Where do Belarusians prefer to buy food, clothing, cosmetics and equipment? Social research data

Shops remain the main objects for shopping in the daily lives of citizens. These are the results of a comprehensive republican sociological study on topical issues of the international and domestic agenda.

Shops remain key sites where Belarusians shop. In classic stores, the majority of respondents primarily prefer to buy the following goods: 95.1% - food and beverages, 77.8% - cosmetics, hygiene items and household chemicals, 70.3% buy clothes, shoes, accessories and jewelry, 67.9% - household appliances and gadgets.

Director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Nikolai Myslivets noted that young people use marketplaces and online stores more than other age groups.

Food and beverages on marketplaces buy 6.3% of respondents aged 18 to 30 years, in online stores — 5.8% (indicator in the republic — 4.7% and 4.2%, respectively).

Cosmetics, hygiene and household chemicals buys on marketplaces and online stores, respectively, 37.1% and 17.1% of young people surveyed (in the republic - 25.6% and 11.4%).

Social research was conducted in July-August by the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus by order of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Studies (BISI). It was attended by 2045 respondents from all regions of the country. The first part of the results of the social research, which deals with topical issues of social and economic development of Belarus, was presented in Minsk on September 10. The second, on socio-political topics, was presented on September 16. Today, sociologists shared the results of the third part of the social research on topical issues of the international and domestic agenda.

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