Data Set
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Ukrainian Public Opinion on Equal Access to Higher Education and Priorities for Education Reform
A merged dataset from three nationwide representative public opinion surveys in 2021, 2023, and 2025
Version 1.0, published: April 10, 2025.
Description
The dataset includes data collected from a series of public opinion surveys conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in 2021, 2023, and 2025. In total, the dataset comprises three nationwide public opinion surveys with 5,132 adult respondents. The sample is representative of the adult population residing in governmentally controlled territories of Ukraine.
The dataset contains questions regarding the External Independent Testing (EIT)/National Multisubject Test (NMT) and its role in ensuring equal access to higher education, as well as an assessment of key policy priorities in the field of education. Additionally, it includes key socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, such as gender, age, macro-region of residence, type of settlement, and financial situation.
The question "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: 'External Independent Testing (EIT)/National Multisubject Test (NMT) puts everyone on an equal footing?'" was formulated differently in 2021: "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: 'Does the External Independent Testing (EIT) put everyone on an equal footing?'" This change occurred as the NMT temporarily replaced the EIT in 2022 due to the Russian full-scale invasion.
Questions related to the assessment of key policy priorities in the field of education were included only in 2025.
This dataset contains the original surveys data in SPSS (.sav) format in both Ukrainian and English. It has also been exported to an Excel file, and the contents of the corresponding XLSX file are identical to the original SAV file. The research methodology and questionnaire can be found in the Documentation section (PDF files) in English and Ukrainian. Changes over time in the perception of the External Independent Testing (EIT)/National Multisubject Test (NMT) as a means of ensuring equal access to higher education are illustrated in a graph in the Results section (PDF files).
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Keywords
Education Higher Education Reforms Ukraine Equality