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Gilani’s Gallopedia© Gallopedia From Gilani Research Foundation June
2020, Issue # 643* |
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Gilani’s Gallopedia is a weekly Digest of Opinions in a globalized world |
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This issue scores 97 out of 100 on Gilani-Gallopedia's Globality Index, showing coverage of world population, and 99 out of 100 on the world income (prosperity) Index. Click for Details |
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Contact Details: Asra
Malik Research Executive, Gallup Pakistan Email: asra@gallup.com.pk This WEEKLY REPORT consists of 21 national & multi country surveys 8 polling organizations have been represented. India(Health), UAE(Employment
Issues) – 02 national polls Italy(Media), UK(Regional
Organizations,
Immigration, Health, Employment Issues, Ethnicity, Health, Education), USA(National
Image, Perceptions
on Well-Being,
Education, Perceptions
on Performance,
Health, Health, Religion), Australia(Consumer Confidence ) – 16 national
polls |
Gallup USA – 142
Countries (Perceptions
on Well-Being
), Arab Barometer – 11 Countries(National Trust), Ipsos Global – 26 Countries(Immigration) – 03 polls Highest Rated Single
Broadcast During the Coronavirus Quarantine
COVID-19: A Prominent
Fixed Panel of 6000+ Nationally Representative Americans Interviewed Every
Two Weeks |
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(India) In
an attempt to capture the country’s sentiment on the Coronavirus crisis, Team
C-Voter has been conducting a daily tracking poll from March 16th 2020 among 18+ adults statewide, including every major
demographic. The poll asks questions to respondents across the country about
their economic and social wellbeing, along with their sentiments on fear of
the virus and availability of food/ration in their households. Team Polstrat today breaks down the changes in public opinion
about the fear of the Coronavirus and whether people thought this threat was
exaggerated or not over the last few months. (C-Voter) June 23, 2020 4.11
Society » Health |
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643-02 Banking
& Finance employees are the happiest
with their company’s behaviour during the pandemic
(Click for Details) (UAE) Although
most UAE employees feel their employers have treated them well during this
difficult time, some sectors show far higher satisfaction levels than others.
YouGov’s latest research reveals that a large proportion of UAE employees are
very positive about how their employer has treated them during the COVID-19
pandemic, with 56% rating their company’s treatment of staff as ‘excellent’
(31%) or ‘very good’ (25%). The figures are noticeably higher among employees
working in the ‘Banking & Finance’ sector (73%). Advertising/ Marketing/
PR professionals (63%) and those working in the ‘Education’ sector (61%) also
seem happy with their employer’s conduct towards them during this time. (YouGov MENA) June 16, 2020 3.3 Economy
» Employment Issues |
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643-03 Highest rated single broadcast during the coronavirus quarantine (Click for Details)
June 22, 2020 4.6 Society
» Media |
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643-04 Four years after Brexit, support for the EU surges in Britain (Click for Details)
(UK) Four years on from the UK's Brexit vote, a majority
of British voters would now opt to remain inside the European Union,
says new research. According to the European Social Survey (ESS), a
pan-European poll carried out every two years, 56.8% of respondents in the UK
indicated that they would vote to remain inside the bloc, an increase from
49.9% the last time the survey was published in 2018. The most recent survey
shows that of those questioned in the UK, 34.9% said they would vote to leave
and 8.3% said they would not vote at all. (CNN) June 25, 2020 2.8 Foreign
Affairs & Security » International / Regional Organizations |
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643-05 Four
in five Brits support refugees’ rights to
escape to another country from war and persecution (Click for Details)
June 19, 2020 4.8 Society
» Immigration/Refugees |
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643-06 Belief among Britons in coronavirus myths (Click for Details)
(UK) Social media use is linked to belief in COVID-19 myths and breaking
lockdown rules according to a new survey by Ipsos MORI and The Policy
Institute, King's College London. People who get their information about
coronavirus from social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube are more
likely to believe conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and to have broken key
lockdown rules, according to a new UK study by King’s College London and
Ipsos MORI. The findings are based on three separate surveys, and have been
published in a peer-reviewed article by King’s College London academics in
the leading journal Psychological Medicine. (Ipsos MORI) June 18, 2020 4.11 Society » Health |
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643-07 Despite concerns for job
security, Britons confident in their company’s management of the coronavirus
