Gilani’s Gallopedia© Gallopedia From Gilani Research Foundation April 2023, Issue # 789-790* 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 36 national & multi-country surveys 10 polling organizations have been represented. Asia And MENA: Japan (Family, Social Problems), Indonesia (Health), Pakistan ( Inflation, Energy Issues) – 05 national polls Africa: Zimbabwe (Elections), Tunisia (Energy Issues) – 02 national polls Euro Americas: UK(Immigration, Political Parties, Elections, Health), Russia (Inflation), France(Media), Germany (Elections), Italy (Entertainment, Lifestyle), USA (Environment, Health , Inflation, Environment, Media, Crime, Financial systems & Institutions, Financial systems & Institutions, Religion, Employment Issues, Health), Canada (Elections, Health, Inflation), Australia (Employment Issues, Elections, Consumer Confidence) – 36 national polls	Multi-Country Studies: Gallup – 13 Countries (US Image) WIN – 39 Countries (Health) YouGov Italy – 18 Countries (Inflation) Topic of the Week: GLOBAL OPINIONS ON BIRTH PROMOTION: A New Subject In Population Studies Gilani-Gallopedia Globality Index
ASIA AND MENA Regions
789-790-01 61% Say Kishida’s Plans To Lift Birthrate Show No Promise (Click for Details) (Japan) Sixty-one percent of voters are dissatisfied with the government’s “unprecedented” measures to lift the falling birthrate, nearly double the 33 percent who believe the methods have promise, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has described the declining birthrate as a crisis that is nearing the point of no return. But his government’s measures announced in late March to address the issue have failed to impress the public. (Asahi Shimbun) April 10, 2023 4.2 Society » Family (Top)
789-790-02 Population In Japan Drops For 12th Straight Year To 124,947,000 (Click for Details) (Japan) Japan’s population, including foreign residents, shrank by 556,000 from 2021 to 124,947,000 as of Oct. 1, 2022, the 12th straight year of decline, internal affairs ministry data showed on April 12. Tokyo saw its population increase for the first time in two years. But it was the only prefecture that gained people over the year. Overall, the nation’s population fell by 0.44 percent. Only the drop in 2021 was sharper. The change in natural population, which covers births and deaths but excludes immigration, was minus 731,000, the largest drop on record. (Asahi Shimbun) April 12, 2023 4.13 Society » Social Problems (Top)
789-790-03 Tobacco Excise Tax Is Rising, Indonesians Smoking Habit Is Changing (Click for Details) (Indonesia) Indonesia has started to increase the tobacco excise tax since the beginning of 2022 with an increased excise rate up to 12% [1]. This policy continues to be applied for tobacco products like cigarettes in 2023 with an additional increased excise rate of up to 10% [2]. This time, as a capital city and the most populous province in Indonesia [4], DKI Jakarta has been chosen to be the area where we conducted our research. And from 1.176 samples (588 male & 588 female) from age 18+, here are our findings. (Snapcart) April 4, 2023 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
789-790-04 A Significant Majority (89%) Of Pakistanis Have Decreased Eating Out With Family And Friends Due To The Recent Inflation (Click for Details) (Pakistan) According to a survey conducted by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, a significant majority (89%) of Pakistanis have decreased eating out with family and friends due to the recent inflation. A nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the country, was asked the question “Please think in regards of the following statements and respond with whether inflation has affected your social/home life? - Has there been a decrease in eating out with family and friends or eating out at restaurants due to inflation?” In response, 89% said yes, 9% said no and 2% did not respond or said that they did not know. (Gallup Pakistan) April 07, 2023 3.4 Economy » Inflation (Top)
789-790-05 93% Of Solar Panel Users In Pakistan Say That The Electricity Bill Encouraged Them To Install Solar Panels (Click for Details) (Pakistan) According to a survey conducted by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, 93% of solar panel users in Pakistan say that the electricity bill encouraged them to install solar panels. A representative sample of net-metered individuals from across the country, was asked the question “What factors encouraged you to install Solar Panels?” In response, 93% said electricity bill, 42% said they wanted to live green (reduce their carbon footprint), 27% said dependency on outside sources encouraged them to install solar panels, 13% said the information provided by installer encouraged them while 8% said family, neighbors, friends etc. (Gallup Pakistan) April 12, 2023 3.10 Economy » Energy Issues (Top)
