Gilani’s Gallopedia© Gallopedia From Gilani Research Foundation April 2022, Issue # 735* Compiled on a weekly basis since January 2007
Gilani’s Gallopedia is a weekly Digest of Opinions in a globalized world
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Contact Details: Natasha Amir Research Executive, Gallup Pakistan Email: natasha@galluppakistan.com This WEEKLY REPORT consists of 23 national & multi-country surveys 7 polling organizations have been represented. Asia And MENA: India (Russia/Ukraine War), Singapore (Health), Malaysia (Morality, Values & Customs), Turkey (Health) – 04 national polls Africa: Kenya (Perception on Performance, Elections) – 02 national polls Euro Americas: UK(Russia/Ukraine War, Ethnicity, Health), France (Sports), Germany (Ethnicity), USA(Religion, US Image, Environment, US Image, Russia/Ukraine War, Education), Australia (Entertainment) – 12 national polls	Multi-Country Studies: Gallup – 27 Countries (US Image) Arabbarometer – 12 Countries (Environment) YouGov France – 4 Countries (Russia/Ukraine War) Ipsos Canada – 30 Countries (Morality, Values & Customs) YouGov UK – 18 Countries (Family) Topic of the Week: Two Years Of Life Under Lockdown - How Has The UK And People's Lives Changed Gilani-Gallopedia Globality Index
ASIA AND MENA Regions
735-01 Urban Indians Are Worried About The Impact Of Russia- Ukraine Crisis On Their Personal Lives (Click for Details) (India) As the Russia-Ukraine crisis intensified, YouGov’s latest data shows that nearly two-thirds of urban Indians (64%) feel the ongoing crisis may have an impact on India’s economy leading to an increase in fuel prices. Just about the same number (63%) think it will increase the price of essential commodities. These issues are more concerning to Gen X (70% for fuel prices and 61% for the cost of commodities) than their younger counterparts. (YouGov India) March 22, 2022 2.11 Foreign Affairs & Security » Russia/Ukraine War (Top)
735-02 Most Feel Positively About The Easing Of Covid-19 Curbs In Singapore, But One In Three Are Concerned (Click for Details) (Singapore) Following yesterday’s announcement on the easing of community safe management measures in Singapore, latest data from YouGov Omnibus reveals that residents are most anticipative of resuming larger-scale social gatherings, with seven in ten (75%) looking forward to the increase in group sizes from five to ten persons – a cap that has been in place since end-2021. In particular, those above the age of 55 are significantly more likely to say they are looking forward to the increased group sizes, with eight in ten expressing anticipation (81%). (YouGov Singapore) March 25, 2022 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
735-03 Around Two-Thirds (65%) Of Malaysians Have Shopping Plans For Ramadan This Year (Click for Details) (Malaysia) Latest research from YouGov RealTime Omnibus shows that around two-thirds (65%) of Malaysians have shopping plans for Ramadan this year. Segmenting by region reveals that Malaysians residing in the peninsula’s east coast (Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan) are more likely to have Ramadan shopping plans (77%), compared to Malaysians residing in other regions. Across both genders, clothes and apparel (male 75% vs female 81%) is the most popular category. Among men, household items (52%) took second place, ahead of footwear (42%), with electronics (32%) and furniture (31%) rounding out the top five. (YouGov Malaysia) March 25, 2022 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs (Top)
735-04 Community Concern About Catching Coronavirus Seriously Decreases From 74% To 41% (Click for Details) (Turkey) Although half of the society thinks that they will catch this virus, they are less worried about it now. According to the research of Ipsos, 74% of individuals in the first month of the epidemic stated that they were very worried about themselves or a member of their family catching the corona virus, while the rate of individuals who are very worried has decreased to 41% today. While 56% of the society thought that they would catch the epidemic in the first years of the epidemic, this rate decreased by 10 points to 46% in the first year of the epidemic, and half of the society thinks that they will catch this virus today. (Ipsos Turkey) 21 March 2022 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
AFRICA Regions
735-05 Kenyans See Government Failing On Their Top Priorities – The Economy And Corruption (Click for Details) (Kenya) Management of economy tops the list of important problems that Kenyans want their government to address, followed by corruption, health, unemployment, and crime/security. Management of the economy climbed from sixth place on citizens’ priority list in 2014-2019 to the No. 1 spot in 2021. Corruption has ranked as one of the top two priorities for the past six years. (Afrobarometer) 25 March 2022 3.1 Economy » Perceptions on Performance (Top)