crisis (Click for Details)
(UK)
New
survey findings by Ipsos MORI show that Britons have concerns about job
security - but remain confident about their organisations management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As offices across the UK take their first cautious steps to re-open following
the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic, new research by Ipsos MORI shows
two in five employees (40%) have concerns about job security. Similar numbers
are pessimistic about the security of their company (41%). At the same time,
the overwhelming majority of employees agree with the view that: “My company
has a responsible approach and is behaving in an exemplary manner during this
crisis” (81%). (Ipsos MORI) June 17, 2020 3.3 Economy » Employment Issues |
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643-08 Attitudes to race and inequality in Great
Britain (Click for Details)
June 15, 2020 4.3 Society »
Ethnicity |
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643-09 COVID-19: 70% of key workers are worried
for family’s health (Click for Details)
(UK)
Plurality
of key workers also say they can’t fully do their jobs while social
distancing. The UK is yet to return to any semblance of normality, with
retailers figuring out how to offer socially-distanced shopping, hospitality
still waiting for a solution and schools yet to fully reopen. And YouGov
polling reveals that the majority of key workers are concerned for the health
of their family and those they live with. Overall
70% of key workers are worried for the health of those they live with during
the coronavirus pandemic, with nearly a quarter (23%) very worried. (YouGov) June 20, 2020 4.11 Society » Health |
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643-10 How useful is an undergraduate
degree? (Click for Details)
(UK)
Large
numbers of degree-educated Brits end up working in a different field, but a
majority still say university was worthwhile. This year’s university
applicants must make their final choices by tomorrow (18 June) despite
uncertainties over whether teaching will be moved online. Can they learn
anything from how degree-educated Brits feel about their studies now? The
good news first: Most people with a degree say going to university was
worthwhile. Gaining knowledge and skills is the reason that ranks highest
among graduates at 87%. But Freshers’ Week on Zoom may not live up to the
experiences of past graduates. University life is important, with 76% saying
their degree was worth it for the experiences they had as a student. (YouGov) June 17, 2020 4.10 Society » Education |
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643-11 U.S. National Pride Falls to
Record Low (Click for Details)
June 15, 2020 1.5 Domestic Politics » National Image/
Trust |
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643-12 Americans More Upbeat About Personal Finances (Click
for Details)
(USA)
Slightly
more Americans today than two months ago rate their personal financial
situation positively. A May 28-June 4 Gallup poll finds 53% of U.S. adults
describing their personal finances as either "excellent" or
"good," compared with 49% in early April, when most of the country
was under stay-at-home orders, and the effects of these on the economy were
more uncertain. Americans are still not as positive about their finances as
they were in 2019 (56%) but remain much more upbeat than during the 2007-2009
Great Recession and ensuing years of high unemployment. (Gallup USA) June 17, 2020 3.1 Economy » Perceptions
on Performance/ Well-Being |
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643-13 Parents Slightly Favor Full-Time,
In-Person School This Fall (Click for Details)
(USA)
As
the 2019-2020 school year that was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic
ends, U.S. parents are more likely to prefer their children attend full-time,
in-person school this fall as opposed to having full- or part-time distance
learning. Fifty-six percent of parents with children who attend a K-12 school
prefer their children's instruction be fully in person this fall. Meanwhile,
37% prefer a hybrid program in which students attend school part time and do
some distance learning, while 7% want full-time distance learning for their
children. Slim Majority of U.S. Parents Favor Full-Time, In-Person Schooling
This Fall. (Gallup USA) June 18, 2020 4.10 Society » Education |
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643-14 Americans' Views of Trump's Character
Firmly Established (Click for Details)
June 18, 2020 3.1 Economy » Perceptions on
Performance/ Well-Being |
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643-15 Nine in 10 Concerned About
Rising Drug Costs Due to COVID-19 (Click for Details)
(USA) A new study by West Health and Gallup finds
Americans sensitive to a number of negative
developments in healthcare that could result from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nearly nine in 10 U.S. adults are "very" (55%) or
"somewhat" (33%) concerned that the pharmaceutical industry will
leverage the COVID-19 pandemic to raise drug prices. The levels of concern
among demographic groups are mostly similar, except by party identification.
