Malaysia Survey 2007: Trust in Individual

March 6, 2008 at 7:23 am (Malaysia, Poll, Statistic)
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In Asian Barometer survey of Malaysia year 2007, the respondents were asked about their trust level in the different type of individuals:

Trust in individuals Great deal   Quite a lot   Not much   None  Cannot decide  
 Relatives   29.0 47.2 19.8 2.0 2.0
 Neighbors   11.3 54.8 29.2 2.5 2.1
 Other People   4.8 44.5 43.7 3.6 3.4
 Malays   10.8 52.0 29.2 3.0 4.9
 Chinese   4.5 41.2 42.1 7.6 4.4
 Indians   3.9 31.9 42.9 12.9 8.0
 Kadazans/Ibans   3.1 25.4 24.4 6.0 38.5

In general, the high level of trust goes in the order such as the list below:

Trust in individuals High Trust   Low Trust  
 Relatives   76.2 21.8
 Neighbors   66.1 31.7
 Malays   62.8 32.2
 Other People   49.3 47.3
 Chinese   45.7 49.7
 Indians   35.8 55.8
 Kadazans/Ibans   28.5 30.4

On the other note…
* 4.8% agreed that “most people can be trusted”.
* 93.4% agreed that one “must be very careful in dealing with other people”.

Source: Asian Barometer – Bridget Welsh, Ibrahim Suffian, and Andrew Aeria. 2007. Malaysia Country Report. Second Wave of Asian Barometer Survey

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Malaysia Survey 2007: Trust in Political Institutions

March 5, 2008 at 7:31 am (Malaysia, Poll, Statistic)
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In Asian Barometer Survey conducted in Malaysia year 2007, the respondents were asked about their trust in the following political institutions:

Political institutions Great deal   Quite a lot   Not much   None  Cannot decide  
 Prime Minister   28.7 47.1 15.8 3.8 3.5
 Judiciary   19.3 44.1 24.2 5.7 5.9
 Parliament   15.9 47.9 21.4 5.4 7.6
 Federal Government   19.8 49.8 19.1 5.1 4.8
 State Government   20.9 48.7 20.4 4.7 4.4
 State Assembly   15.2 48.0 21.1 6.6 7.5
 Political Parties   10.8 41.6 29.0 8.0 9.1
 National Front   21.5 45.2 20.6 7.2 4.4
 Opposition Parties   5.7 36.2 37.4 12.4 7.1
 Civil Service   17.5 54.6 19.0 4.7 3.4
 Local Council   16.3 54.2 19.9 4.8 3.9
 Military   27.5 48.8 11.5 3.6 8.0
 Police   18.3 40.6 26.8 12.2 2.1
 Election Commission   16.2 44.8 24.0 6.6 7.0

In general, the level of high trust /low trust goes with the rank like the list below:

Political institutions High Trust   Low Trust  
 Military   76.3 15.1
 Prime Minister   75.8 19.6
 Civil Service   72.1 23.7
 Local Council   70.5 24.7
 Federal Government   69.6 24.2
 State Government   69.6 25.1
 National Front   66.7 27.8
 Parliament   63.8 26.8
 Judiciary   63.4 29.9
 State Assembly   63.2 27.7
 Election Commission   61.0 30.6
 Police   58.9 39.0
 Political Parties   52.4 37.0
 Opposition Parties   41.9 49.8

Source: Asian Barometer – Bridget Welsh, Ibrahim Suffian, and Andrew Aeria. 2007. Malaysia Country Report. Second Wave of Asian Barometer Survey

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Malaysia Survey 2007: Perceptions on Income/Economic Condition

March 4, 2008 at 6:36 am (Economic, Malaysia, Poll, Statistic)
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In Asian Barometer Survey conducted in Malaysia year 2007, the respondents reported their perceptions on their income and assessment on economic conditions:

a. Income perceptions:
Income covers well, can save – 20.1%
Covers well, no difficulties – 37.3%
Does not cover well – 32.3%
Does not cover, great difficulties – 8.6%
Decline to answer – 1.7%

b. Economic conditions in Malaysia:
i. Individual :-
Very good – 6.7%
Good – 34.5%
So-so – 41.2%
Bad – 11.2%
Very bad – 4.7%

ii. Family :-
Very good – 4.5%
Good – 30.4%
So-so – 58.0%
Bad – 5.4%
Very bad – 1.5%

c. Assessment of past and future economic conditions:

