Financial and property attitudes and community identities of Ukrainians in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war
Abstract
The paper deals with the results of a study conducted in July-September 2023 among 1,271 respondents regarding the manifestation of community identities of Ukrainians and their influence on the attitudes and behaviour in the financial and property sphere. Local, ethno-national, civil, linguistic, European, Eastern Slavic, religious, and professional identities were defined as the most important community identities that respond to the conditions of war. The latter form a three-level structure: intrastate, supranational, and local. Complex types of community identities were defined, which semantically determined the interaction of different types of identities: local-civic-professional; European-civic-professional; local-East Slavic and East Slavic-religious. The influence of identities on the financial and property behaviour and instructions of Ukrainians in war conditions was analysed. The study proved that updated community identities are significant predictors of changes in the financial and property attitudes and practices of Ukrainians. In most metrics of financial and property behaviour or attitudes, no statistically significant difference in the answers of respondents with a pronounced identity was noted. Instead, a clear difference between respondents with low levels of manifestation of different types of identities, as well as in their comparison with persons with a high level of identity, was identified. Therefore, it is possible to assume that, in general, a manifested, actualised identity positively affects the self-determination and activity of citizens, including in the financial and property sphere, regardless of the priority community with which Ukrainians identify themselves. On the other hand, persons with a low level of identities, that is, those who do not feel the importance of belonging to one or another community, appear more complex and noteworthy in the context of a psychological portrait. An important criterion for differences in the financial and property behaviour of citizens is the language of their communication, where the largest number of differences was recorded. Updating the civic identity based on the Ukrainian linguistic identity will allow citizens to be more actively involved in socially beneficial and volunteer work and the restoration of the country
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