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Worldwide, Prospect of Job Loss Connected to Low Well-Being

Relation between perceived layoffs and well-being most pronounced in Americas

November 17, 2009

In every world region, people who say their employer is letting workers go are less likely to be "thriving" and report less favorable moods than those who say their employer is hiring. The effects are most dramatic in the Americas.More ...

‘Chavismo’ Losing Steam in Venezuela

Venezuelans increasingly resistant to defining themselves as socialist or capitalist

November 12, 2009

Venezuelans’ approval of President Hugo Chavez has declined in recent years, from 61% in 2006 to 47% in 2009. During that time, Venezuelans have also grown less likely to identify with the socialist ideology Chavez represents.More ...

Potential Net Migration Could Change Nations

Developed countries would swell, leaving developing countries relatively empty

November 6, 2009

Gallup’s Potential Net Migration Index (PNMI) suggests many developed countries would be overwhelmed and many developing countries would suffer tremendous losses of human capital if those who would like to move to another country permanently actually went.More ...

700 Million Worldwide Desire to Migrate Permanently

U.S. tops desired destination countries

November 2, 2009

If they could, about 700 million adults worldwide -- more than the entire adult population of North America and South America combined -- would like to move to another country permanently. The United States tops the list of most desired destination countries.More ...

Well-Being Higher With Certain Conditions Beyond GDP

Global surveys support call for more comprehensive approach to measuring quality of life

October 1, 2009

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is encouraging world leaders to consider ways to assess their society’s well-being beyond their gross domestic product (GDP). Gallup’s global surveys underscore the extent to which life quality relates to a range of factors beyond classical economic measures.More ...

Religious Attendance Relates to Generosity Worldwide

Religious and the secular more charitable if they attend services

September 4, 2009

Gallup data collected worldwide and across all the major world religions reveal that religious attendance is associated with more generous behavior, even for those unaffiliated with a particular religion. The importance of religion in one’s life has much less of an effect on charitable behavior.More ...

Georgians Favor Ongoing Cooperation Among CIS Countries

But few believe alliance’s current structure should be maintained

August 25, 2009

Despite Georgia’s recent withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), two-thirds of Georgians interviewed in May expressed the need for cooperation among some or all CIS member countries. However, few Georgians favored maintaining the CIS in its current form.More ...

In OECD Countries, Universal Healthcare Gets High Marks

Most countries tend to be more positive about local than national healthcare

August 20, 2009

Gallup reveals that among OECD nations, people in countries with universal healthcare systems are more likely to be satisfied with the availability of quality healthcare in their communities and to have confidence in their national healthcare or medical systems than those without universal healthcare systems.More ...

Few Voting-Age Afghans Confident Election Will Be Fair

Half still say voting is effective way to bring about positive change

August 17, 2009

As Afghans head to the polls Thursday to vote in the second presidential election in the young democracy’s history, a Gallup Poll shows 50% of voting-age Afghans believe in elections, but fewer than one in four (24%) are confident that this one will be fair.More ...

Georgians’ Attitudes Toward Russia Less Friendly Since War

More Georgians favor close relations with United States, European Union

August 12, 2009

Gallup Polls suggest that the war last year in South Ossetia may have been a tipping point in recent Georgian-Russian relations. Less than half of Georgians (47%) now say that their country has to have good relations with Russia by all means -- down from 64% before the war.More ...

World

Worldwide, Prospect of Job Loss Connected to Low Well-Being

Relation between perceived layoffs and well-being most pronounced in Americas

‘Chavismo’ Losing Steam in Venezuela

Venezuelans increasingly resistant to defining themselves as socialist or capitalist

Potential Net Migration Could Change Nations

Developed countries would swell, leaving developing countries relatively empty

700 Million Worldwide Desire to Migrate Permanently

U.S. tops desired destination countries

Well-Being Higher With Certain Conditions Beyond GDP

Global surveys support call for more comprehensive approach to measuring quality of life

Religious Attendance Relates to Generosity Worldwide

Religious and the secular more charitable if they attend services

Georgians Favor Ongoing Cooperation Among CIS Countries

But few believe alliance’s current structure should be maintained

In OECD Countries, Universal Healthcare Gets High Marks

Most countries tend to be more positive about local than national healthcare

Few Voting-Age Afghans Confident Election Will Be Fair

Half still say voting is effective way to bring about positive change

Georgians’ Attitudes Toward Russia Less Friendly Since War

More Georgians favor close relations with United States, European Union

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