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Culture wars around
the world: how
countries perceive
divisions
June 2021

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Culture war divisions

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Q                                                                                              % who agree
                                                                      Global country average                                            35%
From what you see on TV,                                                        South Africa                                                         58%
                                                                               United States                                                        57%
in the news media and                                                                   India                                                       57%
online, and in your                                                                    Brazil                                                 47%
                                                                                     Belgium                                                 46%
conversations with others,                                                            Turkey                                                45%
to what extent do you                                                                 Poland                                               44%
                                                                                South Korea                                              41%
agree or disagree that                                                              Malaysia                                            40%
[country] is divided by                                                                  Italy                                         39%
“culture wars”?                                                                    Argentina                                          38%
                                                                                      France                                          38%
                                                                                        Peru                                         37%
People in South Africa (58%), India                                                     Chile                                        37%
                                                                                    Australia                                      34%
(57%) and the US (57%) are most                                                     Hungary                                       33%
likely to feel that their country is                                            Great Britain                                    32%
                                                                                       China                                   29%
divided by culture wars, with a
                                                                                   Singapore                                  28%
significant gap in opinion between                                                   Sweden                                   28%
them and people in Brazil (47%), who                                                 Canada                                   28%
                                                                                      Mexico                                26%
are next most likely to think their
                                                                                       Spain                              24%
nation is divided in this way.                                                   Netherlands                            21%
                                                                                Saudi Arabia                            21%
                                                                                    Germany                           19%
In most countries, relatively few
                                                                                      Russia                         18%
actively disagree with the statement.                                                  Japan              9%
Instead the level of don’t knows is
                                                            Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
often notable, suggesting this is not a
familiar concept to many.

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Tensions between
different groups in
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Q                                                               Global Country average
                                                                                                                                        % who say a great deal or fair amount

How much tension, if any,                                                                                          Rich and poor                                                             74%

would you say there is                                                  People who support different political parties                                                                  69%
between […] in [country]
today?                                                                                                Different social classes                                                         67%

                                                                                Immigrants and people born in [country]                                                               66%

On average across the 28 countries                                       Those with more socially liberal, progressive
                                                                                                                                                                                      65%
surveyed, people perceive most                                           ideas and those with more traditional values
tension to exist between the rich and                             The metropolitan elite and ordinary working people                                                              62%
poor, followed by divisions by
politics, social class, immigration,                                                                        Different ethnicities                                                 62%
and between those with different
values.                                                                                                       Different religions                                               57%

There is relatively less tension (but                                                                           Men and women                                           48%

still mentioned by nearly half) seen                                              Those with a university education and
                                                                                                                                                                     47%
between cities and those outside                                                   those without a university education
cities, between old and young, or by                                                                              Old and young                                      46%
levels of education or between men
and women.                                                                   Those in cities and those outside of cities                                          42%

                                                            Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                    The Netherlands                                             % who say a great deal or fair amount

How much tension, if any,                                                       Immigrants and people born in [country]                                                                   73%

would you say there is                                                                                      Different ethnicities                                                        70%
between […] in [country]
today?                                                                                                        Different religions                                                  64%

                                                                                                                   Rich and poor                                             57%

                                                                         Those with more socially liberal, progressive
                                                                                                                                                                          56%
                                                                         ideas and those with more traditional values

                                                                        People who support different political parties                                                  54%

                                                                                                      Different social classes                                       51%

                                                                  The metropolitan elite and ordinary working people                                                49%

                                                                                                                  Old and young                          34%

                                                                             Those in cities and those outside of cities                             29%

                                                                                  Those with a university education and
                                                                                                                                                   27%
                                                                                   those without a university education

