Gilani’s Gallopedia© Gallopedia From Gilani Research Foundation March 2021, Issue # 683* Compiled on a weekly basis since January 2007
Gilani’s Gallopedia is a weekly Digest of Opinions in a globalized world
This issue scores 68 out of 100 on Gilani-Gallopedia's Globality Index, showing coverage of world population, and 83 out of 100 on the world income (prosperity) Index. Click for Details
Contact Details: Natasha Amir Research Executive, Gallup Pakistan Email: natasha@galluppakistan.com This WEEKLY REPORT consists of 22 national & multi country surveys 7 polling organizations have been represented. Asia: Japan (Environment), Pakistan (Inflation), UAE (Health), Palestine (Elections), Tunisia (Education) – 05 national poll Africa: Uganda (Perception on Performance) – 01 national poll Euro Americas: UK(Investment, International Organizations, National Image), France(Health), Germany(Religion), USA (Ethnicity, Health, Education, Science and Technology), Australia(Consumer Confidence, Religion) – 11 national polls	Multi-Country Studies: Afrobarometer – 24 Countries (Health) YouGov Denmark – 28 Countries (Health) YouGov UK – 28 Countries (Health) Ipsos Brazil – All Countries (Health) Ipsos Egypt – 28 Countries (Justice) Ipsos MORI – 28 Countries (Gender Issues) Topic of the Week: About Three-In-Ten 31% U.S. Adults Say They Are ‘Almost Constantly’ Online Gilani-Gallopedia Globality Index
ASIA AND MENA Regions
683-01 Not A Single Prefecture Backs Reuse Of Radioactive Soil (Click for Details) (Japan) The survey of the nation's prefectural governors, with the exception of Fukushima Prefecture, found zero support for the reuse of contaminated dirt for farmland development or road construction projects. Five governors, those in Yamagata, Yamanashi, Nagasaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa, flatly expressed opposition to any reuse, regardless of projects the government has in mind. (Asahi Shimbun) March 28, 2021 4.14 Society » Environment (Top)
683-02 A Vast Majority Of Pakistanis (93%) Claim That Prices Of Daily Essentials Have Increased In Comparison To The Last 6 Months (Click for Details) (Pakistan) According to a Dun&Bradsheet and Gallup Pakistan Consumer Confidence Index survey, 93% Pakistanis claim that prices of daily essentials have increased compared to the last 6 months. 1% said ‘Much cheaper’, 2% said ‘Cheaper, 2% said ‘Has not changed’, 25% said ‘Expensive’ and 68% said ‘Very expensive.’ 2% did not know/did not respond. (Gallup Pakistan) March 24, 2021 3.4 Economy » Inflation (Top)
683-03 Nearly Half (47%) UAE Residents Feel Safe Against Contracting The Virus (Click for Details) (UAE) As the UAE expands its vaccination drive to bring the virus under control, YouGov’s latest survey reveals among those who are vaccinated, nearly half (47%) feel safe against contracting the virus and are not worried about the long-term effects of the vaccination. Slightly lesser (39%) feel safe right now but are worried about the repercussions in the long run. (YouGov MENA) March 24, 2021 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
683-04 Palestinian Anxieties Over First Elections In Fifteen Years (Click for Details) (Palestine) With rising confidence that parliamentary elections will indeed take place soon, and given clear anxieties about the possibility that the siege and blockade over the Gaza Strip could then be tightened, the split consolidated, and that economic conditions could worsen, and given concerns about the potential reaction from the international community and Israel, public attitudes seem to shift a little in favor of Fatah and away from Hamas. (Arabbarometer) March 24, 2021 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
683-05 71 Percent Of The Tunisian Respondents Between 18-36 Are Dissatisfied By The Education System (Click for Details) (Tunisia) The data reveal that dissatisfaction with the educational system within each educational level exceeds the 70 percent for those having basic education and above. Respondents with MA degrees and above are the most disappointed. The severe disruption is felt by many families, as 47 percent of respondents say that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s education is extremely negative, while 27 percent believe it is moderately negative. (Arabbarometer) March 25, 2021 4.10 Society » Education (Top)
AFRICA Regions
AFRICA
683-06 Only 18% Of Ugandans Think They Can Report Corruption Without Any Fear (Click for Details) (Uganda) Among key public institutions, the Uganda police are most widely seen as corrupt, followed by civil servants and tax officials. Paying bribes is a common part of daily life in Uganda: More than half of respondents who accessed police services during the previous year say they had to pay a bribe. Uganda ranks in the worst-performing quarter (142th out of 180 countries) on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index. (Afrobarometer) 29 Mar 2021 3.1 Economy » Perceptions on Performance (Top)
