Results of our studies

IN BRIEF

Every tenth Russian is going to buy a car or a house/apartment this year. Last year the same purchases were made by 9% and 6% of Russians, respectively.

MOSCOW, January 31, 2019. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data of a study devoted to Russians’ consumer opportunities and plans.

Mobile phone is the most popular Russians’ purchase, and it is getting more and more popular year-by-year: 28% bought it 2018, compared to 14% in 2013. This is followed by domestic appliances: refrigerator, washing machine, dishwasher, gas or electric stove (19%). A further 19% spent money on repairs and furniture in 2018. Slightly more Russians purchased vacation packages (from 9% to 14%) and computers (from 6% to 10%). For the rest, 2018 does not differ much from 2017 in terms of consumer behavior.

Russians’ consumer plans have not changed much since 2018, excepting expenditures on traveling: 22% of respondents are going to spend money on trips in 2019 vs 15% in 2018. This year, 26% of Russians expect to spend money on home repairs. A further 15% are going to purchase household appliances.  Every tenth plans to pay tuition fees (12%), to buy a car (10%) or an apartment/house (10%). Least of Russians plan to purchase multimedia devices, cameras for video and photo, shares and securities.

The VCIOM-Sputnik survey was conducted on January 23, 2019. The survey involved 1,600 Russians aged 18 and over. The survey was telephone-based and was carried out using stratified dual-frame random sample based on a complete list of landline and mobile phone numbers operating in Russia. The data were weighted according to selection probability and social and demographic characteristics. The margin of error at a 95% confidence level does not exceed 2.5%. In addition to sampling error, minor changes in question wording and different circumstances arising during the fieldwork can introduce bias into the survey.

The 2013-2016 results are based on household surveys.

Can you specify which of the following products/services did you purchase for yourself/your family in 2018?

 (closed-ended question, any number of answers, % of total respondents)

 

Purchased in 2013

Purchased in 2015

Purchased in 2017

Purchased in 2018

Mobile phone, smartphone

14

17

26

28

Household  appliances: refrigerator, washing machine, electric/gas stove, dishwasher

13

15

18

19

Home repairs, furniture 

15

15

16

19

Vacation package

6

5

9

14

TV set, home theatre

8

9

10

12

Tuition fee (my myself or children)

4

4

9

10

Computer, laptop, tablet

7

9

6

10

Car

5

6

11

9

Apartment, house, participatory interest in housing construction

2

3

6

6

Luxury items (jewellery, antiques)  

3

4

5

6

Gym membership, exercise machine

3

3

6

5

Audio-,  video player, audio system, multimedia devices*

2

1

1

4

Voluntary health insurance policy

2

2

5

3

Camera (photo, vidieo)

5

1

2

2

Dacha, countryside mansion, land plot

1

2

3

2

Garage, parking lot

1

1

1

1

Shares, bonds, investment fund shares or other securities

1

0

1

0

None of the above mentioned

39

43

35

29

*Until 2019 the answer was “Sound system, tape recorder, video recorder, DVD”

 

Can you specify which of the following products/services are you going to purchase for yourself/your family in 2019? (closed-ended question, any number of answers, shown are informative answers of respondents who plan to purchase an item from the list, % of total respondents)

 

Planned to purchase in 2013

Planned to purchase in 2014

Planned to purchase in 2016

Planned to purchase in 2018

Planned to purchase in 2019

Home repairs, furniture 

26

20

21

23

26

Vacation  package

16

12

10

15

22

Household appliances: refrigerator, washing machine, electric/gas stove, dishwasher

11

7

10

13

15

Tuition fee (my myself or children)

9

5

3

10

12

Car

9

6

10

10

10

Apartment, house, participatory interest in housing construction

8

7

7

10

10

Mobile phone, smartphone

5

4

4

7

7

TV set, home theatre

8

4

5

6

7

Gym membership, exercise machine

9

2

4

6

7

Computer, laptop, tablet

2

2

3

4

5

Luxury items (jewellery, antiques) 

6

2

2

3

4

Voluntary health insurance policy

2

1

0

3

3

Dacha, countryside mansion, land plot

9

5

6

4

3

Garage, parking lot

6

2

2

2

2

Audio-,  video player, audio system, multimedia devices *

3

1

1

1

2

Camera (photo, video)  

4

2

1

1

1

Shares, bonds, investment fund shares or other securities

5

1

0

1

0

 None of the above mentioned

31

31

35

34

30

*Until 2019 the answer was “Sound system, tape recorder, video recorder, DVD”

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