Democrats (66%) are more likely to say they are very concerned than are
independents (52%) or Republicans (49%). (Gallup USA) June 18, 2020 4.11 Society » Health |
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643-16 Experiences with the COVID-19
outbreak can vary for Americans of different ages (Click for Details)
(USA) The COVID-19 outbreak has altered daily
life for Americans – from how they work and attend school, to the ways they
connect with others, to how they worship. These experiences can vary with
age. Here are eight findings from Pew Research Center surveys about how
Americans across the age spectrum have experienced the pandemic. About half
(49%) of those 65 and older said in a late April-early May survey that the
coronavirus is a major threat to their health. But fewer in this age group –
32% – say it is a major threat to their personal finances. Meanwhile, younger
Americans are more likely to view the coronavirus as a major threat to their
personal finances than as a major threat to their personal health. (Pew
Research Center) June 16, 2020 4.11 Society » Health |
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643-17 Before protests, black
Americans said religious sermons should address race relations (Click for Details)
June 15, 2020 4.1 Society » Religion |
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643-18 High satisfaction ratings for chemists and pharmacies as Australia faced bushfires and then the COVID-19
pandemic (Click for Details)
(Australia) The latest research from Roy Morgan conducted in the year to March 2020
shows that 12 million Australians (57%) shop at chemists/ pharmacies in an
average four weeks. The leading stores including Priceline Pharmacy, My
Chemist, TerryWhite Chemmart
and Chemist Warehouse each have well over 1 million customers. Roy Morgan CEO
Michele Levine says that the good news for chemists and pharmacies is that
the 12 million customers of Australia’s chemists/ pharmacies rate their
customer satisfaction amongst the highest of any of the more than 30
industries Roy Morgan measures on a weekly basis. (Roy Morgan) June 16, 2020 3.2 Economy » Consumer Confidence/Protection |
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643-19 750 Million Struggling to Meet Basic Needs With No Safety Net (Click
for Details) Gallup's
new Basic Needs Vulnerability Index, based on surveys in 142 countries in
2019, suggests this was the reality for hundreds of millions worldwide just
as COVID-19 arrived. About one in seven of the world's adults -- or about 750
million people -- fall into this index's "High Vulnerability"
group, which means they are struggling to afford either food or shelter, or
struggling to afford both, and don't have friends or family to count on if
they were in trouble. Globally, at least some adults in every country fall
into the High Vulnerability group, which is important because Gallup finds
people in this group are potentially more at risk in almost every area of
their lives. Worldwide, these percentages range from 1% in wealthy countries
such as Denmark and Singapore to roughly 50% in places such as Benin and
Afghanistan. (Gallup USA) June 16, 2020 3.1 Economy
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643-20 THE ARAB WORLD’S TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND THE PERILS OF
GENERALIZATION (Click for Details)
June 23, 2020 1.5 Domestic Politics »
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643-21 Study shows
increased support for refugees
worldwide (Click for Details) A new Ipsos
global study conducted to mark tomorrow’s World Refugee Day 2020 finds that
the majority of citizens across 26 countries increasingly believe that people
should have the right to seek refuge from war or persecution. However,
concerns over the Coronavirus outbreak mean that people think their country
should accept fewer refugees. There is evidence that some attitudes have
hardened, for example, there is increasing scepticism about whether those
coming into the country as refugees are genuine refugees. On the other hand,
the online survey conducted among adults aged under 74 in 26 countries shows
that people have become more positive about the ability of refugees to
successfully integrate into their new societies. (Ipsos Global) June 19, 2020 4.8 Society »
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Highest rated single
broadcast during the coronavirus quarantine
If it’s one
of those days and you’re inclined to start moaning about the Vatican, it’s
honestly hard to know where to start and stop: It’s clericalist, certainly,
but also often benighted, obtuse, obstructionist, revanchist, spectacularly
tone-deaf and inept, sometimes corrupt and, once in a while, just
outrageously embarrassing. Pope Francis
famously cataloged 15 spiritual diseases of the Roman Curia in his first
Christmas address to the top Vatican brass, but if he were being graded by
historians and experts, he’d probably get an incomplete. Of course, we
all know that if we didn’t have a Vatican we’d have to invent it, because the
Church needs a central administration, and anyway, let’s face it – the
dysfunction and messiness of the place is part of its charm. But fair’s
fair, so if we’re going to moan about the Vatican – and, in many ways, isn’t
that the favorite indoor sport of Catholics everywhere? – we also need to
acknowledge its strengths, and high on that list has to be its remarkable
sense of drama. The thought
comes to mind in light of a Saturday essay on the Italian version of the
HuffPost by an Italian playwright, stage and screen director and screenwriter
by the name of Massimiliano Perrotta. Perrotta,
let’s be clear, is no lapdog of the Catholic Church. Yet when he was asked by
the HuffPost to pen a piece about the coronavirus experience seen through the
lens of theater, he didn’t hesitate to name Pope Francis’s haunting Urbi et Orbi blessing
staged March 27 in an empty St. Peter’s Square as the single most
dramatically apt moment. “No
theatrical event in this 2020 will be more moving or necessary than the rite
against the coronavirus celebrated by Pope Francis on March 27,” Perrotta
wrote. “We were all
terrorized that day, segregated as the virus claimed victim after victim in
our country,” he wrote. “Scientists still didn’t know how to explain its
wickedness. As an antidote, Pope Francis wanted to hold a prayer broadcast on
television, a kind of metaphysical exorcism against the contagion.” “At the end
of the ritual, with hands that were almost trembling, the pope held up a
monstrance for the blessing while the sound of bells prevailed over the
lament of the rain, and as the chilling sound of an ambulance approached and
then vanished.” “No
director,” Perrotta wrote, “could have invented such a powerful scene.” In terms of
numbers, more than 17 million Italians watched the Urbi et Orbi blessing that
Friday evening, which is roughly a quarter of the entire national population.