735-06 More Than Three-Fourths (78%) Of Kenyans Support Regular, Open, And Honest Elections As The Best Way To Choose Leaders (Click for Details) (Kenya) More than three-fourths of Kenyans support regular, open, and honest elections as the best way to choose leaders, the most recent Afrobarometer survey shows. And most citizens favour the existence of many political parties to ensure that voters have real choices in electing their leaders. More than three-fourths (78%) of Kenyans support regular, open, and honest elections as the best way to choose leaders. (Afrobarometer) 25 March 2022 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
EURO-AMERICA Regions
EUROPE
735-07 Just 31% Of Britons Think The Government Is Doing The Right Amount To Help Ukrainians Come To The UK (Click for Details) (UK) New YouGov research shows Britons remain broadly of the opinion the government is not doing enough to help those trying to reach the UK from Ukraine, although opinion has shifted in recent days. Two-fifths of Britons (43%) now think the government is not doing enough to enable refugees from Ukraine to come to the UK. However, this is down 14 points since 8-9 March, with this previous survey conducted before the Homes for Ukraine scheme announcement. The proportion of those thinking the government is doing about the right amount to help Ukrainians come to the UK is up 12 points, from 19% to 31%. (YouGov UK) March 24, 2022 2.11 Foreign Affairs & Security » Russia/Ukraine War (Top)
735-08 How Should Journalists Report Racially Offensive Language (Click for Details) (UK) New YouGov research among ethnic minority Britons looks at how people think racial slurs should be quoted in written and broadcast news media. While all broadcast outlets will have differing editorial guidelines, ethnic minority Britons tend to think slurs should be quoted as a euphemism, using such phrases as "the N-word" or “P-word” (28%) in TV and radio news. At the other end of the scale, 20% think television and radio reporters should use the language in full, without any sort of censorship or alteration. (YouGov UK) March 21, 2022 4.3 Society » Ethnicity (Top)
735-09 Two Years Of Life Under Lockdown - How Has The UK And People's Lives Changed (Click for Details) (UK) New research by Ipsos and the Policy Institute at King’s College London finds that 3 in 10 UK adults (31%) say they are feeling lonelier now than before the pandemic (58% report no change). Alongside this, nearly half think they see friends and family less (46%) and leave the house less (45%) than before the pandemic began. Four in ten 16-34 year olds (39%) say they feel more lonely than before the pandemic started about two years ago. (Ipsos MORI) 23 March 2022 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
735-10 The Passion Of The French For Video Games Is Undeniable (Click for Details) (France) The console ecosystem (Hardware, Software and Accessories), which represents 49% of the total value of the video game market, generates 2.749 billion euros (+1%) and achieves its second historic performance; the previous record was set at 3.03 billion euros in 2008. The PC Gaming ecosystem (Hardware, Software and Accessories), which represents 26% of the total value of the video game market, reached a new record with 1.492 billion euros and growth of +5% in one year. (Ipsos France) March 24, 2022 4.15 Society » Sports (Top)
735-11 Every Fifth Person In Germany Has Felt Racially Discriminated Against (Click for Details) (Germany) Today, March 21st, is the annual International Day Against Racism. Racism is not only a much-discussed, socially relevant topic in Germany. 19 percent of all respondents in Germany state that they have had the feeling of being racially discriminated against. Among people who are exclusively German nationals, 13 percent say so. On the other hand, 46 percent of those surveyed in Germany who are not of German nationality say so. (YouGov Germany) March 21, 2022 4.3 Society » Ethnicity (Top)
NORTH AMERICA
735-12 More Houses Of Worship Are Returning To Normal Operations, But In-Person Attendance Is Unchanged Since Fall (Click for Details) (USA) Among U.S. adults who say they attend religious services, 43% now report that their house of worship is currently open and holding services the same way it did before the COVID-19 outbreak – up 14 percentage points in the last six months and 31 points since last March. Meanwhile, 47% say their congregation is open but with modifications still in place due to the pandemic, such as mask requirements or social distancing. (PEW) MARCH 22, 2022 4.1 Society » Religion (Top)
735-13 Biden's Job Approval Is 42%, Statistically Unchanged From 41% Last Month (Click for Details) (USA) At 42%, President Joe Biden's latest job approval rating marks his seventh consecutive reading below 44%, while a majority of Americans, 54%, continue to disapprove of the job he is doing. Although Biden's overall rating is flat, Americans' approval of his handling of the coronavirus response (53%) and the situation with Russia (42%) has each risen six points over the past month. At the same time, approval of his handling of foreign affairs (43%) and the economy (36%) is not significantly different than in February. (Gallup) MARCH 22, 2022 2.6 Foreign Affairs & Security » US image (Top)
