Gilani’s Gallopedia©  Gallopedia From Gilani Research Foundation November 2020, Issue # 667* Compiled on a weekly basis since January 2007
Gilani’s Gallopedia is a weekly Digest of Opinions in a globalized world
Contact Details: Wafaa Khatibi Research Associate, Gallup Pakistan Email: wafaa@gallup.com.pk This WEEKLY REPORT consists of 18 national & multi country surveys 7 polling organizations have been represented. Asia and Africa: India(Entertainment), Japan (Governance), South Africa(Regional Organizations) – 03 national polls Euro Americas: Denmark(Lifestyle), Finland(Well-Being), Switzerland (Lifestyle), UK(Health, Governance, Governance, Lifestyle), USA(Lifestyle, Health, Health, Political Parties), Australia(Employment Issues) – 15 national polls	Multi-Country Studies: YouGov – 14 Countries (Lifestyle) YouGov – 14 Countries (Lifestyle) YouGov – 14 Countries (Lifestyle) Topic of the Week: The Swiss buy fair trade chocolate Santa Clauses more often than Austrians and Germans Gilani-Gallopedia Globality Index
ASIA AND MENA Regions
667-01 Half of urban Indians are planning a domestic holiday over the next 12 months (Click for Details) (India) In the face of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, many urban Indians are looking ahead to travelling over the coming year, new research from YouGov reveals. The data, collected by YouGov’s Global Travel Profiles tool from across 25 countries, shows that half (51%) of urbanites in India plan to holiday domestically in the next 12 months. Despite this local wanderlust, far fewer (20%) plan to holiday abroad next year. (YouGov) December 08, 2020 4.16 Society » Entertainment (Top)
667-02 Quick measures needed for students facing financial woes (Click for Details) (Japan) Shizuka Iwasaki, who heads the FREE students group, announces the results of a survey about the impact of the pandemic on students at a news conference in Tokyo in April. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Due to financial difficulties caused by the pandemic, at least 190 Japanese universities are expecting an increase in the number of students who quit or take a leave of absence at the end of the academic year in March. (The Asahi Shimbun) December 04, 2020 1.3 Domestic Politics » Governance (Top)
AFRICA Regions
AFRICA
667-03 Citizens in Southern African Customs Union states hold mixed views on free trade and open borders (Click for Details) (South Africa) Citizens of the five Southern African Customs Union (SACU) member states hold decidedly mixed views on the union’s goals of achieving economic integration and ease of trade and movement across the region, Afrobarometer surveys show. Findings in Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa show that attitudes toward free cross-border movement range from massive support in Lesotho to equally solid rejection in Botswana, while South Africans are more likely to ban than welcome foreign workers. (Afrobarometer) December 09, 2020 2.8 Foreign Affairs & Security » International / Regional Organizations (Top)
EURO-AMERICA Regions
EUROPE
667-04 The Danes' attitude to Black Friday 2020 (Click for Details) (Denmark) A new YouGov survey shows that 52% of Danes have shopped for Black Friday this year. This is a small increase compared to last year, when 49% took advantage of a Black Friday offer. It is especially people under the age of 50 who have taken advantage of a Black Friday offer on the shopping day (64%). Among the population over the age of 60, only 37% have taken advantage of an offer. (YouGov) December 01, 2020 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs / Lifestyle   (Top)
667-05 The corona pandemic has increased Finns' confidence in corporate social responsibility (Click for Details) (Finland) YouGov has been researching Finns' attitudes towards corporate social responsibility every year since 2012. In December 2020, the survey mapped CSR in seven different areas of CSR for 11 industries for the ninth time. The Corona Year has changed Finns' views on the social responsibility of industries in a positive direction. Throughout the history of research, Finns' confidence in the social responsibility of industries has not been as high as it is now, and it has never improved as much in a year as now. (YouGov) December 09, 2020 3.1 Economy » Perceptions on Performance/ Well-Being (Top)
667-06 The Swiss buy fair trade chocolate Santa Clauses more often than Austrians and Germans  (Click for Details) (Switzerland) St. Nicholas Day is just around the corner, and our shoes will be filled with goodies and small gifts on Sunday night. This day is the first occasion in the (pre-) Christmas season to give away chocolate Santa Clauses or chocolate Santa Clauses. 37 percent of Germans plan to do that this year. From the group of Germans giving gifts, a quarter (24 percent) said they should make sure that the chocolate is a Fairtrade product when buying it. 39 percent of Swiss donors say this, and 35 percent of Austrian donors. (YouGov) December 04, 2020 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs / Lifestyle (Top)
