SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

The article presents the results of sociodemographic research features of internally displaced persons from Donetsk and Lugansk regions that were forced to migrate to other regions of Ukraine due to the military conflict. The following features are considered: point of displacement, financial status, housing type and its satisfaction, employment type, education and the need to retrain, communication with local people and community trust, involvement in political life and seeking for the state aid. Current financial status is almost completely affects all other spheres of life. As for the results – 45.3% of the respondents have enough money for only the most necessary things; 27.4% of respondents have material difficulties and only 4.5% have an opportunity to save money. The majority of the respondents have migrated to the places where they were able to get a job. Almost 70% of the respondents (145 people) said that their work activity changed after relocation. The most satisfied respondents are those, which professional activity has not changed significantly. Most respondents have high level of trust to the community and believe that they need to trust the community. The financial condition also forces respondents to apply for state aid and receive social payments, material childcare assistance etc. The obtained results have shown that financial conditions do not allow to determine and plan the future due to lack of material resources. Therefore, the majority of respondents with material difficulties are not sure of their future. An important feature for further integration of internally displaced persons into the new community is certainty or uncertainty of their future.