DOI: 10.5683/sp3/7ow46d
title: Environics Global Issues Monitor, 2002

description: &lt;p&gt;The Global Issues Monitor is a syndicated annual survey of global public opinion covering a variety of global issues. It provides global decision-makers with the critical insights and comparative country metrics needed to better understand the trends shaping their international business and policy environment.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The findings of the Environics Global Issues Monitor, 2002 Survey are based on the results of face-to face or telephone interviews with representative samples of about 1,000 citizens in each of 25 countries on five continents (total of 26,103 citizens). Environics 2002 Global Issues Monitor survey was conducted in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United States, Venezuela.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Research was conducted by respected social research institutes in each country between October 8, 2001 and December 15, 2001. In Canada, the survey was conducted by Environics Research Group Ltd. It consisted of a nation-wide telephone survey with a sample of 1,002 individuals, 18 years and older carried out between November 24 and December 13, 2001.&lt;/p&gt;
description: Environics Global Issues Monitor (EGIM)
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description: <b>Data for G20 Countries</b>
G20 countries surveyed refers to 18 of the G20 countries that participated in this study, including Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, and the United States. Please note that not all questions were asked in China.
<b>Opinion Leader Typology</b>
While the views of the general population are critical, it is also instructive to understand the views of those individuals within the general population who tend to influence others. These Opinion Leaders often have more impact on general public views than do the formal leaders of a society. Environics International has developed a proprietary Opinion Leader typology based on an analysis of responses to a bank of questions fielded to all respondents of our global surveys. The bank includes strength-of-personality questions, self-reported measures of issues engagement, and questions aimed at identifying individuals who have formal leadership positions or speak in public. Scores on these questions are summed to create an opinion leadership scale. Individuals who score within the top 15 percent of their country's sample are labeled Opinion Leaders. The views of Opinion Leaders are compared with those of the general population.
<b>Regional Grouping</b>
The countries studied in the report have been grouped both regionally and by GDP per capita to aid in understanding global patterns. The six regional groups and the countries polled in each are:
<b>Africa:</b> Nigeria and South Africa
<b>Asia:</b> China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea
<b>Eurasia:</b> Kazakhstan, Qatar, Russia, and Turkey
<b>Europe:</b> France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain
<b>Latin America:</b> Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela
<b>North America/Oceania:</b> Australia, Canada, and the United States
<b>Gross Domestic Product Per Capita Grouping</b>
The countries have also been grouped according to their gross domestic product per capita (estimated by "purchasing power parity") as shown below:
<b>High GDP per Capita:</b> Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and the United States
<b>Medium GDP per Capita:</b> Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, and Turkey
<b>Low GDP per Capita:</b> Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, and Venezuela