region: less than at present time
vykukrmovy160_2Ukrainian: the same as at present time
vykukrmovy160_3Ukrainian: more than at present time
vykukrmovy160_4Difficult to say
vykrusmovy161_1The desired level of Russian language use in your region: less than at present time
vykrusmovy161_2Russian: the same as at present time
vykrusmovy161_3Russian: more than at present time
vykrusmovy161_4Difficult to say
movaspil*Language of use with your…
movatv173_1Ukrainian as the only language of TV
movatv173_2Mostly Ukrainian but some programs in Russian
movatv173_3Ukrainian and Russian in equal proportions
movatv173_4Mostly Russian but some programs in Ukrainian
movatv173_5Only Russian
movatv173_6Other language
confes180_1Confession: Ukrainian orthodox Church of Moscow patriarchy
confes180_2Confession: Ukrainian orthodox Church of Kyiv patriarchy
confes180_3Confession: Ukrainian Autocephalous Church
confes180_4I am just Orthodox believer
confes180_5Greek-Catholic church
confes180_6Rome-Catholic church
confes180_7Protestant church
confes180_8Judaism
confes180_9Buddism
confes180_10Other churches
confes180_11Believer, no confession
confes180_12Atheist
cerkvap182_1_1Never go to church
cerkvap182_1_2Once a year go to church
cerkvap182_1_3Goes to church on big holidays and events
cerkvap182_1_4Goes to church once a month
cerkvap182_1_5Goes to church once a week
cerkvap182_1_6Goes to church more often than once a week
statuscerkvy183_1Ukrainian orthodox church must be a part of Rus orthodox church
statuscerkvy183_2Ukrainian believers should be loyal to Ukrainian orthodox Church of Kyiv patriarchy
statuscerkvy183_3Ukrainian believers should be loyal to Ukrainian orthodox Church of Moscow patriarchy
statuscerkvy183_4Ukrainian believers should be loyal to Ukrainian Autocephalous (independent) Church
statuscerkvy183_5Other
statuscerkvy183_6I never mind
statuscerkvy183_7Difficult to say
postmodern233_179.1 Maintaining order in the nation is the most important, % first choice
postmodern233_279.1 Fighting rising prices, % first choice
postmodern233_379.1 Giving people more say in important government decisions, % first choice
postmodern233_479.1 Protecting freedom of speech, % first choice
postmodern233_579.1 Difficult to say what is important
postmodern234_179.2 Maintaining order in the nation is the most important, % second choice
postmodern234_279.2 Fighting rising prices, % second choice
postmodern234_379.2 Giving people more say in important government decisions, % second choice

2) When transforming variables p162-169 we obtained 40 new variables. In a sake of convenience we present the new names at the bottom of the text; because of the same reason variables movaspil are located at the end of the list of the variables DMHRU.

New nameQuestion-statement/Option of the answer
movaspil162_159.1 Which language do you use with your parents: Ukrainian
movaspil162_259.1 with your parents: Russian
movaspil162_359.1 with your parents: Ukrainian and Russian
movaspil162_459.1 with your parents: other
movaspil162_559.1 with your parents: surzhyk
movaspil163_159.2 Which language do you use with your grandparents: Ukrainian
movaspil163_259.2 with your grandparents: Russian
movaspil163_359.2 with your grandparents: Ukrainian and Russian
movaspil163_459.2 with your grandparents: other
movaspil163_559.2 with your grandparents: surzhyk
movaspil164_159.3 Which language do you use with your children: Ukrainian
movaspil164_259.3 with your children: Russian
movaspil164_359.3 with your children: Ukrainian and Russian
movaspil164_459.3 with your children: other
movaspil164_559.3 with your children: surzhyk
movaspil165_159.4 Which language do you use with your friends: Ukrainian
movaspil165_259.4 with your friends: Russian
movaspil165_359.4 with your friends: Ukrainian and Russian
movaspil165_459.4 with your friends: other
movaspil165_559.4 with your friends: surzhyk
movaspil166_159.5 Which language do you use with your colleagues: Ukrainian
movaspil166_259.5 with your colleagues: Russian
movaspil166_359.5 with your colleagues: Ukrainian and Russian
movaspil166_459.5 with your colleagues: other
movaspil166_559.5 with your colleagues: surzhyk
movaspil167_159.6 Which language do you use with officials: Ukrainian
movaspil167_259.6 with officials: Russian
movaspil167_359.6 with officials: Ukrainian and Russian
movaspil167_459.6 with officials: other
movaspil167_559.6 with officials: surzhyk
movaspil168_159.7 Which language do you use with salesmen: Ukrainian
movaspil168_259.7 with your salesmen: Russian
movaspil168_359.7 with your salesmen: Ukrainian and Russian
movaspil168_459.7 with your salesmen: other
movaspil168_559.7 with your salesmen: surzhyk
movaspil169_159.8 Which language do you use with strangers: Ukrainian
movaspil169_259.8 with your strangers: Russian
movaspil169_359.8 with your strangers: Ukrainian and Russian
movaspil169_459.8 with your strangers: other
movaspil169_559.8 with your strangers: surzhyk

3) Most of the variables represent the so called ordinal scales: they express the intensity of an attitude on the scales starting from 1-3 to 1-11. They are illustrated with the help of average. In that cases where the highest value in the questionnaire is ascribed to an option Difficult to say it was declared as missing.