EURO-AMERICA Regions
EUROPE
683-07 Two-Thirds Brits Agree That They Like To Look For Profitable Ways To Invest Money (66%) (Click for Details) (UK) According to data from YouGov Profiles, just 5% say they’d be prepared to give up their bank accounts and rely entirely on cryptocurrency. Demographically speaking, this group is overwhelmingly male: two-thirds are men (66%). They also skew significantly younger than the general population: more than half are aged 18-34 (52% vs. 28% of the public), with two in five aged 35-54 (40% vs. 34% nat rep) and just 8% aged over 55 (vs. 38% of the public). (YouGov UK) March 25, 2021 3.8 Economy » Investments (Top)
683-08 6 In 10 Say Brexit Has Made No Difference To Their Daily Life (Click for Details) (UK) 6 in 10 (58%) of Britons have seen no difference to their everyday life as a result of Britain’s exit from the European Union. However, more have seen a negative impact than a positive one; 28% say Brexit has made their daily life worse while only 1 in 10 (11%) say there has been a positive change. The proportion of people who say they have seen a negative impact on their daily lives rises among certain groups, including Graduates (38%), those in Scotland (35%). (Ipsos MORI) 23 March 2021 2.8 Foreign Affairs & Security » International Organizations (Top)
683-09 1 In 5 (19%) Believe Abolishing The Monarchy Would Be Good For The Country’s Future (Click for Details) (UK) Before the interview of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Oprah Winfrey was aired in the UK on Monday 8th March, 43% said Britain’s future would be worse should the monarchy be abolished, and after the interview 41% said the same. Only 1 in 5 (19%) now believe abolishing the monarchy would be good for the country’s future, a similar proportion to before the interview (17%). (Ipsos MORI) 24 March 2021 1.5 Domestic Politics » National Image (Top)
683-10 30% Of French People Consume Meat At Least Once A Day (Click for Details) (France) 30% of French people consume meat at least once a day, a figure that climbs to 43% in the South West vs. 19% in the Southeast. At the same time, 1 in 2 people say that their meat consumption has decreased over the past 10 years (50%). Among those 55 and over, it even reaches 58%. In the collective imagination, meat has a primordial role. Indeed, 1 in 2 French people (50%) agree with the following statement: "to be in good health, you must eat meat". There is a significant difference between men and women with respective scores of 58% and 42%. (YouGov France) March 24, 2021 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
683-11 82 Percent Of Germans Are Of The Opinion That The Catholic Church In Germany Has Lost Credibility (Click for Details) (Germany) 28 percent of those Germans who are members of the Catholic or Protestant Church in Germany currently state that they are considering leaving the church. Men make this statement noticeably more often than women (35 percent vs. 23 percent of women). 82 percent of Germans are of the opinion that the Catholic Church in Germany has lost credibility within the last few months. (YouGov Germany) March 26, 2021 4.3 Society » Religion (Top)
NORTH AMERICA
683-12 The Growing Diversity Of Black America; 46.8 Million People In U.S. Identify As Black (Click for Details) (USA) The U.S. Black population is also growing. In 2019, 46.8 million people in the U.S. identified their race as Black, either alone or as part of a multiracial or ethnic background. That is up from 36.2 million in 2000.1 The Black share of the U.S. population is higher today than in 2000 as well. About 14% of the national population said they were Black in 2019, up from 13% who did so in 2000. (PEW) MARCH 25, 2021 4.3 Society » Ethnicity (Top)
683-13 40% Of Democrats Are Paying Attention To News Of The Outbreak, Compared With 23% Of Republicans (Click for Details) (USA) Overall, 31% of adults say they are following news about the pandemic very closely, according to the survey of 12,045 U.S. adults conducted March 8-14, 2021, on the Center’s American Trends Panel, the first time this question was asked during Joe Biden’s presidency. That is down from 37% in a survey conducted in late November. At the same time, there has been about a 10 percentage point drop in the portion of Democrats (79%) who now say the nation did not do as much as it could to control the outbreak. (PEW) MARCH 26, 2021 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
