A study on the topic "The impact of the war on youth in Ukraine" was prepared by the NGO "Cedos Analytical Center" and the research agency Info Sapiens with the initiative, as well as technical and organizational support of the United Nations Population Fund in Ukraine, the United Nations Development Program in Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The Field research was conducted in October 2022 — January 2023.
The study was conducted to identify and describe the impact of the war on the youth of Ukraine, as well as to provide recommendations and suggestions on how to support better and involve youth in the recovery process, particularly after the war.
The following vulnerable groups were the focus of this study:
• youth with disabilities;
• National minorities;
• LGBTIQ+;
• internally displaced persons (IDPs);
• refugees abroad;
• youth in rural areas.
Based on the results of the research, trends among young people that contribute to the strengthening of Ukrainian society, as well as problems and losses for young people were formulated.
About the research:
The research consists of two components: quantitative and qualitative.
• The quantitative component includes surveys of youth in the territory controlled by Ukraine and abroad. The sample of youth in the territory controlled by Ukraine was 2,064 respondents aged 14–34. Also 405 young people aged 14–34 who went abroad due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation were interviewed by the method of sending SMS messages to the numbers of Ukrainians who are abroad.
• The qualitative component consists of focus group studies and in-depth interviews. A total of 12 focus groups were conducted with young people from the following groups:
o IDPs;
o people living in rural areas;
o people with disabilities;
o Roma;
o young people who went abroad;
o LGBTIQ+.
6 in-depth interviews were conducted with Roma and LGBTQ+ people who suffered from discrimination due to their ethnicity/sexual orientation during the war.