735-14 A Broad Majority Of Americans (69%) Favor The United States Taking Steps To Become Carbon Neutral By 2050 (Click for Details) (USA) A broad majority of Americans (69%) favor the United States taking steps to become carbon neutral by 2050, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January. But while some advocates suggest that nuclear power – a source that emits no carbon – should have a more prominent role in the nation’s energy makeup, the public continues to express mixed views about it as an energy source. (PEW) MARCH 23, 2022 4.14 Society » Environment (Top)
735-15 71% Of Republican Voters Say Their Vote For Congress Is Against Biden (Click for Details) (USA) Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how the public views control of Congress, issues for the upcoming midterm elections and confidence in how the elections will be conducted. For this analysis, we surveyed 10,441 U.S. adults in March 2022. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. (PEW) MARCH24, 2022 2.6 Foreign Affairs & Security » US image (Top)
735-16 After A Month Of War, Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Ranks Among The World’s Worst In Recent History (Click for Details) (USA) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created one of the biggest refugee crises of modern times. A month into the war, more than 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries – the sixth-largest refugee outflow over the past 60-plus years, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations data. There are now almost as many Ukrainian refugees as there were Afghan refugees fleeing the (first) Taliban regime in 2001, according to figures compiled by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). They represent about 9.1% of Ukraine’s pre-invasion population of about 41.1 million – ranking the current crisis 16th among 28 major refugee crises by share of population. (PEW) MARCH 25, 2022 2.11 Foreign Affairs & Security » Russia/Ukraine War (Top)
735-17 About Two-Thirds Of U S Adults (65%) Say Science Has Had A Mostly Positive Effect On Society (Click for Details) (USA) About two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say science has had a mostly positive effect on society, while 28% say it has had an equal mix of positive and negative effects and just 7% say it has had a mostly negative effect, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Over the past few years, around two-thirds or more of Americans have seen science’s effect on society as mostly positive. (PEW) MARCH 25, 2022 4.10 Society » Education (Top)
AUSTRALIA
735-18 Australians To Spend Billions On Holidays, Food And Chocolate This Easter (Click for Details) (Australia) Over four million Australians are planning a trip away this Easter with $7.1 billion to be spent on holidays, while around $1.5 billion will be splurged on food and chocolate, in a major boon for tourism operators and retail businesses. Of the Australians going away this Easter, 63% will be travelling within their own state, 34% will be going interstate and 3% overseas. Those aged 35-49, and the most likely to have a family in tow, are set to spend an average of $2,000 on their Easter holidays, totaling $2.6 billion overall - more than any other age group. (Roy Morgan) March 25, 2022 4.16 Society » Entertainment (Top)
MULTICOUNTRY STUDIES
735-19 U S Image Improves Across Most Of NATO, A Survey Of 27 NATO Countries (Click for Details) Gallup surveys conducted before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 showed the image of U.S. leadership was stronger across much of NATO than it had been in years, after languishing at low levels during the Trump administration. Between 2020 and 2021, U.S. leadership saw double-digit gains in 20 of the 27 NATO members surveyed both years. Lithuania was the only NATO member where approval ratings headed in a negative direction, with a six-percentage-point drop. But even so, the leadership of the U.S. earned higher approval in Lithuania last year than did the leadership of Russia (8%) and China (5%). (Gallup) MARCH 23, 2022 2.6 Foreign Affairs & Security » US image (Top)
735-20 What MENA Citizens Think About The Environment, Among 12 Countries Surveyed (Click for Details) From 28 to 31 March 2022, the inaugural Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2022 in Dubai, UAE will bring together key stakeholders to take the pulse of climate action in the region, explore climate challenges and opportunities to build forward from the pandemic and showcase ambitious solutions. Arab Barometer’s 2018-2019 wave of surveys found that citizens across MENA overwhelmingly regard water pollution and trash as grave environmental concerns, while relatively fewer citizens worry about air pollution and climate change. (Arabbarometer) March 24, 2022 4.14 Society » Environment (Top)
735-21 Are Europeans In Favor Of Ukraine Joining The EU, A Study In 4 Countries (Click for Details) Regarding Ukraine joining the EU the Spaniards are the most in favor of Ukraine's membership: 6 people out of 10 (60%) want the country to join the Union. Only 14% are against it. At the same time, a relative majority of Germans (46%), Italians (45%) and French (42%) share this opinion. Conversely, 30% of the citizens of each of these countries are opposed to Ukraine's membership. (YouGov France) March 24, 2022 2.11 Foreign Affairs & Security » Russia/Ukraine War (Top)