683-14 Nearly Half (47%) Of U.S. Elementary Schools Were Open For Full-Time Classroom Learning As Of Last Month (Click for Details) (USA) Among schools that enroll fourth graders, 47% offered full-time classroom learning in February, while for schools that teach eighth-graders, the figure was 46%. The results suggested, however, that at least some students weren’t opting in. In total, about 76% of elementary and middle schools were open for in-person or hybrid learning, while 24% offered remote learning only, according to the survey. (AP News) March 25, 2021 4.10 Society » Education (Top)
683-15 About Three-In-Ten 31% U.S. Adults Say They Are ‘Almost Constantly’ Online (Click for Details) (USA) Overall, 85% of Americans say they go online on a daily basis. That figure includes the 31% who report going online almost constantly, as well as 48% who say they go online several times a day and 6% who go online about once a day. Some 8% go online several times a week or less often, while 7% of adults say they do not use the internet at all. (PEW) MARCH 26, 2021 3.11 Economy » Science & Technology (Top)
AUSTRALIA
683-16 In 2020 Nearly 6 Million Australians Bought Packaged Alcohol In An Average Seven Days Whether In Stores Or Online (Click for Details) (Australia) Over one-in-ten of these Australian packaged alcohol buyers (11.3%) bought alcohol online, more than tripling the figure of 3.5% for 2019 – an increase of almost 8% points. This represented a huge increase in the online alcohol market but despite a nation-wide lockdown, and a four month long second lockdown in Victoria, a vast majority of 88.6% of Australian packaged alcohol buyers bought alcohol at a store, down nearly 6% points from 2019. (Roy Morgan) March 23 2021 3.2 Economy » Consumer Confidence (Top)
683-17 (73.2%) Nominated A Religion To Which They Belonged In 2003 And In 2020, It Had Fallen To Just Over Half (53.4%) (Click for Details) (Australia) Roy Morgan’s Single Source is the nation’s largest and longest-running survey of Australians, covering values, beliefs, behaviours, concerns, aspirations and almost every other facet of life. For close to two decades, this extensive survey has included questions about religion and in 2003, almost three-quarters of the population (73.2%) nominated a religion to which they belonged. By the end of 2020, that figure had fallen to just over half (53.4%). (Roy Morgan) March 23 2021 4.1 Society » Religion (Top)
MULTICOUNTRY STUDIES
683-18 As Covid-19 Vaccines Arrive In Southern African Countries, Public Health Facilities Confront Challenges Of Mass Campaigns (Click for Details) Large majorities of citizens in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, and Mozambique rely on public health-care facilities, according to Afrobarometer data collected between 2018 and 2020, and are likely to rely on these facilities for access to COVID-19 vaccinations. Among those who visited public health facilities during the previous year, more than half of Angolans said they had difficulty obtaining medical care, and one-third reported having to pay bribes. (Afrobarometer) 22 Mar 2021 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
683-19 Europeans Now See Astrazeneca Vaccine As Unsafe, Following Blood Clots Scare (Click for Details) In our previous survey in Germany, 43% said they believed the vaccine to be safe, compared to 40% who considered it unsafe. As of now, a majority of Germans think the vaccine is unsafe (55%) and just a third think it safe (32%). In France, where people had already considered the vaccine unsafe (43%) than safe (33%), those figures have now worsened to 61% unsafe and 23% safe. (YouGov Denmark) March 22, 2021 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
683-20 Global: One In Three Would Be Uncomfortable Taking Mental Health Medication (Click for Details) In Sweden (62%) and Spain (59%), for example, three in five say they’d feel comfortable taking medication for a mental health issue – with a quarter of Swedes (24%) and a third of Spaniards (33%) saying the reverse. In Britain, 56% are fine with this kind of treatment compared to 24% who are not. Mexican people have higher levels of aversion to mental health medication than the average (51% comfortable vs. 41% uncomfortable) – and in the US, 37% are uncomfortable compared to three in five (60%) who are comfortable. (YouGov UK) March 25, 2021 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
683-21 57% Of Brazilians Believe They Will Take More Care Of Health And Well-Being When The Pandemic Is Over (Click for Details) The figures show that 57% of Brazilians consider taking actions to improve health and well-being. Despite being nine percentage points above the global average, which is 48%, Brazil lags behind Peru (73%), Mexico (69%), South Africa (68%), Malaysia (62%) and India ( 60%). For 19% of Brazilians interviewed, nothing should change in this regard after the end of the pandemic and 12% think it is unlikely to make any changes that improve health and well-being. (Ipsos Brazil) March 25, 2021 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