Economic conditions assessment  Individual    Family  
 Past    Future    Past    Future  
 Much Better   16.4 21.8 14.6 23.8
 Little Better   35.9 34 37.6 37.1
 About Same   26.9 20.1 32.8 23.2
 Little Worse   15.4 8.6 12.3 4.1
 Much Worse   4.5 4.4 2.3 0.6
 Can’t choose   0.7 10.8 0.2 10.7
 Decline Answer   0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6

On top of that…
* 53.4% respondents own landline phone.
* 86.4% respondents own handphone.
* 73.2% respondents own car

Source: Asian Barometer – Bridget Welsh, Ibrahim Suffian, and Andrew Aeria. 2007. Malaysia Country Report. Second Wave of Asian Barometer Survey 

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Malaysia Survey 2007: Religious Profile

March 3, 2008 at 8:19 am (Asia, Malaysia, Poll, Statistic)
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Via Asian Barometer, I found the interesting survey which is similar to the series of European Social Survey I have published in this blog previously. First before looking into the religious profile of 1200 Malaysians interviewed in this survey, let’s look at the ethnic and gender profile of respondents :

Female: 49.5%
Male: 50.5%

Indian/Other, Female: 4.3%
Indian/Other, Male: 4.1%
Non-Malay Bumi, Female: 6.5%
Non-Malay Bumi, Male: 6.3%
Chinese, Female: 13.4%
Chinese, Male: 14.2%
Malay, Female: 25.3%
Malay, Male: 25.9%
Total – 100%

So, the religiosity of Malaysians:
a. Religious profile:
1. Islam – 59.0%
2. Buddhism – 16.1%
3. Christianity – 11.0%
4. Hinduism – 6.7%
5. Taoism – 3.9%
6. Sikhism – 0.2%
7. Confucianism – 0.2%
8. Bahai – 0.2%
9. Animism – 0.3%
10.  None/Other – 2.5%

b. Religious practise:
1. Several times a day – 60.9%
2. Daily – 6.6%
3. Several times a week – 6.5%
4. Once a month – 7.8%
5. Only during festivals – 2.1%
6. Once a year – 7.6%
7. Less often – 4.8%
8. Practically never – 3.4%
9. Decline to answer – 0.9%

Source: Asian Barometer – Bridget Welsh, Ibrahim Suffian, and Andrew Aeria. 2007. Malaysia Country Report. Second Wave of Asian Barometer Survey

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ESS: Placement on left-right scale.

January 7, 2008 at 8:38 am (OECD, Poll, Social, Statistic)
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In European Social Survey, the following question is asked:

In politics people sometimes talk of “left” and “right”. Using this card, where would you place yourself on this scale, where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?

Mean score value was calculated from the answers and tabulated according to gender and marital status, as seen below, with the comparison of year 2002, 2004 and 2006:

Gender Marital Status 2002 2004 2006
Male Married   5.19 5.31 5.14
Separated   4.98 5.00 4.90
Divorced   5.16 5.03 5.09
Widowed   5.04 5.05 5.08
Never married   5.02 5.08 5.06
Overall average 5.13 5.21 5.11
Female Married   5.16 5.26 5.05
Separated   4.62 4.95 4.98
Divorced   4.80 4.81 4.84
Widowed   5.23 5.32 5.14
Never married   4.76 4.86 4.89
Overall average 5.04 5.13 5.01
Total  5.08 5.16 5.05

MeThink: on average…
– men placed themselves more right-leaning as compared to women.
– among men, the marital status group which is most left is separated while the married group belong to most right scale.
– OTOH, for women, the most left-leaning marital status group is divorced/never married while most right-leaning marital status group is widowed.

Source:
1. European Social Survey

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ESS: How interested in politics?