735-22 An Average Of 30% People Believe Most People Can Be Trusted In 30 Countries (Click for Details) Ipsos’ tracking of sense of Social Cohesion (part of Ipsos Context Advantage Knowledge Suite) across 28 countries has shown that societies have been becoming less cohesive over the past couple of years. In Canada, only 33% of citizens believe that most people can be trusted, against 67% who believe that you can’t be too careful dealing with people, placing Canadians in the middle of the spectrum when compared to 29 other countries. Interpersonal trust is uniformly low across Latin America and closer to the global average in North America. Levels vary widely across countries within other regions: In Europe, from 48% in the Netherlands to only 16% in Poland; and in the Asia-Pacific region, from 56% in China and India to 13% in Malaysia. (Ipsos Canada) 24 March 2022 4.7 Society » Morality, Values & Customs (Top)
735-23 Is Mother’s Day A ‘Proper’ Special Occasion, Or Is It Too Commercialized, A Survey In 18 Countries (Click for Details) A new YouGov survey in 18 countries and territories shows a mixed picture regarding Mother’s Day. We asked more than 19,000 people whether they thought Mother’s Day is celebrated more because it is a ‘proper’ special occasion, or if it was an occasion that people wouldn’t celebrate if it weren’t for pressure from commercial entities like greetings card companies. Belief that Mother’s Day is still being celebrated as a ‘proper’ special occasion is generally lower in the West, and particularly in Western Europe. Danes are the most cynical, with 61% saying they think that entities like greeting card companies are the driving force behind the celebration these days, compared to only 27% who disagree. (YouGov UK) March 26, 2022 4.2 Society » Family (Top)
TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Two Years Of Life Under Lockdown - How Has The UK And People's Lives Changed 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.
Two Years Of Life Under Lockdown - How Has The UK And People's Lives Changed New research by Ipsos and the Policy Institute at King’s College London finds that 3 in 10 UK adults (31%) say they are feeling lonelier now than before the pandemic (58% report no change). Alongside this, nearly half think they see friends and family less (46%) and leave the house less (45%) than before the pandemic began.  Four in ten 16-34 year olds (39%) say they feel more lonely than before the pandemic started about two years ago. The new study, the latest in a series that has tracked opinion since April 2020, does find though that across many of these aspects of people’s lives, a large proportion (usually slightly more or less than half) say there has been no change now compared with before the pandemic.  Participants were also asked to report all changes – whether or not they felt they had been caused by the pandemic. A third of Brits believe that their physical (32%) and mental (33%) health has got worse (half in each case say it is about the same). The youngest (16-34) are most likely to feel that their mental health has deteriorated during the pandemic, with 42% saying it had, though one in four (23%) said that it had improved.  Women are also more likely than men to feel their mental health is now worse (by 38% to 28%). About a third (36%) think they have put on weight compared with before the pandemic – although almost as many (30%) say they are exercising more. 50% of Britons say they are spending more time looking at screens than before the pandemic. And just over two in five of those aged 16-75 (46%) say they check social media at least once a day for news about the pandemic including 7% saying they check hourly (though this is down from 56% checking social media daily for information about the coronavirus at the start of the first lockdown in April 2020).  Overall, a quarter (27%) say their ability to concentrate is worse than before the pandemic (58% say no change), rising to 38% of younger people (though 24% of 16-34s also say this has improved). When it comes to sleep, overall around a third (32%) say the overall quality of their sleep has got worse (53% no change).  The most common changes in people’s sleeping patterns are more disturbed sleep (25%) or sleeping fewer hours (20%). The state of the pandemic One in six UK adults aged 16-75 (17%) feel that things are already ‘back to normal’ while over a third (37%) believe that it will be at some point in the next year, but nearly one in ten (9%) believe that things will never go back to normal 58% believe the pandemic isn’t completely over.  That rises to 78% of those aged over 55, but those aged 16-34 are more divided (39% believe it isn’t over, compared to 35% who believe it is) Nearly half (48%) would support bringing back previous restrictions if there was a new vaccine resistant variant, though this falls to 38% supporting new restrictions not seen before, and only 34% for another national lockdown.   