Rating (sociological group)

Sociological group "RATING"
TypePolling organization
HeadquartersKyiv and Lviv, Ukraine
Website

Rating (Ukrainian: Рейтинг), or fully the Sociological group "Rating" (Ukrainian: Соціологічнна група «Рейтинг»), is a Ukrainian independent, non-governmental research organization,[1] that specializes in conducting all types of sociological research in compliance with international standards approved by the ESOMAR[2] and WAPOR codes.[3] It conducts national and regional political, thematic, marketing and media research on a regular basis. Sociological group "Rating" is a part of the Rating GroupTM "group of companies ". The company has branches in Kyiv and Lviv. The network of interviewers is composed of more than 500 people operating throughout Ukraine.[4] The company is a permanent member of the Sociological Association of Ukraine.[5]

Clients of the "Rating" Sociological Group are government agencies, non-governmental organizations, business structures, political parties / politicians, and various types of international and domestic media. The company regularly participates in international projects of the International Republican Institute,[6][7] the Government of Canada, USAID,[8] the World Bank,[9] UNISEF,[10] the National Endowment for Democracy (NED),[11] universities in Poland, Denmark, Switzerland, etc.

The company conducts surveys both in Ukraine and abroad. The polls of the "Rating" group concern various spheres of public life.[12][13]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rating continued to conduct research using the CATI survey method. The main research topics are the belief in the victory of Ukraine, trust of the Armed Forces, the assessment of the actions of the Ukrainian government, the level of national resistance, the assessment of international aid, the adaptation of Ukrainians to war, etc.[14][15]

  1. ^ In Ukraine, ’04 Euphoria Has Turned to Despair, The New York Times (November 18, 2009)
  2. ^ "ICC/ESOMAR International Code on Market, Opinion and Social Research and Data Analytics". ICC - International Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  3. ^ "WAPOR Code of Ethics". World Association for Public Opinion Research. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  4. ^ "About us". Sociological Group «Rating».
  5. ^ "Акредитовані САУ організації". САУ – Портал Соціологічної асоціації України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  6. ^ "IRI Ukraine Poll Shows Support for EU/NATO Membership, Concerns over Economy and Vaccines for COVID-19". International Republican Institute. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  7. ^ IRI Ukraine. "Seventh Annual Ukrainian Municipal Survey".
  8. ^ "Public Opinion Survey Residents of Ukraine" (PDF).
  9. ^ Sociological Group Rating. "The state of healthcare in Rivne region: December 2018".
  10. ^ "Government portal of Ukraine. Coronavirus".
  11. ^ Sociological Rating Group. "IRI Ukraine survey of Ukrainian public opinion".
  12. ^ "BBC Monitoring – Essential Media Insight". monitoring.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  13. ^ "Poll: Volodymyr Zelensky set for comfortable victory in Ukraine's presidential election". Emerging Europe. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  14. ^ Bala, Eustance Huang,Abigail Ng,Sumathi (2022-03-20). "More than 90% of Ukrainians believe their country will win the war; Zelenskyy warns of WWIII". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Anguiano, Samantha Lock (now); Dani; Booth, Robert; Bartholomew (earlier), Jem; Ni, Vincent (2022-02-28). "Zelenskiy backing hits 90% among Ukrainians in poll since invasion – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2022-03-23.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)