683-22 Income And Wealth Disparities Perceived As The Most Serious Form Of Inequality (Click for Details) Inequality between younger and older generations is seen as a relatively less serious form of inequality across the 28 countries polled, with just 24% saying it was one of the most serious inequalities in their country. There are differences by gender, with 36% of women across the 28 countries polled believing that gender inequality was one of the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country, compared to just 26% of men. (Ipsos Egypt) 26 March 2021 4.9 Society » Justice (Top)
683-23 Geography And Gender: Britons Stand Out For Views On Two Types Of Inequality, While Age Divide Splits Opinions On Race (Click for Details) The major exception is gender inequality, which is viewed as a top concern by 33% of Europeans, compared with 23% of Britons. Britain ranks among the lowest internationally for concern about gender inequality, alongside countries such as China (24%), Hungary (22%) and Saudi Arabia (19%), where relatively few people say disparities between men and women are one of the most serious forms of inequality. Globally, 36% of women say such inequalities are among the most concerning, compared with 26% of men. (Ipsos MORI) 26 March 2021 4.5 Society » Gender Issues (Top)
TOPIC OF THE WEEK: About Three-In-Ten 31% U.S. Adults Say They Are ‘Almost Constantly’ Online 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.
About Three-In-Ten 31% U.S. Adults Say They Are ‘Almost Constantly’ Online As smartphones and other internet-connected devices have become more widespread, 31% of U.S. adults now report that they go online “almost constantly,” up from 21% in 2015, according to a new Pew Research Center survey conducted Jan. 25 to Feb. 8, 2021. Overall, 85% of Americans say they go online on a daily basis. That figure includes the 31% who report going online almost constantly, as well as 48% who say they go online several times a day and 6% who go online about once a day. Some 8% go online several times a week or less often, while 7% of adults say they do not use the internet at all. Adults under the age of 50 are at the vanguard of the constantly connected: 44% of 18- to 49-year-olds say they go online almost constantly. By comparison, just 22% of those ages 50 to 64 and even smaller shares of those 65 and older (8%) say they use the internet at this frequency. While the share of 18- to 29-year-olds who say they use the internet almost constantly has risen 9 percentage points since 2018, it remains unchanged since 2019. Meanwhile, the share of constantly online Americans ages 30 to 49 has risen 14 points since 2015, and the share of 50- to 64-year-olds has risen from 12% in 2015 to 22% in 2021. The share of Americans ages 65 and older saying this has not grown since the Center began asking this question in 2015. Other demographic groups that report almost always going online include college-educated adults, adults who live in higher-income households and urban residents. Some 42% of adults with a college degree or more education go online almost constantly, compared with 23% of adults with a high school diploma or less education. At the same time, the shares of White, Black and Hispanic adults who report using the internet almost constantly are statistically the same. Some 37% of Black adults say this, while 36% of Hispanic adults and 28% of White adults report going online on an almost-constant basis. The share of Hispanic adults who are almost always online has risen 17 points since 2015, while there has been no growth for White and Black adults during this time period. While 40% of adults with an annual household income of $75,000 or more say they use the internet almost constantly, this is true for just 27% of those living in households earning less than $,000 a year. Adults who live in urban areas are the most likely to say they go online almost constantly, compared with suburban residents and an even smaller share of those who live in rural areas. (PEW) MARCH 26, 2021 Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/26/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-say-they-are-almost-constantly-online/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=3dda4f6f5f-Weekly_2021_03_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-3dda4f6f5f-399609121 (Top)
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