Close to one in four acknowledge that war and the economic crisis inspired the move to Poland.
''Departing for work over the western border is for many a way of saving your life,'' commented Mirosław Bieniecki of the Institute for Migration, as cited by the Rzeczpospolita daily.
''Men who don't join the army are very badly regarded in Ukraine,'' he added, stressing however that many are keen to avoid armed service.
The report "Poland and the Poles in the eyes of workers from Ukraine", by the OTTO employment agency, found that 39 percent of respondents are already resolved to try and stay in Poland permanently.
Just 15 percent said they would remain only until their visa deadline ran out.
In recent years, Ukrainians typically came to Poland for seasonal work.
However, statistics compiled by the Ministry of Labour have found that 373,000 Ukrainian citizens applied to work in Poland in 2014, some 155,000 more than in 2013.
Although about 1.9 million people are unemployed in Poland at present, Professor Elżbieta Kryńska, an economist from the University of Łódż, claims that there is still room for the influx of Ukrainians.
''On the one hand, there is a lot of unemployment, yet on the other employers in many fields cannot find workers, because those who are available do not have the necessary qualifications, or are not interested in doing such work,'' she said.
''Therefore, it is hard to find reasons why we should not use Ukrainian workers,'' she argued. (nh)
Source: Rzeczpospolita/PAP