Share of Ukrainians working unofficially more than halved in four years – study
The share of employees and working co-owners of enterprises who work on the basis of an entry in a work record or a written contract and receive only official wages increased from 64% to 74% compared to June 2020, according to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the Razumkov Center.
At the same time, there are significantly fewer people - from 20% to 9% - who work on the basis of an oral agreement without official registration.
"This can be somewhat attributed to the increase in the share of unemployed individuals mentioned earlier," said Mykhailo Mischenko, Deputy Director of the Sociological Service at the Razumkov Center, during the presentation of the study at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.
Respondents also highlighted key job requirements, including a decent salary (89%), additional social benefits, perks, and employee reservations (24%).
At the same time, 53% of respondents believe that their salary does not match their efforts and does not consider the complexity and importance of their work.
According to the study, 70.9% of respondents do not plan to change their place of work, 17.2% want to change it, and 12% could not answer this question.
Discussing those currently unemployed, Mischenko said that it is expected that 91% of individuals aged 60 and over do not work due to their age. Another 2.5% in the oldest age group stated that they are not hired because of their age, despite wanting to work, and 4% are unemployed due to health reasons.
Meanwhile, 0.6% of respondents said they are willing to work only until the age of 40-49, 15% until the age of 50-59, and most frequently, respondents said they are willing to work until the age of 60 (29%), which corresponds to the current retirement age.
In addition, 13% are ready to work from ages 61 to 65, 3% from ages 66 to 70, and 0.6% from ages 71 to 100. Another 20% indicated that they cannot or are not ready to work at all, and the same percentage had difficulty answering.
The survey was conducted by the Razumkov Center's Sociological Service from June 6 to June 12, 2024, and included 2,016 respondents aged 18 and over.