4) In the case of the question, which concerns the visiting of monuments. we produce both types of variables – ordinal, which is represented by an average, and nominal (1/0) represented by percentage. The frequency of visiting (1-4. never to many times) could be considered conditionally as a scale and average can be calculated, but the safer way is to consider the distribution of the every option separately (% of those who never visited) which is done with the help of variables monuments… .

5) In the case of variable 66, evaluation of religions we left variable as it is for the calculation of average, but at the end of the data set we added variables p66.1-p66.12 which measures those who gave whatever attitude versus those who never heard about such religion, the awareness about the religion which is also important.

6) In a case of the 44 variables about the number of the books read, we left variable as it is. However, as it is not advisable to calculate an average from the grouped/ interval scale, we added variable knygyp133, which shows the number of respondents who read at least 6 books versus those who read less, as it is more correct way of presentation.

7) In some cases new variable was produced:

Dochod – income per capita
IPIW – inversely proportional index of wealth which can be used as a substitute for material situation of a family
Urban – showing only urban population versus rural.

8) Several indices were produced using the batteries of the questions which were purported to measure some well known construct and placed at the bottom of the list. This is done for the sake of reduction of the information and illustration of many questions at once. These indices, which are the sums of answers to the questions divided by the number of the questions, were calculated only on the variables that show high intercorrelation, or in statistical terms showed high factor loadings and high percentage of the explained variability. The indices are named by the concept what is supposedly lies behind several individual variables and the figures in brackets present the number of the question in the questionnaries of 2013 and 2015 (in brackets).

Interest_history
Place_attachmentAverage of the question 17(18) options (1+2+3+4+5)
Place_discovered (active place attachment)Average of the question 19 options (1+2)
Zainteresowanie_historia_miastaAverage of the question 18 options (1+2+5)
Nastawienie_terazniejszosc_miastaAverage of the question 18 options (3+4+6)
PatriotyzmAverage of the question 20(20) options (1+3+6)
GloryfikacjaAverage of the question 20(20) options (2+4+5)
Identity localQuestion 16 (17) average of the two options (1+2)
identity ethnicQuestion 16 (17) average of (3+4)
identity familyQuestion 16 (17) family roles (8+9)
group identityQuestion 16 (17) - social groups or roles (10+11+12+13+14)
history war-famineQuestion 41 average of options (11+12+13)
history fight for independenceQuestion 41 average of (5+8+14+15)- independence fight
history western empires (Poland and Aus-Hungary)Question 41 average of (2+6)
history relations with RussiaQuestion 41 average of (10+14+17)
Envy indexAverage of questions 71 (5+6+7+8)
Generoisity indexAverage of questions 71 (1+2)
Disadaptation indexAverage of questions 71 (9+10) and question 80
PessimismFactor scores of asked in 2015 questions 66 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) +min score=16,98042
Fact of political participation of any kind, %Those, who picked up at least one type of political participation, questions 76 (1-10), asked in 2015
Number of types of political participation for activistsSum of types of political participation only for those who picked at least on type of activity in question 76 (N=3057)
Those feeling deprived, %Number of those whose self-estimation of social position (question 62.1) is lower than that of desirable position (question 63.1) (62.1<63.1), asked only in 2015
Strength of deprivation for those deprivedAverage deprivation for those who defined as deprived (N=4895)
Unfairly high treated deputy, %Number of those for whom (62.2<63.2)
Unfairly low treated teacher, %Number of those for whom (62.4<63.4)
Unfairly low treated doctor, %Number of those for whom (62.3<63.3)
Doctor: scale of injusticeAverage depth of injustice deprivation for those who think that (62.4<63.4)
Unfairly low treated miner, %Number of those for whom (62.5<63.5)
Miner: scale of injusticeAverage depth of injustice deprivation for those who think that (62.5<63.5)
Unfairly low treated peasant, %Number of those for whom (62.6<63.6)
Agricultural worker: scale of injusticeAverage depth of injustice deprivation for those who think that (62.6<63.6)