It became known how many Ukrainian women plan to stay in Poland forever

At the moment, more than 950,000 Ukrainian citizens with temporary protection remain in Poland, most of them women with children. The Interdisciplinary Laboratory for the Study of the War in Ukraine at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow decided to find out which part of the refugee women intend to stay in the country and who wants to return. For this purpose, a survey was conducted among refugee women. It is noted that the average age of the survey participants is 44 years old. About it writes the publication in Poland.

It is indicated that the majority of women who came to Poland - with children, almost half of whom study in local schools. As for Ukrainian women themselves, about half of them have already learnt Polish for normal communication.

Two thirds of the respondents stated that they live in large Polish cities with more than 500 000 inhabitants, 66% of them live in rented flats or rooms. Of these, most of them stayed in the cities where they arrived in the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, more than half of the women have not returned to Ukraine since the beginning of their stay in Poland.

According to the researchers, almost half of Ukrainian women in Poland do not plan to return to Ukraine in the near future. And 47% of respondents are considering the possibility of staying in Poland forever or for a long time.

Those who want to return are waiting for:

• the end of the war - 67%;
• cessation of hostilities and bombing - 43%;
• a well-paid job in Ukraine - 38%;
• overcoming corruption - 31%;
• improvement of living standards in the country - 28%.