A joint flat with refugees from Ukraine declared 11% of the respondents, and 32% claimed that among their loved ones there were people who besides shared an flat with refugees. 1 3rd of people under the age of 19 declared their aid in learning Polish. Students of the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw presented a survey study on the engagement of Poles in actively helping people fleeing the war in Ukraine.
The study is part of a larger investigation task "Private reception and support of refugees from Ukraine", which involves a group of students and employees of the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw.
– During the work on the qualitative part of the task we learned about the anticipation of carrying out investigation at IPSOS. Although we are authors of investigation and report, the author of the thought of combining the capabilities of IPSOS and the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw is another student of this department – Anna Firgolska – says Paweł Downarowicz, a student at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw, co-author of the report.
– Assistance to refugees is simply a broad subject that covers many crucial issues. However, as part of our research, we had to focus on circumstantial phenomena and actions of people. The COPOCS squad helped us to clarify the area of interest (Challenges, Opportunities, Prospects of Community Sponsorship). Thanks to the commitment of prof. Aleksandra Grzymała-Kazłowska in May, we conducted a survey on a nationwide, representative, over a 1000 people, random-quota people over 15 years of age – adds Anna Odra, a student at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw, co-author of the report.
Measure the engagement of Poles
The study "Involvement of Poles in active assistance to refugees from Ukraine" presents the attitudes of Polish society and the prospects of future assistance for people fleeing the war in Ukraine.
– erstwhile we felt that we were witnessing something special, we asked ourselves about the scale of help. At the same time, we focused on those forms of it that required peculiar commitment, going beyond crucial but little demanding material and financial assistance, specified as: spending time together, helping with authoritative matters, helping to learn Polish or inviting people fleeing Russian aggression from Ukrainians and Ukrainians – explains Paweł Downarowicz. For the purposes of the study, the concept of active forms of assistance, in which the above mentioned activities fit, was introduced, requiring additional physical, emotional or temporal commitment.
Forms of aid
Data were collected utilizing the TAPI method (Tablet-Assisted individual Interview), which means that pollers interviewed in respondents' homes and that the responses were recorded on the tablet.
Poles became active in various forms of support for refugees from Ukraine. The most common of these was financial assistance, which was granted by 42% of respondents. A joint flat with refugees from Ukraine declared 11% of the respondents, and 32% claimed that among their relatives there were people who besides shared an flat with people coming to Poland after the war in Ukraine. In turn, assistance in learning Polish declared 1/3 of people under the age of 19. “This indicates the crucial function schools and kindergartens can play in acclimatizing children from Ukraine,” says Anna Odra.
10% of those surveyed declared support in administrative and authoritative matters, 8% of them shared leisure time and occupation search assistance, and 7% of them shared housing/room access.
