Russians want a well-provided life - survey

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MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russians want to live a well-provided life, bring up good children and have a good family, according to a survey conducted by the All-Russian Opinion Public Opinion Center (VTsIOM).

In all, 55% of respondents said their major goal in life was to achieve prosperity, whereas 40% wanted to bring up good children, and 39% wanted a good family.

Sociologists said family and children were among the top three goals for men and women alike. However, whereas men see these two goals as equally important, women saw children as being more important.

Other values include highly paid jobs (29%), living in harmony with oneself (27%), a healthy way of life (21%), and loving and being loved (19%).

Another 15% of the respondents said it was important to see the world (15%), to climb up the career ladder (14%), and to be intellectual (10%).

Seven percent said they would like a lot of spare time and minimal responsibilities.

Interestingly, the survey suggested that fame, power, and wealth were not a priority for Russian people (1-6%).

According to the survey, all the age groups of the respondents saw a well-provided life as a priority, followed by family and children among those under 60. Respondents aged 18-24 found it more important to have a good family, those aged 35-44 to bring up good children, and groups aged 45-59 to live in harmony with oneself. People over 60 said living in harmony with oneself was the most important intangible value, and put it second in the general list of values.

The survey was conducted on June 4-5, 2005, and covered 1,561 respondents in 153 towns and villages in 46 regions, territories and republics of Russia. The statistical error did not exceed 3.4%.

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