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Poll: What do Russians think about the reasons for the appearance of tattoos on the human body

According to the results of the VTsIOM poll, 32% of Russian residents believe that the appearance of a tattoo on a person indicates his desire to stand out from the general mass, and 30% believe that the first tattoo is usually done out of stupidity.

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What do Russians think about the reasons for the appearance of tattoos on the human body?

As shown by the results of the latest survey in Russia, 43% of respondents believe that people get their first tattoo – wanting to stand out, almost the same number of respondents – 41% think that they get a tattoo following modern fashion trends.

27% of respondents consider the presence of a tattoo to be signs of a crime, they believe that this indicates the time spent in prison, 20% regard tattoo drawings on the body of other people only as decoration, 11% perceive drawings on the body as a sign that refers a person to a certain social or cultural group.

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Interesting fact

Among those surveyed, 11% had a tattoo on their body. 30% of them said that the tattoo on their body appeared due to the stupidity that they committed in their youth. Most of these answers – 59% – among the age group over 60.

A very interesting fact

  • 29% of respondents got a tattoo in the army.
  • 20% chose as a reason for getting a tattoo: “unfounded, spontaneous desire”.
  • 6% got a tattoo as decoration.

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A bit of specifics: this group of people who got a tattoo “for unreasonable reasons, I follow a desire” belongs to the following age group: 60% – from 18 to 24 years old, 40% – from 25 to 34 years old.

About those with tattoos

69% of tattooed respondents do not plan to remove a tattoo.

About 27% of those surveyed who have a tattoo on their body think about getting rid of the body pattern, the overwhelming majority in the group over 60 years old (about 35%).

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Why did you dislike?

  • 34% of those who want to get a tattoo drawing, the reason for this was the feeling of shame and the feeling that having a tattoo on the body is indecent.
  • 33% want to remove a tattoo because of the unattractive appearance of the drawing and the low quality of the tattoo.
  • 16% believe that they are simply tired of drawing their tattoos.
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What kind of poll? This can be believed?!

According to “VTsIOM-Sputnik”, the survey was conducted by phone, on July 9, 2019, among 1,600 respondents in terms of technology, which allows the above data to be approved with a probability of error of 2.5%.

Something like this! For editors tatufoto.com – very unexpected!