BULGARIA, YEMEN, ARMENIA SUFFERING
Business Ghana
April 18 2012
Ghana
Surveys in 146 countries found 45 percent of Bulgarians are
“suffering,” followed by 38 percent in Yemen and 35 percent in Armenia,
Gallup reported.
Gallup’s 2011 global ranking of thriving and suffering found those
thriving tended to have higher incomes, more education, good health
and social support. Those suffering often have lower incomes, less
education and less access to basic needs such as food, shelter and
healthcare.
About 1,000 people ages 15 and older in each of the 146 countries
were asked to rate their current and future lives on a ladder scale,
with steps numbered from zero to 10 based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring
Striving Scale.
Gallup considers people to be thriving if they rate their current lives
a 7 or higher and project their lives in five years at 8 or higher,
and classifies people as suffering if they rate their current lives
at 4 or lower and their lives in five years a 4 or lower.
Suffering spiked in places such as Iran, Afghanistan and El Salvador
in 2011. Suffering increased the most in El Salvador, climbing to 33
percent in 2011 from 9 percent in 2010, the surveys said.
The research found suffering declined the most in Macedonia, falling
25 percentage points last year from 38 percent in 2010.
Suffering was as low as 1 percent or less in the United Arab Emirates,
the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Canada, Thailand and Brazil.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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