January 6, 2008 at 3:18 pm (OECD, Poll, Social, Statistic)
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In European Social Survey, the following question is asked:

How interested would you say you are in politics? Are you…

Caterogical answers were given, such as:
1 – Very interested
2 – Quite interested
3 – Hardly interested
4 – Not at all interested

Mean score value was calculated from the answers and tabulated according to gender and marital status, as seen below, with the comparison of year 2002, 2004 and 2006:

Gender Marital Status 2002 2004 2006
Male Married   2.33 2.40 2.38
Separated   2.43 2.49 2.40
Divorced   2.27 2.43 2.45
Widowed   2.60 2.56 2.50
Never married   2.60 2.68 2.67
Overall average 2.43 2.50 2.48
Female Married   2.67 2.72 2.70
Separated   2.74 2.75 2.77
Divorced   2.55 2.63 2.65
Widowed   2.76 2.84 2.85
Never married   2.74 2.82 2.82
Overall average 2.69 2.76 2.75
Total  2.57 2.64 2.62

MeThink: on average…
– Men are more interested in politics as compared to women.
– Among men, the interest in politics go in the rank: married > divorced > separated > widowed > never married.
– OTOH, for women, the interest in politics: divorced > married > separated > never married > widowed.

Source:
1. European Social Survey

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ESS: Feeling of safety of walking alone in local area after dark?

January 5, 2008 at 7:28 am (OECD, Poll, Social, Statistic)
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In European Social Survey, the following question is asked:

How safe do you – or would you – feel walking alone in this area after dark? Do – or would – you feel…

Caterogical answers were given, such as: 
1 – Very safe
2 – Safe
3 – unsafe
4 – Very unsafe
Mean score value was calculated from the answers and tabulated according to gender and marital status, as seen below, with the comparison of year 2002, 2004 and 2006:

Gender Marital Status 2002 2004 2006
Male Married   1.81 1.89 1.84
Separated   1.85 1.93 1.87
Divorced   1.81 1.89 1.83
Widowed   2.00 2.10 2.03
Never married   1.71 1.78 1.76
Overall average 1.79 1.87 1.82
Female Married   2.15 2.22 2.18
Separated   2.28 2.31 2.25
Divorced   2.20 2.32 2.29
Widowed   2.38 2.44 2.45
Never married   2.17 2.22 2.20
Overall average 2.19 2.26 2.23
Total  2.00 2.08 2.05

MeThink: on average…
– women feel less safe as compared to men.
– both gender feel the least safe on year 2004 but improve on year 2006.
– for men, the feeling of safety: never married > divorced > married > separated > widowed.
– OTOH, the women feel the safety vs. marital status: married > never married > divorced > separated > widowed.

Source:
1. European Social Survey

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ESS: How is your health in general?

January 1, 2008 at 8:31 am (OECD, Poll, Social, Statistic)
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In European Social Survey, the following question is asked:

How is your health in general? Would you say it is …

Caterogical answers were given, such as: 5 – Very good, 4 – Good, 3 – Fair, 2-Bad, 1 – Very bad. Mean score value was calculated from the answers and tabulated according to gender and marital status, as seen below, with the comparison of year 2002, 2004 and 2006:

Gender Marital Status 2002 2004 2006
Male: Married – 3.82 3.75 3.71
Separated   3.93 3.72 3.67
Divorced   3.72 3.67 3.68
Widowed   3.26 3.21 3.21
Never married   4.15 4.12 4.08
Overall average 3.90 3.84 3.79
Female Married   3.78 3.71 3.67
Separated   3.82 3.76 3.59
Divorced   3.70 3.57 3.58
Widowed   3.18 3.08 2.98
Never married   4.06 4.05 3.99
Overall average 3.76 3.70 3.63
Total  3.83 3.76 3.70

MeThink: well, overall everyone thinks that their general health is deteroriating. More observations:
– generally, male is feeling slightly better in health as compared to female.
– for both gender, the rank goes from: never married > separated > married > divorced > widowed.

Source:
1. European Social Survey

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ESS: How satisfied with present state of economy in country?

December 31, 2007 at 8:46 am (OECD, Poll, Social, Statistic)
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In European Social Survey, the following question is asked:

On the whole how satisfied are you with the present state of the economy in [country]?