AFRICA Regions
789-790-06 Zimbabweans Support Multiparty Competition, Say Policy Preferences Inform Voter Decisions (Click for Details) (Zimbabwe) Most Zimbabweans (78%) support elections as the best way to choose their leaders. A similarly clear majority (73%) say Zimbabwe needs many political parties to ensure that voters have a real choice. Majorities think their elections work well to enable voters to remove leaders who don’t do what the people want (59%) and to ensure that members of Parliament reflect voters’ views (53%). More than eight in 10 citizens (81%) say that once an election is over, the losing side should accept defeat and cooperate with the government to help it develop the country, rather than focus on holding it accountable. (Afrobarometer) 11 April 2023 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
789-790-07 Tunisia's Water Crisis Fuels Frustration (Click for Details) (Tunisia) Tunisia is known across the Middle East and North Africa as “Tunis al Khadraa” -- Arabic for “Tunisia the green.” But most Tunisians likely fear these credentials are in jeopardy. In 2022, 85% of Tunisians were dissatisfied with efforts to preserve the environment in their country -- tying them with Lebanese adults as the most dissatisfied in the world. Amid the country’s ongoing water crisis, satisfaction with water quality hit a record low of 19% in Tunisia in 2022. This is as low as the World Poll has measured at the country level anywhere in the world since 2005. (Gallup) APRIL 5, 2023 3.10 Economy » Energy Issues (Top)
EURO-AMERICA Regions
EUROPE
789-790-08 Will A Focus On Immigration Help The Conservatives Among Their Key Target Voting Groups? (Click for Details) (UK) Among the public, immigration and asylum is now being picked by 35% of respondents in YouGov’s ‘most important issues’ tracker, and has firmly supplanted the environment and climate change in third place. Arguments have gone back and forth as to the extent to which campaigning on an issue which only 10% of the public believe the government is handling well is a fruitful cause for Sunak and his party. Having strongly backed Brexit in 2016 (according to Professor Chris Hanretty’s estimates), the argument goes that an immigration-based campaign could help the Conservatives hold on to some of those voters who switched over to the party in 2019 and delivered Johnson that thumping 80-seat majority. (YouGov UK) April 05, 2023 4.8 Society » Immigration (Top)
789-790-09 Labour Now 40 Points Ahead Of The Conservatives In London (Click for Details) (UK) YouGov’s latest Westminster voting intention figures show that Labour’s political dominance in London continues. Labour now sit 40 points ahead of the Conservatives with 58% of the vote, +3 from our previous poll early last year, while the Tories have fallen to 18% (-5). This marks Labour’s largest lead over the Conservatives since YouGov started tracking London voting intention in 2010. Liberal Democrats hold 9% of the vote (no change), Greens hold 7% (no change) and Reform UK have 6% (+3). (YouGov UK) April 06, 2023 1.4 Domestic Politics » Political Parties (Top)
789-790-10 Voting Intention: Con 27%, Lab 44% (5-6 Apr 2023) (Click for Details) (UK) The latest YouGov/Times voting intention poll shows the Conservatives on 27% of the vote (+1 from our previous survey on 29-30 March) to Labour's 44% (-2). Elsewhere, the Liberal Democrats have 9% of the vote (no change), while the Greens have 7% (also no change) and Reform UK have 6% of the vote (-1). When it comes to which party leader Britons think would make the best prime minister, Keir Starmer is favoured by 31% (+1 from 29-30 March) compared to Rishi Sunak's 26% (no change). Four in ten (40%) are unsure. (YouGov UK) April 13, 2023 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
789-790-11 Over Half Of Britons Support Junior Doctors Taking Strike Action (Click for Details) (UK) Ahead of the upcoming four-day strike action by junior doctors, new polling by Ipsos reveals that more than half (54%) support the strikes, a 3ppt increase since last month, compared to a quarter (26%) who oppose them. Nurses (60%) and ambulance workers (60%) remain the most supported professions, while support remains more varied across the other sectors. The sectors where support for strike action is highest are also more likely to be perceived to be underpaid, with Nurses (62%), Ambulance workers (58%), and Junior doctors (49%) topping the table of the sectors thought to be paid too little. Less than 10% perceive workers in these sectors to be paid too much. (Ipsos MORI) 11 April 2023 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
