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About 10% of Remain One Country Highly Educated Moms Are Staying at Home Read on p. 15 Read on p. 15 16/May, 2014 News M a k i ng Money http://www.finchannel.com Does religion play a positive role in society?

Georgians sure think so!

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Does religion generally play a positive, negative or no role in G O R BI your country?

Table 3: Q: Does religion generally play a positive, negative or no role in your country?
A global p o ll by W I N / G a l- l up I n t e r n a t i o n al has re vealed t h at over h a lf of respondents in surveyed t h at countries believe r e l i g i on plays a positive role in t h e ir c o u n t r y, w i th people in W e s t e rn E u rope r e c o r d i ng significantly positive results t h an o t h er regions.

l o w er HIGHLIGHTS • Over h a lf ( 5 9 %) of g l o b al respon dents said t h at r e l i g i on plays a positive role.
• 2 2% of respondents g l o b a l ly be lieve t h at r e l i g i on plays a negative role in t h e ir c o u n t r y.

• W e s t e rn E u r o pe was s i g n i f i c a n t ly less net positive r e g i o n a l ly ( 4 %) t h an the rest of t he w o r ld w h e re overall net p o s i t i v i ty is 37%.
those significant • E d u c a t i on p r o v ed a factor globally w i th e d u cated to Masters or P hD level be i ng significantly less net positive about the role r e l i g i on is p l a y i ng ( 2 0 %) increasing to 57% net p o s i tive f or those w i th no e d u c a t i o n. • Globally, Protestant Christians a nd M u s l i ms were t he m o st net positive ( 6 0 %) about t he role of r e l i g i on in t h e ir respective c o u n tries; H i n d us were t he least net positive ( 2 4 % ).
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•.iTnuinv 62 52 40 20 4.T 42 :Totai positive Total negative No Role I don't kno\v Net Score Source: iViN/Liatlup international s Annual 201 j ooil in 03 countries.

Note: numbers 44 29 26 24 36 23 18 12 31 15 W 8 8 6 y 35 32 are given m percentages.
Table 2: Top 10 countries that considers religion to play posirive role in the country [ndoncsiii Georgia Papua New Guinea Fiji Morocco South Sudan Philippines Azerbaijan Bangladesh Afghanistan c;6 92 92 02 89 87 K6 86 H,} 82 2 a 3 4 5 14 11 2 2 <i 6 4 4 4 3 4 imliodox (84%) e'iin-li.inii> mi.xi'ii Hjn'.i... Christianity' mixed (99%) Islam (99) Christianity(6i%), traditional religion (33%) Christianity mixed (- i.

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im (9(1%) Islam (99%) Source: WIN/Gallup International's Annual 2013 poll In 65 countries.

Note: numbers C3re given in percentages.

Data on majority religion per country is based on Wikipedia.

THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE e d u c a t i on a nd people's v i ew on the role of r e l i g i on in society also poses some i n t e r e s t i ng questions."
feel Survey f i n d i n gs s h ow is n ot a s e n t i m e nt j u st over ( 5 9 %) of t he 6 6 , 8 06 people h a lf t h at r e l i g i on plays a p o l l ed Dositive role in t h e ir c o u n t r y. T h i s, l o w e v e r, re flected across a ll t he regions, w i th W e s t e rn E u r o pe s h o w i ng a l ow net p o s i t i v i ty ( t he net score is t he t o t al t o t al p o s i t i ve percentage negative percentage) at o n ly 4% - a figure t h at is s i g n i f i c a n t ly less t h an t he g l o b al average ( 3 7 % ).
W h en c o m p a r ed to o t h er regions, t h e re is a n o t a b le step to Eastern E u r o pe at 3 3 %, f o l l o w ed by Asia at 37%.
T h is l o w er p o s i t i v i ty in W e s t e rn E u r o pe m ay be a t t r i b u t ed to t he secular n a t u re of the r e g i on in c o m p a r i s on to o t h er p a r ts of t he w o r l d. less t he J e a n - M a rc Leger, President of said: W I N / G a l l up I n t e r n a t i o n a l, "This survey has p r o d u c ed some fascinating results a nd n ot least on the religious o u t l o ok of c o u n t r i e s. Over h a lf of t he w o r ld s t i ll believes t h at r e l i g i on plays a positive role in t h e ir c o u n t r y. H a v i ng said t h a t, it is i n t e r e s t i ng to n o te t h at W e s t e rn E u r o pe bucks t h is t r e nd consider ably, h i g h l i g h t i ng t he c o m p l ex role of r e l i g i on wdthin t he r e g i on a nd the In t o t al there were n i ne c o u n tries whose net scores were negative w h en asked about r e l i g i o n, w i th six of those f a l l i ng v\dthin W e s t e rn E u rope ( B e l g i u m, D e n m a r k, France, N e t h e r l a n d s, Spain a nd Sweden).
Of these, D e n m a rk was the m o st net negative at - 3 6 %, f o l l o w ed by B e l g i um ( - 3 0 % ), France a nd Spain ( - 2 2 % ).

