Kyiv region December, 2009 Bila Tzerkva Gender mix Slavutych Gender mix Shkarovka Gender mix 3 June, 2010 Bila Tzerkva Gender mix Slavutych Gender mix Shkarovka Gender mix 3 January, 2011 Bila Tzerkva Gender mix Slavutych Gender mix Shkarovka Gender mix 3 region December, 2009 Gender mix Novo-Ukrainka Gender mix Glodosy Gender mix 3 June, 2010 Gender mix Novo-Ukrainka Gender mix Glodosy Gender mix 3 January, 2011 Gender mix Novo-Ukrainka Gender mix Glodosy Gender mix 3 region December, 2009 Gender mix Druzhkovka Women Rubtsy Gender mix 3 June, 2010 Gender mix Druzhkovka Women Rubtsy Gender mix 3 January, 2011 Gender mix Druzhkovka Women Rubtsy Gender mix 3 АR December, 2009 Men Gender mix Yevpatoria Gender mix Maly Mayak Gender mix 4 June, 2010 Men Yevpatoria Gender mix Maly Mayak Gender mix 3 January, 2011 Gender mix Yevpatoria Gender mix Maly Mayak Gender mix 3 Total number of FGDs 16 15 15 46 Focus group participants at each stage of the project study were chosen at each selected human settlement through direct selection procedure with due account for such criteria as: Gender balance (except for two focus groups at each stage, one of which consisted only of men, and the second - only of women in order to provide to men and women the opportunity to speak more freely and to better assess the impact of the crisis and mechanisms to cope with its impact on gender ); Balanced representation of different age categories of participants (18-30 years, 31-45 years and 46-60 years); Balanced distribution of participants by the level of their education; Balanced distribution by economic sectors; Inclusion of respondents with an average monthly income of not more than 30% of the average income in ; Requirements to the participants to FGDs:
Table 23. Distribution of the respondents' opinions about social groups which are most vulnerable to the crisis, depending on the region, type of settlement and the type of FG Region Type of settlement Most vulnerable groups June 2010 January 2011 region – regional centre (FG gender mixed) Retired (small pensions that do not allow to survive, and impossibility to find job due to age); Disabled (small pensions and impossibility to find job); Parents of applicants (they are to pay for the studies of children and participation in free education programs is unreal); People who are ill and need medications and medical care (prices for drug and services are growing, and it is difficult for ill man to earn for living, especially during the crisis). Retired People approaching retirement age Children Disabled Employees of non-state sector Druzhkovka - town of district subordination level (Feemale FG) Everyone is vulnerable to crisis when he lost his job and can not find new; Women of 30 years and older, particularly those with children (they have more difficulties in finding work compared to men); Retired with small pensions (it is difficult to survive with actual price level); Youth after graduation; Children (no normal food, no pleasure, no camps – they are to be denied in everything) Socially vulnerable people Self-employed Children Rubtsy village, (FG gender mixed) Retired (they have small pensions that don’t allow to survive with actual increase of prices) People of middle age who found themselves without work; Young people after graduation (they are not taken for a job without working experience) Women (it is harder for them compared to men to find extra money, as they relate to children and can not easily go to work); Low-income families, where family members enjoy a drink (children in such families are nearly without food and not looked after) Youth Retired (low pensions , but stable income; really difficult if there is need to help children) People of middle age lost their job Able-bodied young people Bila Tserkva - Young people – because they often do not any jobs or their own homes; Retired (especially ill people or weak who can not take care of themselves)
mixed); regardless of whether they have work or not); Children (they do not get adequate support in their families); Children whose parents went abroad for job employment (they do not receive parental love and care, which can not be replaced by the money their parent send to them from abroad); Affected were all, but each one was affected in an individual way;. AR of – regional centre; (FG – men); All were affected; Youth (they want to hire young people, but with work experience); People aged over 50 (they cannot find job because of their age, but they are still too young to get pensions); Retired people who have the minimum retirement pension - it is more difficult for them to find some additional income-generating activities or jobs; Young men who lost their job Retired Disabled Everybody is affected Evpatoria – town of district importance level; (FG - gender mixed); Young people (in general, they have nowhere to go); People of the middle age (25-45 years) (it is difficult to find work but still they have to take care of children and other family members); Employees of small businesses (people have no money to buy goods, but in many small businesses the principle is that if you do not sell- you do not earn money); Retired people with small pensions (without help from children it is difficult for them to live in the decent way); Children (they do not get that level of pastime activities and opportunities they used to have before the crisis); Youth Representatives of small and middle business Everybody is affected Disabled Parents at the age between 40 and 60 who have children and lost their job Malyj Mayak village (FG - gender mixed);) Pensioners (they have small pensions, but have to spend too much on medical drugs); Young people (there is no work for them , they have no required work experience and, therefore, they often just have to collect empty bottles and to sell them to glass scrap collectors); Retired Disabled People of middle age – between 30 and 40 Young families Men Youth just after graduation Parents with children Everybody is affected
Kyiv region Slavutych Single mothers with children (no one wants to give a job to them, but state help equal to just UAH 130 per month is clearly not enough); Parents ( they deny themselves everything for the sake of their children) Shkarivka village All were affected equally; Women (it is harder for them to work); Children (they are not getting what they should receive) Pensioners (now nobody wants to employ them) If somebody in a family suffers then the whole family suffers too Children Women of middle age Teenagers People after 60 region Кirovograd Pre-retirement age people (if they lose their jobs then they face real nightmare…); Young people (especially with low education level – for them to find good job is impossible); Middle-age people (they are still able to work, but no work for them) Disabled Retired Youth People after 40 Novoulrainka Young people (they do not have work, but their life needs are much higher than those of the elderly people) Children (they are limited in ability to realize their life requirements) Retired Women are more psychologically vulnerable Men are also vulnerable Men and women at the age between 45 and 60 who lost their jobs Glodossy village Young people ( no jobs) All were affected by the crisis, except of farmers Retired Youth Lviv region Lviv The crisis is now present in every family; Young people (because they still do not know how to do anything); People who have for the long time worked in the same place (they are no longer able to do anything else, if they are fired from their current job); Pensioners ( because prices have increased) Unemployed Seniors Retired Children under 16 years with their unemployed parents. Women approaching retirement age Youth Disabled Drogobych Work-able population aged 20 years to the retirement age (such people have no social security coverage and no scholarships); Retired people; Youth people ( they need some job experience to be employed); Men (difficult to get job even as a sales-person) Youth (impossible to find job as you are graduated). Ranevychi village It is impossible to single out any specific social group - all were affected; People of the middle age (aged after 30) - (they have families with children who had to be schooled - in schools, colleges, universities); Youth (impossible to find job after graduation); Women (less options to work physically) We all are affected