Opposition tends to be higher among the young:  45% of 16-34s oppose a new national lockdown and 38% oppose introducing new restrictions or reintroducing previous restrictions which have now been lifted Those aged 55+ are more likely to support measures being introduced if there was a new vaccine resistant variant:  45% would support a new national lockdown, 48% would support introducing new restrictions not previously used and 60% reintroducing previously used measures Government handling of the pandemic The public are more positive about the UK government’s handling of the pandemic now than at earlier points in the pandemic. 54% of those aged 16-75 believe that the UK government’s response to the pandemic has been confused and inconsistent, but that has declined since 2020 and particularly fallen since the second lockdown in November 2020 when two-thirds (68%) said that was the case. On the other hand 38% believe that the government has responded well to changing scientific advice (up from 27% in November 2020), while 28% say they have not. And when comparing our government to others, 42% of 16-75 year-olds say the UK government has responded well to the pandemic compared to other countries (up from 28% in July 2020), with 27% disagreeing. On balance, UK adults think that advice from scientists and experts has been good during the pandemic and that government has used it effectively. Only one in five (21%) believe that scientists and medical experts have given the government poor advice during the pandemic while 46% disagree. Four in ten (43%) believe that the UK government has made good use of that advice while 28% do not. Perceptions of the NHS A majority believe that a range of the NHS services have got worse since before the pandemic began, but they also tend to think that this is at least partly because of the pandemic. Britons believe that the following services have got worse since before the pandemic began: Waiting times for routine services for diagnostic tests or operations – 68% Waiting times for GP appointments – 67% The ability of the NHS to provide a good service to patients – 52% The ability of social care services to provide a good service to their users – 52% And one in six (59%) believe that the wellbeing of NHS staff has got worse since before the COVID-19 pandemic. But amongst those who think things have got worse, half or more tend to believe that this is at least mostly because of the pandemic rather than other reasons: Waiting times for routine services for diagnostic tests or operations – 62% of those who think things have got worse say this is at least mostly due to the pandemic Waiting times for GP appointments – 54% The ability of the NHS to provide a good service to patients – 53% The ability of social care services to provide a good service to their users – 49% The well-being of NHS staff – 65% Gideon Skinner, Research Director at Ipsos said: These findings, marking the two-year anniversary of the first national lockdown, are further evidence of how over that time life in the UK has changed for many people, affecting a range of aspects of our physical and mental health.  Although we shouldn’t overestimate this (more people think there has been no impact, and some of these changes may have happened naturally without the pandemic), it is notable that it is often younger generations who feel harder hit.  This all suggests that most Britons are right to feel that the after-effects of the coronavirus are not over yet. Professor Bobby Duffy, director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London, said: The effects of the pandemic and the measures to control it are still keenly felt by significant proportions of the UK population – with a third of us saying we’re lonelier and sleeping less well, nearly half of us seeing our friends less and leaving home less, and half spending more time on our screens. It’s no surprise then that a third of us feel our mental or physical health is worse. And, as with so much in the pandemic, some groups are feeling the effects more, with the young and women more likely to experience many of these negative impacts. We’re also deeply worried about the impact on the NHS, particularly waiting times and how the pandemic has affected the wellbeing of NHS staff. There is some good news for the UK government, however. There has been a theme throughout the pandemic that large proportions of the public were supportive of more restrictive measures – with the lowest ratings of the government seen in late 2020, when people felt things were opening up too quickly. But now ratings are approaching the most positive we’ve seen since the start of the pandemic, despite all restrictions being lifted, including the highest ratings of the UK government compared with other countries. (Ipsos MORI) 23 March 2022 Source: https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/two-years-of-life-under-lockdown-how-has-uk-and-peoples-lives-changed (Top)
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