By contrast, the m o st net positive c o u n t ry in t h is r e g i on was I c e l a nd ( 4 3 %) f o l l o w ed by Por t u g al ( 3 9 % ), w h i ch m ay be due to these countries h a v i ng one d o m i n a nt r e l i g i o n. On a g l o b al scale, t he m o st net negative c o u n t ry was Leba n on ( - 4 3 % ).
i-22%) in is A f r i ca W h i le W e s t e rn E u r o pe m ay have come in s i g n i f i c a n t ly less positive t h an t he o t h er regions p o l l e d, there is generally a positive beUef in t he role of r e l i g i on elsewhere t he w o r l d. The m o st net positive r e g i on globally f o l l o w ed by the A m e r i c as ( 5 4 %) a nd M E NA ( 5 0 % ), a nd these h i gh response rates m ay be due to t he less secular n a t u re of these regions.
T he m o st positive c o u n t ry globally was I n d o n e s i a, w i th 9 5% s t a t i ng r e l i g i on p l a y ed a p o s i tive r o l e, w h i l s t, as a c o m p a r i s o n, t he U SA a nd t he UK are b o th net p o s i- ( 6 5 %) tance in t he US w i th 6 2% of r e s p o n dents saying r e l i g i on plays a positive role in t he c o u n t r y, c u l m i n a t i ng in net p o s i t i v i ty of 4 3 %.
T h is shows t h at t he m a j o r i ty of US respondents h o ld r e l i g i on c e n t r al to t h e ir values, s o m e t h i ng w h i ch is s t i ll reflected in the country's p o l i t i cs - a nd some t h i ng t h is p o ll w o u ld suggest is u n l i k e ly to change in t he near f u t u r e. A G7 COMPARISON i n c l u de Japan's v e ry An analysis of the responses of G7 countries shows vast differences in o p i n i on on the t o p ic of r e l i g i o n. The spread of 4 3% net positive in t he US as c o m p a r ed to t he F r e n ch - 2 2% net score is s t r i k i n g. O t h er interest i ng data l ow 9% response rate to r e l i g i on p l a y i ng a negative role a nd Germany's 0% response rate in the "I d o n 't k n o w" category.
A m o ng countries, t op whose citizens o v e r w h e l m i n g ly ac role knowledge domestically, Georgia r a n k ed n u m b er 2, w i th 9 2% of respondents p r a i s i ng religion's positive role.

religion's positive t he 10 Georgia i n d e ed is n ot a secular na t i o n. Statistically speaking at least Tiii.il piisiti\i' Total negative No Hiilc I don't know Net Score Source: ~() 13 11 57 ' 68 15 12 53 u2 17 14 7 45 56 26 14 4 30 32 13 4 20 rmrnbe!

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Table 4: The overall results broken down by religion: Total po.sitive- 70 62 Total negative No Role I don't know Net Score, 14 12 4 19 .5" 47 12 13 bo Source: .-.N/Gallup Internor are given in percentages.

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', t h an 10% of p o p u l a t i on is m a de up of M u s H m s, f o l l o w e rs of the A r m e n i an A p o s t o l ic C h u r c h, Catholics a nd o t h ers.
F u r t h e r, if we l o ok at the t op 10 countries in t he table 2, h a lf of t h em are C h r i s t i an a nd in t he o t h er half, I s l am is the p r e d o m i n a nt r e l i g i o n. THE IMPACT OF EDUCATION?

T he data also shows a clear cor r e l a t i on b e t w e en t he level of educa t i on people have received a nd t h e ir perceived p o s i t i v i ty about t he role of r e l i g i on in t h e ir c o u n t r y.
The results w o u ld suggest t h at those w ho have to Masters or P hD b e en educated l o w er net p o s i t i v i ty level have 20 c o m p a r ed to those w ho have h ad less education.

The results also s h o w ed t h at net p o s i t i v i ty increased g r a d u ally to an average of 57 f or those w ho have no e d u c a t i on at a l l. T he table b e l ow h i g h l i g h ts t h is staggered i n crease: HOW DO RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AFFECT RESULTS?
•When analysing t he data by re l i g i o n, a m a r k ed difference can be religious seen across t he v a r i o us a nd c o u n t r y. Globally, net p o s i t i v i ty was 37, however, of t he m a j or religious groups M u s l i ms Protestant Christians b o th came in above t he g l o b al figure at net positive 60 w h i le H i n d us were the least net positive at 24.
It is of note t h at a large p r o p o r t i on of H i n d us surveyed are located in I n d ia w h e re in fact net p o s i t i v i ty is 19. over and clients, GORBI is t he only tional organizations research two decades member of the Gallup network of in As a regional hub for partner international Georgian Interna to have experience in survey post-Soviet Union countries, as well as Mon golia and Iraq.

The field work was October In the margin of error for con for 2.780 is +/- 1.86%.
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