789-790-12 Weekly Expenses Of Russians Decreased Again (Click for Details) (Russia) Research holding "Romir" presents data on the index of weekly expenses (INR) and the index of the weekly average bill (INSCh). So, for the 13th week of the year (from March 27 to April 2), the average expenses of Russians decreased by 4.8% compared to the 12th week and amounted to 6,082 rubles in monetary terms. In annual dynamics, the index grew by 18%. The average check index decreased by 1.7% compared to the previous week and amounted to 682 rubles. Compared to the same period last year, the average check is 6% higher. (Romir) 04 April 2023 3.4 Economy » Inflation (Top)
789-790-13 Social Networks: Between Myths And Realities, What Are The Real Uses Of The French? (Click for Details) (France) Because there are a lot of prejudices against social networks, Ipsos Synthesio wanted to distinguish between myths and realities with the Ipsos KnowledgePanel1 (which allows you to question all audiences, including less familiar with technologies) and exploring online conversations about them. Myth #1; Gen Z prefer social networks that have grown in popularity during the health crisis , including TikTok, Twitch and Discord. No , the scores of YouTube (founded in 2005) and Instagram (2010) are on average twice as high. Myth #2; All young people are on TikTok. This media buzz is unfounded: less than ½ (48%) say they have been on this social network in the last twelve months. (Ipsos France) April 7, 2023 4.6 Society » Media (Top)
789-790-14 30 Percent Of German Citizens Who Are Entitled To Vote State That They Will Vote For The CDU/CSU If The Federal Elections Are Next Sunday (Click for Details) (Germany) 30 percent of German citizens who are entitled to vote state that they will vote for the CDU/CSU if the federal elections are next Sunday (28 percent in March). The SPD comes to 20 percent in March, unchanged from the previous month. The Greens land at 15 percent (16 percent in March 2023). The left reaches 6 percent (7 percent in March), the FDP still 6 percent, and the AfD also remains at 17 percent and thus unchanged compared to March 2023. This is the result of the current YouGov Sunday question, for which 1,522 people out of 2,035 eligible voters submitted their intention to vote between 03/30/2023 and 04/04/2023. (YouGov Germany) April 06, 2023 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
789-790-15 Easter 2023 Without Lamb For More Than One Out Of Two Italians (Click for Details) (Italy) On 9 and 10 April, most Italians will not consume lamb meat: 52% will do without it, while a third 33% are convinced that they will eat it and another 14% are not sure. These numbers are similar to those recorded two years ago , when however the Covid restrictions impacted the holiday , including the Easter Monday barbecue. Furthermore, 15% of those who say they will not eat lamb this Easter did eat it 3-4 years ago, suggesting a growing trend. It is interesting to note that, among those who will give up eating lamb, almost nine out of ten are neither vegetarians nor vegans (the latter respectively 10% and 3% of those who will do without). (YouGov Italy) April 7, 2023 4.16 Society » Entertainment (Top)
789-790-16 Generation Z And KIDS A 7 Billion Euro Deal (Click for Details) (Italy) Let's look up is the title of the 2023 edition of the Kids Marketing Forum , the only Italian event dedicated to family marketing strategies , organized by BVA Doxa and MLD Entertainment at the NHow congress center in via Tortona in Milan. What revolves around GenZ and the Italian Kids is a market worth over seven billion euros . This is the amount of expenditure for children aged 3 to 13 and young adults aged 14 to 19, which grew by 10% in 2022 compared to the previous year, thanks to the return to normality of almost all markets, except cinema, after the pandemic. (BVA Doxa) April 12, 2023 4.7 Society » Lifestyle (Top)
NORTH AMERICA
789-790-17 Nearly Half In South Recently Affected By Extreme Weather (Click for Details) (USA) One-third of Americans say they have personally experienced an extreme weather event in the past two years, including nearly half of Southern residents. Those living in the Midwest are least likely to have been affected by extreme weather. The latest results, from a March 1-23 survey, are consistent with what Gallup measured a year ago, the first time it asked about experiences with extreme weather. Southern residents have been most likely in both surveys to say they had been affected by extreme weather, with the 2022 figure slightly lower at 39%. (Gallup) APRIL 3, 2023 4.14 Society » Environment (Top)
789-790-18 Loneliness In U.S. Subsides From Pandemic High (Click for Details) (USA) Seventeen percent of U.S. adults report that they felt loneliness “a lot of the day yesterday,” continuing a general decline seen since 2020 and early 2021. Despite the decrease, the 17% represents an estimated 44 million American adults who are experiencing significant loneliness. These data are a part of the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index. Young adults under the age of 30 (24%) and those in lower-income households earning less than $24,000 per year (27%) suffer higher levels of daily loneliness than their older and higher-income counterparts, according to the February 2023 survey. (Gallup) APRIL 4, 2023 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