667-07 Study reveals why one in four have found rules harder in second lockdown (Click for Details) (UK) One in four people (26%) say they’ve found it harder to follow the rules during England’s second national lockdown than they did during the first, with bad weather, a feeling of being worn out by the crisis, and a belief that the restrictions are not being applied fairly among the reasons, according to a new study. (Ipsos MORI) December 01, 2020 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
667-08 How democratic is the UK? (Click for Details) (UK) The UK is widely considered one of the leading democracies in the world, but the YouGov Democracy study finds that the British public thinks that certain elements of what enables such a society are in danger.  Three quarters (75%) of the public describe the UK as a democratic country. This is slightly higher than when we asked the same question in 2012, when two-thirds (67%) felt the same. (YouGov) December 04, 2020 1.3 Domestic Politics » Governance (Top)
667-09 How do Britons want the future of the Royal family to look? (Click for Details) (UK) Following our recent update to our Royal Family favourability trackers, YouGov also asked the British public whether the monarchy should continue, and what they think the future of the family should look like. Two thirds of Britons (67%, +4 since March) say that Britain should keep its monarchy, while only 21% would prefer that the country have an elected head of state. (YouGov) December 03, 2020 1.3 Domestic Politics » Governance (Top)
667-10 Many more plan to mix households at Christmas following government relaxation of rules (Click for Details) (UK) One in three Britons say they will now meet up with people from other homes, more than double the number who had planned to do so before the rules change was announced. Earlier in the month, the government made a curious decision to relax coronavirus restrictions over the Christmas period, allowing up to three different households to mix between 23-27 December. (YouGov) December 03, 2020 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs / Lifestyle (Top)
NORTH AMERICA
667-11 Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Ticks Up to 63% in U.S. (Click for Details) (USA) With two COVID-19 vaccines now in the final stages of approval for use in the U.S., 63% of Americans say they are willing to be immunized against the disease. The public's willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccination approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has nearly rebounded to the previous high of 66% after hitting a 50% low point in September. (Gallup USA) December 08, 2020 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs / Lifestyle (Top)
667-12 Views of U.S. Pandemic Worsen Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases (Click for Details)  (USA) As the U.S. continues to set records for coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths, Americans' perceptions that the situation is worsening have risen to match the previous high point of 73%, even as the U.S. is on the verge of approving COVID-19 vaccines. Findings from Gallup's Nov. 16-29 COVID-19 tracking survey also include an increase in the public's concern about the availability of hospital supplies, services and treatment, from 33% to 50%. (Gallup USA) December 10, 2020 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
667-13 Americans' Mental Health Ratings Sink to New Low (Click for Details) (USA) Americans' assessment of their mental health as excellent and excellent/good since 2001. The latest data shows nine-point drops in each since 2019. Each year since 2001, Gallup has asked Americans as part of its November Health and Healthcare survey to say whether their own mental or emotional wellbeing is excellent, good, only fair or poor. The reading for those rating their mental health as excellent or good ranged from 81% to 89% until this year's 76%. (Gallup USA) December 07, 2020 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
667-14 Democrats more optimistic than Republicans that partisan relations in Washington will improve in 2021  (Click for Details) (USA) With the delayed transition to a Biden administration now underway, Americans have only modest expectations that the partisanship that has dominated Washington in recent years will ease in 2021. However, Democrats are much more optimistic than Republicans that relations between the two parties will improve. Just 21% of Americans say relations between Republicans and Democrats will get better in the coming year. Far more (37%) expect relations to worsen, while 41% say they will stay about the same. (PEW) December 01, 2020 1.4 Domestic Politics » Political Parties (Top)
AUSTRALIA
667-15 Unemployment down sharply to 11.9% in November as lockdown finally ends in Victoria – lowest since early March (Click for Details) (Australia) Latest Roy Morgan employment series data shows 1.68 million (down 130,000) Australians unemployed (down 0.9% to 11.9% of the workforce). The workforce in November was 14,119,000 – comprised of 12,439,000 employed Australians and 1,680,000 unemployed Australians looking for work. The workforce was down by 39,000 as some people who were unemployed left the workforce but there was also strong employment growth during the month. (Roy Morgan) December 02, 2020 3.3 Economy » Employment Issues (Top)
