Migration motives in Russia 2020

Lack of employment opportunities was the main motivation for Russians to start thinking about changing their place of residence, according to survey conducted in 2020. Furthermore, more than one quarter of respondents who considered migrating would seek better education and healthcare quality in the new location.

What are the main reasons why you would want to move from your place of permanent residence?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
There is no good work here	53%
There is no opportunity to get a good education / healthcare here	28%
Nothing holds me here, want to change my life	22%
There is nothing to do in the free time here, nowhere to spend leisure time	20%
Due to family reasons (to parents, children, spouse, relatives)	14%
I have bad housing here and no opportunity to improve it (even in the future)	11%
It is not quite safe for me / my family here	8%
I already received a job offer in another location	2%
Other reasons	9%
Difficult to answer	2%

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

September 11 to October 5, 2020

Number of respondents

6,000 respondents*

Age group

15-72 years

Special properties

Respondents who thought about migrating

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Refers to the total number of respondents, not only who thought about migrating.

The original question was worded by the source as follows: "Каковы главные причины, по которым вы хотели бы уехать из места, в котором постоянно проживаете?"
The survey was conducted in 173 localities в 59 federal subjects of Russia.

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