Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Evangelical Protestant leaders who live in the Global South generally are optimistic about the prospects for evangelicalism in their countries: 71% expect that five years from now the state of evangelicalism in their countries will be better than it is today. But those who live in the Global North expect that the state of evangelicalism in their countries will either stay about the same (21%) or worsen (33%) over the next five years.
Eight in ten adult internet users look for information online. Again, 80% of internet users have looked online for information about at least one of the following topics:[11.numoffset=”11″ “Health Topics” (2011). See: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2011/HealthTopics.aspx] Internet access drives information access. Since one-quarter of U.S. adults do not go online, the percentage of health information seekers is lower […]
Introduction These survey findings suggest that the structure of social networking site users’ social networks is as good as or better than most people’s in terms of size and diversity. However, does this make them better people or better citizens, or does the use of SNS cut people off from their physical communities? Are they […]
Brazilians overwhelmingly embrace gender equality, but most say their country needs to continue to make changes to give women the same rights as men. A plurality says that life is generally better for men than it is for women in Brazil, and nearly two-thirds say that men get more opportunities than women for jobs that […]
Overview While the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by U.S. military forces attracted a near-record amount of news coverage, public interest in the story has been comparatively modest. Just more than four-in-ten (42%) say they followed news about the Al Qaeda leader’s killing more closely than any other news last week. One-in-five (20%) […]
Despite a general consensus that women should have the same rights as men, people in many nations around the world say gender inequalities persist. Many say that men get more opportunities than equally qualified women for jobs that pay well and that life is generally better for men than it is for women in their countries.