789-790-19 Among 15 Key Problems Facing The Country, More Americans Worry About Inflation And The Economy Than Any Others (Click for Details) (USA) Among 15 key problems facing the country, more Americans worry about inflation and the economy than any others, with six in 10 expressing “a great deal” of concern about these issues. In addition to inflation and the economy, at least half of U.S. adults also worry a great deal about healthcare (54%), crime and violence (54%), federal spending and the budget deficit (52%), and hunger and homelessness (50%). Issues of moderate concern -- with between 41% and 46% worried -- include drug use, the Social Security system, guns, energy and illegal immigration. (Gallup) APRIL 6, 2023 3.4 Economy » Inflation (Top)
789-790-20 Record Party Gap On Environment-Economic Growth Tradeoff (Click for Details) (USA) Though Democrats and Republicans have long come down on different sides when considering the tradeoffs between economic growth and environmental protection, the gap between the parties has never been larger. Seventy-eight percent of Democrats, compared with 20% of Republicans, now believe environmental protection should be given the higher priority. There have been years when more Democrats prioritized environmental protection than do so today, including 82% in 2019 and 85% in 2020. But in those years, more Republicans than now thought environmental protection should be the higher priority. (Gallup) APRIL 13, 2023 4.14 Society » Environment (Top)
789-790-21 U.S. Journalists’ Beats Vary Widely By Gender And Other Factors (Click for Details) (USA) Overall, 51% of the reporting journalists surveyed are men and 46% are women. In the survey, reporting journalists are those who indicated that they have one of the following job titles: reporter, columnist, writer, correspondent, photojournalist, video journalist, data visualization journalist, host, anchor, commentator or blogger. About three-quarters of all journalists surveyed (76%) are reporting journalists. Entertainment and travel stands out as the only topic area in which a majority of those who cover it (57%) are freelance or self-employed journalists. Nearly half of journalists who cover science and technology (46%) are also freelancers or self-employed. (PEW) APRIL 4, 2023 4.6 Society » Media (Top)
789-790-22 Gun Deaths Among U.S. Children And Teens Rose 50% In Two Years (Click for Details) (USA) The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest annual mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic, there were 1,732 gun deaths among U.S. children and teens under the age of 18. By 2021, that figure had increased to 2,590. Both the number and rate of children and teens killed by gunfire in 2021 were higher than at any point since at least 1999, the earliest year for which information about those younger than 18 is available in the CDC’s mortality database. (PEW) APRIL 6, 2023 4.12 Society » Crime (Top)
789-790-23 Majority Of Americans Aren’t Confident In The Safety And Reliability Of Cryptocurrency (Click for Details) (USA) Among the vast majority of Americans who say they have heard at least a little about cryptocurrency (88%), three-quarters say they are not confident that current ways to invest in, trade or use cryptocurrencies are reliable and safe, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted March 13-19. Roughly four-in-ten adults who have heard about cryptocurrency (39%) say they are not at all confident and an additional 36% are not very confident in the reliability and safety of cryptocurrencies. On the other end of the spectrum, few of these adults are extremely (2%) or very (4%) confident in cryptocurrencies. About one-in-five (18%) say they are somewhat confident. (PEW) APRIL 10, 2023 3.9 Economy » Financial systems & Institutions (Top)
789-790-24 Most U.S. Bank Failures Have Come In A Few Big Waves (Click for Details) (USA) The collapses in March of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank – two of the largest U.S. banks to fail since the Great Depression of the 1930s – have led some to wonder if the nation may be headed for a new widespread banking crisis. As banking industry observers wonder whether more dominoes will fall, about a third of Americans (36%) say they’re very concerned about the stability of banks and financial institutions – considerably smaller than the shares expressing that level of concern about consumer prices and housing costs – according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. (PEW) APRIL 11, 2023 3.9 Economy » Financial systems & Institutions (Top)