MULTICOUNTRY STUDIES
667-16 International study: How has coronavirus affected people’s personal lives? (Click for Details) With COVID-19 having ravaged the planet for the past nine months or so, the toll the disease has taken in terms of lives and money is well-reported. But what is less well known is how the pandemic has affected people’s personal lives. A new YouGov survey, conducted in 14 countries and regions, reveals the damage done to people’s personal lives across the world. (YouGov) December 04, 2020 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs / Lifestyle (Top)
667-17 Brazilians and Chinese people are most likely to say social togetherness has improved (Click for Details) The COVID-19 pandemic has put people under pressure the world over, and this has had the effect of bringing them together in some places but pushing them apart in others. Data from the YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project shows that two thirds of Chinese people (68%) say that the overall sense of social togetherness in their country has increased since the coronavirus pandemic began, the highest rate for any country. Brazilians are not far behind, on 64%. (YouGov) December 04, 2020 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs / Lifestyle (Top)
667-18 How has COVID-19 affected people's privacy? (Click for Details) It is in the United Arab Emirates that the impact of the pandemic on love life is the most negative: 24% of those questioned say that their story has ended or has been weakened due to COVID-19. 1 in 10 French people make the same observation (12%). Danes are the least likely to have been affected in love (7%). If the love life of the Danes seems to have been slightly affected, family relationships have been more affected. Almost half of Danes (48%) say that some family ties have been severed or strained due to illness. (YouGov) December 10, 2020 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs / Lifestyle (Top)
TOPIC OF THE WEEK: The Swiss buy fair trade chocolate Santa Clauses more often than Austrians and Germans uThis page is devoted to opinions of countries whose polling activity is generally not known very widely or where a recent topical issue requires special attention.
The Swiss buy fair trade chocolate Santa Clauses more often than Austrians and Germans A current YouGov survey in Germany, Austria and Switzerland about giving away chocolate Santa Clauses in the (pre-) Christmas season St. Nicholas Day is just around the corner, and our shoes will be filled with goodies and small gifts on Sunday night. This day is the first occasion in the (pre-) Christmas season to give away chocolate Santa Clauses or chocolate Santa Clauses. 37 percent of Germans plan to do that this year. From the group of Germans giving gifts, a quarter (24 percent) said they should make sure that the chocolate is a Fairtrade product when buying it. 39 percent of Swiss donors say this, and 35 percent of Austrian donors. When it comes to giving organic Santa Clauses, the Austrians are in the lead: 18 percent of the donors say they pay attention to the organic origin of the chocolate when buying them. Among the Swiss who want to give away chocolate Santa Clauses this year, this is what 16 percent say and 8 percent among Germans. These are the results of a current YouGov survey among Germans, Austrians and Swiss. BRAND AND PRICE ARE RELEVANT FOR ALMOST ALL DONORS WHEN BUYING For the German respondents, the brand is decisive for buying a chocolate Santa Claus. Two out of five of the donors (41 percent) pay attention to the brand of the product when buying, among Austrians 42 percent say this, among Swiss 31 percent of the donors. The Swiss say most often to pay attention to both the price and the brand (46 percent). WHICH BRANDS ARE THE MOST POPULAR? Milka is the most popular brand with 60 percent of the Germans who want to give away chocolate Santa Clauses this year. Close behind, with 58 percent, is Lindt. One third of German donors (34 percent) reach for Ferrero (children) on the candy shelf. Women in particular prefer this brand to men (40 percent vs. 26 percent of men). Among Austrians, Milka (77 percent) and Lindt (70 percent) are also ahead in terms of popularity. Lindt (71 percent) ranks first among the Swiss. Cailler is the second most popular with 45 percent, followed by Migros with 31 percent of Swiss donors. GERMANS PREFER TO GIVE AWAY WITHIN THE FAMILY If you want to give away a chocolate Santa Claus, it is mainly to your own children or within the family. Around three quarters (73 percent) of the donors surveyed in Germany said this. Respondents aged 45 and over particularly want to give away the chocolate figures to their loved ones (45-54 year olds: 80 percent and respondents aged 55 and over: 79 percent). Almost two out of five of those giving gifts (38 percent) want to give a chocolate Santa Claus to friends and acquaintances. (YouGov) December 04, 2020 Source: https://yougov.de/news/2020/12/04/schweizer-kaufen-haufiger-fair-gehandelte-schoko-w/ (Top)
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