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Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2019-06-13.
Afghanistan
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
China (Peoples Republic)
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Global
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Lebanon
Lithuania
Macedonia
Malaysia
Moldova
Netherlands
Nigeria
Pakistan
Palestine
Peru
Poland
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United States
Uzbekistan
Vietnam (Socialist Republic)
Persons aged 15 and over in 59 countries representing 7 regions of the world including North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Summary
This annual survey, fielded October 2011 to January 2012, was conducted in 59 countries to solicit public opinion on social and political issues. Respondents were asked whether they thought 2012 would be better or worse than 2011, whether the economy would be better in 2012 than in 2011, and whether they were happy or unhappy with their life. Respondents were also queried on whether they thought immigration was a good thing or bad thing for their country, whether they considered themselves to be a religious or non-religious person, whether they or their family had not had enough to eat in the last twelve months, whether they had done any voluntary work in the past year, and whether they thought the world would be more peaceful next year than in the past year. Finally, respondents were asked whether economy-related protests and industrial disputes in their country would increase or decrease in 2012, and to give their opinion on a number of different organizations such as the World Health Organization, United Nations, World Economic Forum, Transparency International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Additional questions included the respondent's assessment of their ability to read and understand a simple newspaper story and to write a simple letter in the English language. Demographic information includes age, gender, education, employment status, household income, and religious affiliation.Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33504.v1