789-790-25 Why The U.S. Census Doesn’t Ask Americans About Their Religion (Click for Details) (USA) Census forms in the United States don’t ask about religion, but relatively few U.S. adults (25%) know this, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted shortly before census forms were mailed out in 2020. Indeed, while the Census Bureau has long collected troves of data on Americans’ income, employment, race, ethnicity, housing and other things, the decennial census, held since 1790, has never directly asked Americans about their religion. That’s not to say the census hasn’t gathered data about Americans’ faith backgrounds through other means from time to time. This analysis answers some basic questions about the often-debated place of religion in the census throughout much of U.S. history. (PEW) APRIL 12, 2023 4.1 Society » Religion (Top)
789-790-26 In A Growing Share Of U.S. Marriages, Husbands And Wives Earn About The Same (Click for Details) (USA) Among married couples in the United States, women’s financial contributions have grown steadily over the last half century. While men remain the main breadwinner in a majority of opposite-sex marriages, the share of women who earn as much as or significantly more than their husband has roughly tripled over the past 50 years. In 29% of marriages today, both spouses earn about the same amount of money. Just over half (55%) of marriages today have a husband who is the primary or sole breadwinner and 16% have a breadwinner wife. (PEW) APRIL 13, 2023 3.3 Economy » Employment Issues (Top)
789-790-27 Most Americans Believe The Federal Ruling To Suspend FDA Approval Of Mifepristone Is Politically Motivated (Click for Details) (USA) The latest Reuters/Ipsos survey shows that most Americans believe the federal ruling to suspend the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, a medication used for abortion, is politically motivated, including about half of Republicans and independents. A majority of Americans believe the recent suspension of FDA approval of mifepristone, a medication used for abortion, by a federal judge in Texas is politically motivated, including 51% of Republicans. Just three in ten Americans support the state-level efforts to restrict access to the pills needed for medication abortion (29%). (Ipsos USA) 13 APRIL 2023 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
789-790-28 One Year After Winning Opposition Leadership, Falcon Unknown To 31%, Viewed Positively By 22% (Click for Details) (Canada) A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds that on one hand, B.C. residents voice widespread dissatisfaction with their government on the most important issues facing the province. In fact, at least two-thirds say the B.C. NDP are doing a poor job of handling the cost-of-living crisis, health care and housing affordability. As the one-year mark of Kevin Falcon’s tenure as B.C. Liberal (now B.C. United) leader passes, his personal favourability rating sits at 22 per cent. Falcon has yet to resonate with many, as three-in-ten still say they have no opinion of him. (Angus Reid Institute) April 12, 2023 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
789-790-29 Less Than Half (48%) Of Canadians Are Satisfied With Their Provincial Healthcare System (Click for Details) (Canada) An Ipsos survey for the Montreal Economic Institute has shown that for the first time since 2020, less than half (48%) of Canadians are satisfied with their provincial healthcare system. This proportion is even lower among women (43%), as well as residents of the Atlantic (25%) and Saskatchewan and Manitoba (34%) regions. Similar to last year, almost 4 in 10 Canadians (38%) believe that the investments injected over the last ten years have had no effect on the healthcare system. Three in ten (30%) say that it has worsened, which is higher among residents of Atlantic Canada (46% vs. 24% BC; 30% AB; 38% SK/MB; 31% ONT; 24% QC). (Ipsos Canada) 6 April 2023 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
789-790-30 Six In Ten Are Scaling Back Their Summer Vacation Plans Due To Inflation (62%) (Click for Details) (Canada) An Ipsos poll conducted exclusively on behalf of Global News shows that six in ten (62%) are scaling back their vacation plans due to inflation, and one quarter (24%) say there is no way they can afford a summer vacation. Seven in ten (71%) say they really need a vacation – which is higher among households with kids (83% vs. 68% for households without kids). However, only six in ten (58%) think it’s likely they will be able to go on one (25% very, 33% somewhat) leaving a gap between desire/need and intent. Among those who say they really need a vacation, a third (32%) say it’s unlikely they’ll be able to take one. (Ipsos Canada) 16 April 2023 3.4 Economy » Inflation (Top)