It was good enough for a 65 percent share of the country’s TV audience at
that hour, making it the highest rated single broadcast during the
coronavirus quarantine. For those
with long memories, it was another example of the Vatican serving up exactly
the right imagery and symbolism to capture a powerful moment. Anyone who
experienced it, for example, will never forget the funeral rite for St. John
Paul II in St. Peter’s Square on April 8, 2005. For one thing, there was the
inspired choice of a simple wooden casket adorned solely with a book of the
gospels, whose pages fluttered in the wind. Nothing could have better
captured the spirit of a life spent in service to the gospel, and those
pictures were on the front page of every newspaper in the world the next day. On the
“unforgettable” meter, there’s also that incredible helicopter ride of Pope
Benedict XVI the night of his resignation from the papacy on February 28,
2013, when he traveled from the Vatican to his temporary residence at Castel
Gandolfo as the bells sounded in St. Peter’s. Cameras followed the helicopter
the entire way, and it seemed straight out of Fellini, expressing the
monumental nature of the moment better than any speech or learned essay possibly
could. Then, of
course, there was the equally powerful moment after Benedict XVI gave his
final salute from the balcony of the apostolic palace at Castel Gandolfo.
When the clock struck 8:00 p.m. local time, the hour in which the resignation
took effect, the two Swiss Guards standing watch in front of the main
entrance to the papal clicked their heels and withdrew, because their mandate
is to protect the pope – the reigning pope, that is, not a retired one. Their
place was taken by members of the Vatican Gendarmes, responsible not only for
the pope’s protection but the Vatican’s physical plant. Vatican
communications personnel were smart enough to leave the cameras rolling the
entire time, and I guarantee, all across Rome, even in the most embittered
anti-clerical venues, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Catholicism
is a sacramental faith, in which adherents believe visible signs communicate
invisible grace, and it’s also deeply liturgical, with a keen sense of rite
and ritual. Perhaps that’s why headquarters also has such a good eye for
drama, seemingly always knowing how to stage a cathartic scene in the
just-right moment. However one
explains it, no one who experienced the coronavirus in Italy will ever forget
that March 27 evening, and they’ll be joined by countless millions others
around the world who watched at a distance. Say what you
will about the Vatican, that’s no mean feat – just ask Massimiliano Perrotta
and his colleagues, who probably wish they could pull off such an iconic
scene just once in their careers. (Crux) June 22, 2020 |
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METHODOLOGY: Respondents in our
ABS-recruited internet panel “the Understanding America Study” (https://uasdata.usc.edu) are
surveyed on an assigned day, every fourteen days. This provides a balanced
sample of about 450 respondents a day for studying change over time. Nearly
all respondents (e.g. 90+%) complete the survey on their assigned day, but are given until the beginning of the next wave to
participate. Final data sets and the longitudinal file are weighted using a
two-stage process, benchmarked against CPS. Weights and CPS benchmarks are
provided with the data file. Detailed information about our sampling and
recruitment is available on our website, as well as data from more than 200
surveys on a wide variety of topics (including three waves of HRS data) that
is available to be linked with our Covid19 data, free of charge. Data
points in the tracking charts are 7-day averages (half sample) which are
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GLOBALITY INDEX These indices are being
presented on a trial basis. For details on how we computed them, please see
an appendix on methodology in the next issue. We would greatly welcome
comments and advice from professional colleagues.
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