Caterogical answers were given, such as: where 0 means extremely dissatisfied and 10 means extremely satisfied. Mean score value was calculated from the answers and tabulated according to gender and marital status, as seen below, with the comparison of year 2002, 2004 and 2006:

Gender Marital Status 2002 2004 2006
Male Married   4.63 4.86 5.19
Separated   4.69 4.55 4.30
Divorced   4.73 4.63 5.08
Widowed   4.53 4.60 4.76
Never married   4.78 5.03 5.37
Overall average 4.68 4.89 5.21
Female Married   4.39 4.56 4.80
Separated   4.08 4.40 4.18
Divorced   4.20 4.09 4.42
Widowed   4.15 4.23 4.28
Never married   4.59 4.79 5.10
Overall average 4.39 4.53 4.75
Total  4.53 4.69 4.96

MeThink: on average…
– men are more satisfied with the current state of economy as compared to women.
– for both gender, the satisfaction with the state of economy had been increasing by years.
– for both gender as well, the satisfaction with current state of economy goes with marital status as followed: never married > married > divorced > separated/widowed.

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ESS: How satisfied with life as a whole?

December 30, 2007 at 8:06 am (OECD, Poll, Social, Statistic)
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In European Social Survey, the following question is asked:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?

Caterogical answers were given, such as: where 0 means extremely dissatisfied and 10 means extremely satisfied. Mean score value was calculated from the answers and tabulated according to gender and marital status, as seen below, with the comparison of year 2002, 2004 and 2006:

Gender Marital Status 2002 2004 2006
Male Married   7.15 6.97 6.95
Separated   6.37 5.99 5.60
Divorced   6.59 6.34 6.26
Widowed   6.53 6.33 6.18
Never married   7.07 7.02 6.98
Overall average 7.06 6.91 6.86
Female Married   7.22 7.05 6.91
Separated   6.15 6.26 5.57
Divorced   6.63 6.29 6.24
Widowed   6.52 6.17 5.89
Never married   7.24 7.10 7.07
Overall average 7.06 6.86 6.71
Total  7.06 6.88 6.78

MeThink: on average…
– the satisfaction with life as whole has decreased over the years and it is true for both gender.
– overall, women feel slightly more satisfied with their life as compared to men for year 2002 and 2004 but not year 2006.
– for men, the satisfaction with life goes with the marital status as followed: married = never married > divorced > widowed > separated.
– OTOH, for women, the satisfaction with life goes: never married > married > divorced > widowed > separated.

Source:
1. European Social Survey

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ESS: Are you happy?

December 29, 2007 at 1:18 pm (OECD, Poll, Social, Statistic)
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In European Social Survey, the following question is asked:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?

Caterogical answers were given, such as: 0 for extremely unhappy and 10 for extremely happy. Mean score value was calculated from the answers and tabulated according to gender and marital status, as seen below, with the comparison of year 2002, 2004 and 2006:

Gender Marital Status 2002 2004 2006
Male: Married – 7.53 7.36 7.37
Separated – 6.61 6.28 6.16
Divorced – 6.90 6.64 6.61
Widowed – 6.63 6.32 6.18
Never married – 7.33 7.25 7.24
Female: Married – 7.60 7.45 7.39
Separated – 6.60 6.61 6.12
Divorced – 6.87 6.67 6.70
Widowed – 6.55 6.26 6.08
Never married – 7.46 7.38 7.38
Total = 7.37 7.20 7.15

MeThink: overall, the happiness decrease over the years. More observations:
– Female is slightly happier than male.
– For both gender on average, the happiness scale goes from: married > never married/single > divorced > separated/widowed.

Source:
1. European Social Survey

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EU: Association with the word “Culture”

October 30, 2007 at 1:01 am (Poll, Social)
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% of EU 27 countries on what is associated with the word Culture:

Arts (performance and visual arts – architecture, painting, art galleries etc) – 39%

Traditions, languages, customs and social or cultural communities – 24%

Literature, poetry, playwriting, author – 24%

Education and family (upbringing) – 20%

Knowledge and science (research) – 18%

Lifestyle and manners – 18%

Civilization (Western, Asian, African, Arab etc) – 13%

History – 13%

Museums – 11%

Leisure, sport, travels, fun – 9%

Values and beliefs (including philosophy and religion) – 9%

Not interested, not for me – 2%

Too elite, snoobish, posh, boring (negative things) – 1%

Other – 7%

Source: Eurobarometer – European Cultural Values

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