AUSTRALIA
789-790-31 Australian Full-Time Employment In March Hit A Record High Of 9 Million As Unemployment Fell 0.7% To 9.4% (Click for Details) (Australia) Australian employment increased by 57,000 to 13,574,000 in March. The increase was driven by an increase in full-time employment, up 41,000 to a new record high of 8,990,000 while part-time employment also increased, up 16,000 to 4,584,000. 1,410,000 Australians were unemployed (9.4% of the workforce) in March, a decrease of 111,000 from February with fewer people looking for full-time work, down 63,000 to 539,000 and fewer people looking for part-time work, down 48,000 to 871,000. (Roy Morgan) April 04, 2023 3.3 Economy » Employment Issues (Top)
789-790-32 Distrust Behind Recent Election Losses For The Liberals (Click for Details) (Australia) Roy Morgan’s data has consistently shown that the Liberal Party, as well as its leaders, are suffering from deep levels of distrust (far outweighing their levels of trust) – while the Labor Party has generally recorded near equal levels of trust and distrust. Prior to the New South Wales election, a Roy Morgan Snap SMS Poll showed the Liberal-National Coalition recorded a Net Distrust Score (% Trust - % Distrust) of -21. This compared to a Net Distrust Score of -1 for the ALP. This resulted in a bruising 5.5%+ swing away from the Liberal Party at the election.for a potential National/Act NZ governing coalition on 45%, down 0.5% points. (Roy Morgan) April 12, 2023 1.1 Domestic Politics » Elections (Top)
789-790-33 ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Up 1.1pts To 79.3 And Up 2.8pts From Mid-March Low Of 76.5 (Click for Details) (Australia) ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence was up 1.1pts to 79.3 this week after the RBA paused a run of ten consecutive interest rate increases last week. The index has now increased a modest 2.8pts from it’s mid-March low of 76.5 – the lowest it has been since early in the pandemic. However, this is the sixth week in a row the index has been below the mark of 80 – the longest stretch below 80 since the index began being conducted on a weekly basis in October 2008. The last time Consumer Confidence spent at least six weeks under 80 was during the 1990-91 recession when the index was conducted on a monthly basis. (Roy Morgan) April 12, 2023 3.2 Economy » Consumer Confidence (Top)
MULTICOUNTRY STUDIES
789-790-34 Muslim-Majority Countries Doubt U.S. Motives, A Study In 13 Nations (Click for Details) In the 20 years since the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the celebrations that ensued in Firdos Square as U.S. Marines and Iraqis brought down a statue of Saddam Hussein, developing Iraq as a democracy has been a key objective for the U.S. But today, Iraqis and residents of 12 other Muslim-majority nations do not view the U.S. as serious about encouraging the development of democracy in the region, nor allowing people to fashion their own political future as they see fit. Just over one in four Iraqis surveyed in 2022 agreed with the statement that the U.S. is serious about encouraging the establishment of democratic systems in their region. (Gallup) APRIL 7, 2023 2.6 Foreign Affairs & Security » US image (Top)
789-790-35 Young Adults Most Impacted By Post-Pandemic Stress And Health Risks Across 39 Countries Around The Globe (Click for Details) WIN has released the latest results of the survey to uncover the findings, any improvements, or developments, made globally in various areas related to health, including fitness, weight management, mood, and stress. The country with the highest reported levels of poor health is Poland, with a total of 49% of respondents citing either “very” or “quite” poor health. Meanwhile, Mexico and India stand out for their high levels of self-perceived good health, with 88.3% and 91.5% of respondents rating themselves as “very healthy” or “healthy”, respectively. (WIN) APRIL 7, 2023 4.11 Society » Health (Top)
789-790-36 Global: Are Consumers Feeling The Brunt Of Rising Car Prices, 18 Country Survey (Click for Details) Data from a recent YouGov survey shows that 55% of global consumers are price-conscious when buying groceries, the most cost-sensitive category. On the other hand, only 18% of respondents say they are sensitive to car price increases, ranking on a par with air travel and hotels and lower than other categories such as utilities (36%), the clothing and shoes (35%) and takeaway food (30%). Financial and investment products and furniture are the least price-conscious categories, with only 14% and 11% of consumers considering them respectively. (YouGov Italy) April 7, 2023 3.4 Economy » Inflation (Top)
TOPIC OF THE WEEK GLOBAL OPINIONS ON BIRTH PROMOTION: A New Subject In Population Studies 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.
