Society


Coronavirus Survey

Theories about how COVID-19 spreads varies with emerging markets more likely to believe myths

More people globally believe COVID-19 can live on surfaces for days over other theories.
Coronavirus Survey

What Worries the World - May 2020

The coronavirus pandemic continues to be the world’s greatest worry, but it is giving way to greater concern about unemployment in some countries.
Coronavirus Survey

Restarting the economy: Older people most likely to believe jobs lost amid COVID-19 won’t return

A majority of people aged over 44 don’t see an employment rebound as lockdowns are lifted.
Coronavirus Survey

More think opening businesses puts too many people at risk of COVID-19 and we need to wait

A majority of people in some hard-hit countries think jobs lost will not be recovered.
Coronavirus Survey

More people want to return to work but uncomfortable with kids returning to school amid COVID-19

Majority in 9 out of 16 countries comfortable with returning to workplace but only two countries comfortable with kids back at school.
Employees Survey

How old is too old to work? Depends where you live and how you view, experience ageism

The average age up until when a person is considered employable across 28 countries is 49.
Society Survey

75 years later, honoring World War II still matters

The conflict is still a significant part of national identities worldwide.
Coronavirus Survey

View of government’s job to contain COVID-19 falls in hard hit countries, rises in others

People in Japan, hard-hit countries of Spain, France are unhappy with government response.
Coronavirus Survey

Coronavirus dominates global worries

COVID-19 overtakes all other issues in Ipsos’ What Worries the World survey with the highest level of concern recorded for any category since the series began.