Gallopedia Highlights- Week # 137

Dated: September 12-18, 2010

This week’s report consists of 24 surveys. 3 of these are multi-country surveys & 1 is a cyber survey. 7 polling organizations have been represented.

ASIA zone-1 National Poll & 1 Multi Country poll:
West Asia: Afghanistan

South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan

East Asia: China

South East Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia,

AFRICA zone- 1 Multi Country poll:

Central Africa: Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda

EURO-AMERICAS zone-19 national polls & 1 Multi Country poll:

West Europe- UK, France, Germany, Italy,

Eastern Europe: Russia,

North America- USA, Canada
Latin America- Brazil,

CYBER WORLD: 1 poll

Commentary: 45 Million Internet Users in India

A LARGE NUMBER BUT SMALL PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION

Commentary: India had as on September 2008 45.3 million active internet users. This is according to the I-Cube [Internet in India] Study released today and conducted annually by IMRB International and Internet and Mobile Association of India [IAMAI]. Active internet users are those who have used the internet at least once in the last one month – this is an internationally accepted benchmark for enumerating internet users.

Urban users continue to dominate internet use contributing to 42 million of the 45 million odd users. In September last 2007, the number of active internet users in urban India was 32 million showing a year on year growth of a little more than 30 %. Commenting on the study Dr Subho Ray, president, IAMAI, said, “the growth rate was alarming compared with the rest in past years as well as with some other countries notably v where the number of internet users are more than 250 million”

The study also found that the number of “claimed” internet users in September 2008 was 57 million compared with 46 million in September 2007, recording nearly 24 % growth. Claimed users are those who have used the internet sometime but not in the last one month.

The time series data since 2001 captures this definite slow down in the growth rate of internet users in India.

The proportion of internet users to the total population from the age of 12 and proportion of internet users to the total literate population is also not very encouraging as shown in the tables below.

The survey also interviewed the claimed users on the lack of internet user and found there are five main barriers to internet use in urban India. The main reason for lack of internet use was found to be lack of awareness of the use of the medium.

Commenting on the study Mr. Mohan Krishnan, Senior Vice President BIRD, a specialized unit of IMRB International said “Continuing niche growth of the Internet is forcing two major realizations that need to be acted upon. Firstly, with majority of urban literates challenged due to the barrier of English language, there needs to be a strong push in vernacular/local language provision over the Internet. In these markets, in addition to localized content, online applications that matter individuals in their daily lives are needed. At the same time, untouched vast rural markets need to be tapped. §

SOURCE: http://www.imrbint.com/media/45..pdf

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Gallopedia Highlights- Week # 136

Dated: September 05-11, 2010

This week’s report consists of 21 surveys. 2 of these are multi-country surveys & 1 is a cyber survey. 5 polling organizations have been represented.

ASIA zone-2 National Polls & 1 Multi Country poll:
Middle East & North Africa: Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Algeria, Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

West Asia: Turkey, Cyprus, Afghanistan

Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,

East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea,

South East Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

AFRICA zone- 1 Multi Country poll:

West Africa: Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Cameroon, Niger, Chad,

Central Africa: Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda

South Africa: Zambia, Malawi, Comoros

East Africa: Djibouti, Somaliland,

EURO-AMERICAS zone-16 national polls & 2 Multi Country polls:

West Europe- UK, Denmark, France, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,

Eastern Europe: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine

North America- USA, Canada
Latin America- Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela

Australasia: Australia, New Zealand

CYBER WORLD: 1 poll

Commentary: Nine Years after 9/11, Few See Terrorism as Top U.S. Problem

One percent see it as the top problem today, down from 46% in 2001

by Frank Newport

PRINCETON, NJ -- Nine years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, 1% of Americans mention terrorism as the most important problem facing the country, down from 46% just after the attacks.

Just before the attacks, in a Gallup poll conducted Sept. 7-10, 2001, less than one-half of 1% of Americans mentioned terrorism as the nation's most important problem. One month later, in October 2001, 46% named terrorism, the highest in Gallup's history.

From that point on, terrorism slowly faded as a response to this question. At the one-year anniversary of the attacks, in September 2002, 19% of Americans mentioned terrorism as the country's top problem, already eclipsed by the economy at the top of the list. By the five-year anniversary of the attacks in September 2006, 11% of Americans mentioned terrorism. Terrorism continued to drop from that point, albeit with an uptick to 8% mentions in January of this year, reflecting the widespread news coverage of the "Christmas Day bomber" who allegedly attempted to detonate explosives on a Northwest Airlines plane headed for Detroit.

As terrorism has faded, other concerns have risen in importance. Over the past nine years, Americans have most commonly mentioned the war in Iraq (from 2003 to early 2008) and the economy or jobs (from 2008 to the present) as the top problem facing the country.

Despite the drop in top-of-mind mentions of terrorism, Americans still say it is an important issue when they are reminded of it. Gallup recently asked Americans to rate the importance of a number of issues to their vote in this year's midterm elections, and 75% rated terrorism as an extremely or very important issue. Still, Americans rated economic issues such as the economy, jobs, and federal spending, as well as corruption in government and healthcare, even higher. They rated terrorism as more important than immigration, Afghanistan, and the environment.

The Sept. 11 attacks took place during the Republican Bush administration, which soon thereafter launched a "war on terrorism." Republicans have consistently been given more credit than Democrats for handling terrorism over the years since; in an August USA Today/Gallup poll, 55% of Americans say the Republicans in Congress are better able to handle the issue of terrorism, while 31% choose the Democrats.

Bottom Line

The low top-of-mind salience of terrorism as the top problem facing the nation no doubt reflects the absence of major terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in the nine years since 2001, although there have been occasional news reports of thwarted attacks. It may also reflect the degree to which economic concerns are crowding out most other issues at this point in the nation's history.

The dramatic jump in perceptions of terrorism as the most important problem between September and October 2001, however, serves as a reminder of the potential for terrorism to reclaim its prominence as a concern should there be new terrorist incidents in the future.

SOURCE: http://www.gallup.com/poll/142961/nine-years-few-terrorism-top-problem.aspx

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