Tiger-shaped decoration in Yuyuan Garden in ShanghaiMOSCOW, Feb. 1 94% do not celebrate the Chinese New Year, but 72% know that February 1 is the year of the tiger, follows from the results of a survey by VCIOM. 72% of Russians called the tiger or water tiger the symbol of the coming year according to the eastern calendar, follows from the data presented. It is noted that women more often than men called the symbol of the year: 82% versus 60%, 35% of men found it difficult to answer or said they did not know. The majority of Russian citizens, or 94%, do not celebrate the Chinese New Year, 5% celebrate it , among citizens over 60 years old — 7%. «Russians associate the celebration of the Chinese New Year with a dragon or a serpent — such associations were named by every tenth respondent (10%). 8% of respondents associate this holiday with fireworks and salutes, with the launch of Chinese lanterns — 5 %, with the Year of the Tiger — 4%. The delay in parcels from China is associated with the celebration of the Chinese New Year by 2% of respondents, the same number noted mass celebrations and festivals (2% each),» the VTsIOM said. held on January 29, 2022. 1,600 Russians aged 18 and over took part in the survey. The survey method is a telephone interview based on a stratified, two-base random sample of landline and mobile numbers. The sample was taken from the complete list of telephone numbers used in the territory of the Russian Federation. The data are weighted by probability of selection and by socio-demographic parameters. For this sample, the maximum error size with a probability of 95% does not exceed 2.5%. In addition to sampling error, survey data can be biased by the wording of questions and various circumstances that arise in the course of field work. predicts the Chinese horoscope in the year of the Tiger