GLOBAL OPINIONS ON BIRTH PROMOTION: A New Subject In Population Studies 61% Say Kishida’s Plans To Lift Birthrate Show No Promise Sixty-one percent of voters are dissatisfied with the government’s “unprecedented” measures to lift the falling birthrate, nearly double the 33 percent who believe the methods have promise, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has described the declining birthrate as a crisis that is nearing the point of no return. But his government’s measures announced in late March to address the issue have failed to impress the public. Sixty-five percent of women and 57 percent of men said the measures are unpromising. In contrast, 29 percent of women and 38 percent of men expect much from the measures, according to the nationwide telephone survey conducted on April 8 and 9. The approval rating for Kishida’s Cabinet was 38 percent, down slightly from 40 percent in the previous survey conducted in March. The disapproval rating was 45 percent, down by 5 points. The approval rating had been trending upward since hitting a low point of 31 percent in December 2022. In the latest survey, 34 percent of women approved of the Cabinet. The approval rate was 42 percent among men. Concerning the administration’s overall policies to reverse the downward fertility trend, 46 percent of respondents said they appreciated them greatly or to some extent, while 52 percent said they didn’t appreciate them much or at all. Among women who were unimpressed with the fertility policies, only 19 percent approved of the Kishida Cabinet. In the survey in February, 36 percent of voters gave positive responses about the fertility policies, compared with 60 percent who gave negative responses. On Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 47 percent said they appreciated Kishida’s response to the crisis while 39 percent said they did not. Those who backed the prime minister’s Ukraine policies trended from 50 to 69 percent in surveys conducted between March and May 2022, shortly after Russia invaded the country. Back then, the Kishida Cabinet had its highest approval rating, topping 50 percent. Although support for Kishida’s Ukraine policies has turned upward from February’s 40 percent, his surprise visit to Kiev in March had only a limited impact in improving his administration’s approval ratings. Some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are calling for a snap election, but 67 percent of survey respondents said it can wait, far exceeding the 22 percent who said an election should be held soon. LDP supporters in particular were not keen on dissolving the Lower House, with 84 percent of them saying a snap election can wait. The approval rating for the LDP rose 1 percentage point to 32 percent, while that of opposition Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) jumped 2 points to 6 percent. Support for the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan dropped 1 point to 5 percent. The survey also showed people are less concerned about COVID-19, with a record 41 percent saying they were not worried much or at all about a resurgence of the novel coronavirus. Nevertheless, 59 percent said they were still worried greatly or to some extent about the virus. (Asahi Shimbun) April 10, 2023  Source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14882246 Population In Japan Drops For 12th Straight Year To 124,947,000 Japan’s population, including foreign residents, shrank by 556,000 from 2021 to 124,947,000 as of Oct. 1, 2022, the 12th straight year of decline, internal affairs ministry data showed on April 12. Tokyo saw its population increase for the first time in two years. But it was the only prefecture that gained people over the year. Okinawa Prefecture’s population contracted for the first time since 1950, when such surveys became available. Overall, the nation’s population fell by 0.44 percent. Only the drop in 2021 was sharper. The change in natural population, which covers births and deaths but excludes immigration, was minus 731,000, the largest drop on record. The data also showed that Japan gained a net 191,000 residents in “social population,” which compares the number of foreign nationals who entered Japan and the number who left the country. The figure was second largest after the plus 208,000 recorded in 2019. Among age groups, 14,503,000, or 11.6 percent of the total, were younger than 15. The number in the “productive age group” between 15 and 64 was 74,208,000, or 59.4 percent of the total. Both ratios were record lows. Japan had 36,236,000 people aged 65 or older, representing 29 percent of the total, and 19,364,000 people aged 75 or older, accounting for 15.5 percent. Both percentages were record highs. (Asahi Shimbun) April 12, 2023 Source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14883835 (Top)
GILANI-GALLOPEDIA GLOBALITY INDEX: u The purpose of this index is to treat the Global Coverage by each issue of Gallopedia in terms of Population, National Income and estimated Power measured by G20 Membership.
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