What Worries the World is a Global Advisor survey in 28 countries. tracking whether people think their country is on the right/wrong track and what their top concerns are. This quicklinks document provides the latest global summary of the survey findings and links to the full decks for each country, in different languages.
At 49.3, the Ipsos Global Consumer Confidence Index in May 2019 is up 0.3 point against last month, but still down 0.5 point over the past three months, and down 1.4 points over the past 12 months.
Close to one year after the 14th General Election, Malaysians believe the country is moving in the wrong direction, as their main worries shift from Corruption to day-to-day issues like Crime and Inflation & Cost of Living.
The latest ‘What Worries The World’ survey, found that from June to July last year, Malaysians who believe that the country was heading in the wrong direction was at 25%.
Three months later, the figure rose to 36% and it currently has risen to 43% as of March this year.
Malaysian are in the dark about how their personal information is being used and but are very trusting in how organizations and the government use their personal data
• Global predictions for the world economy are less optimistic than in 2018 • Many countries also expect public unrest in the coming year • After a hot 2018, most expect global temperatures to continue to rise
This global study highlights our misperceptions about the economy, population, the environment and other key issues.
Ipsos' latest Perils of Perception study shows which key facts the online public in Malaysia and 36 other countries get right about their society - and which they get wrong. Now in its fifth year, the survey aims to highlight how we're wired to think in certain ways and how our environment influences our (mis)perceptions.
Malaysian didn't quite get it right, and tend to be over apprehensive.
Ipsos’ latest Perils of Perception study shows which key facts the online public across 37 countries get right about their society – and which they get wrong. Now in its fifth year, the survey aims to highlight how we’re wired to think in certain ways and how our environment influences our (mis)perceptions.
New Ipsos study finds three quarters of Malaysians say they can spot fake news, but half of them admit they have discovered stories to be fake after they believed them to be true.
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