                                                                                                                Men and women                     25%

                                                            Base: 500 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                      Global country average                                                                 66%
How much tension, if any,                                                       South Africa                                                                                      89%
                                                                                     Belgium                                                                                81%
would you say there is                                                                  Peru                                                                               80%
between immigrants and                                                                   Italy                                                                            79%
                                                                                   Singapore                                                                             78%
people born in [country]                                                       United States                                                                             78%
today?                                                                                  Chile                                                                            78%
                                                                                     Sweden                                                                            76%
                                                                                      France                                                                          75%
                                                                                    Germany                                                                          74%
South Africa stands out for perceived                                            Netherlands                                                                        73%
                                                                                      Turkey                                                                        73%
tension between immigrants and
                                                                                Great Britain                                                                      72%
those born in the country, with 89%                                                 Malaysia                                                                     70%
thinking there is at least a fair                                               South Korea                                                                    67%
                                                                                    Hungary                                                                  65%
amount of unease. This is followed
                                                                                       Spain                                                                 65%
by Belgium (81%) and Peru (80%).                                                     Canada                                                                63%
                                                                                        India                                                             62%
                                                                                    Australia                                                            61%
People in China and Japan (35%)
                                                                                      Mexico                                                             61%
are least likely to think this.                                                       Russia                                                            60%
                                                                                      Poland                                                      53%
                                                                                       Brazil                                                   51%
                                                                                   Argentina                                                  49%
                                                                                Saudi Arabia                                                  49%
                                                                                       China                                            35%
                                                                                       Japan                                            35%

                                                            Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                      Global country average                                                                  62%
How much tension, if any,                                                      United States                                                                                    83%
                                                                                South Africa                                                                                 79%
would you say there is                                                                  Chile                                                                             75%
between different                                                                    Belgium                                                                            73%
                                                                                       Brazil                                                                           73%
ethnicities in [country]                                                                 Italy                                                                         72%
today?                                                                               Sweden                                                                            72%
                                                                                      France                                                                         70%
                                                                                Great Britain                                                                        70%
                                                                                 Netherlands                                                                         70%
The US comes top for perceived
                                                                                    Hungary                                                                        67%
tension between different ethnicities,                                          South Korea                                                                        67%
with 83% believing there is a great                                                     India                                                                     66%
                                                                                        Peru                                                                      66%
deal or fair amount. South Africa,                                                  Australia                                                                     66%
where 79% feel this way, comes                                                         Spain                                                                     65%
second.                                                                              Canada                                                                     64%
                                                                                    Germany                                                                   61%
People in Japan (26%) and China                                                     Malaysia                                                                  61%
(31%) are least likely to perceive                                                    Turkey                                                                59%
such tensions.                                                                     Singapore                                                               58%
                                                                                      Mexico                                                               58%
                                                                                      Poland                                                         50%
                                                                                      Russia                                                        49%
                                                                                   Argentina                                                  44%
                                                                                Saudi Arabia                                                  44%
                                                                                       China                                            31%
                                                                                       Japan                                    26%

                                                            Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                      Global country average                                                              57%
How much tension, if any,                                                       South Korea                                                                                   78%
                                                                                        India                                                                               75%
would you say there is                                                               Belgium                                                                              73%
between different religions                                                            Brazil                                                                             73%
                                                                                      France                                                                             72%
[in country] today?                                                             South Africa                                                                       66%
                                                                                      Mexico                                                                       66%
                                                                                 Netherlands                                                                     64%
                                                                                     Sweden                                                                      64%
People in South Korea (78%) and                                                     Malaysia                                                                    63%
                                                                               United States                                                                    63%
India (75%) are most likely to say
                                                                                Great Britain                                                                  62%
there is at least a fair amount of                                                       Italy                                                                 62%
tension between different religions in                                              Germany                                                                   61%
                                                                                    Australia                                                                60%
their country.                                                                        Turkey                                                               58%
                                                                                      Poland                                                              57%
Those in Japan (23%) are the least                                                     Spain                                                             56%
                                                                                        Peru                                                            55%
likely to think this.                                                                Canada                                                           53%
                                                                                        Chile                                                        52%
                                                                                   Singapore                                                      48%
                                                                                   Argentina                                                    45%
                                                                                      Russia                                                    45%
                                                                                    Hungary                                               37%
                                                                                Saudi Arabia                                              37%
                                                                                       China                                            35%
                                                                                       Japan                               23%

                                                            Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                   Global country average                                                                   74%
How much tension, if any,                                                    South Korea                                                                                       91%
                                                                                     Chile                                                                                     91%
would you say there is                                                           Hungary                                                                                 86%
between rich and poor [in                                                       Argentina                                                                               85%
                                                                                   Russia                                                                               85%
country] today?                                                                      Peru                                                                              84%
                                                                                   Mexico                                                                              84%
                                                                             South Africa                                                                            82%
                                                                            United States                                                                           81%
Chile (91%) and South Korea (91%)                                                  Turkey                                                                          80%
come top for perceived divisions                                                    Brazil                                                                        79%
                                                                                      Italy                                                                     77%
between rich and poor.                                                            Belgium                                                                      76%
                                                                                Singapore                                                                     75%
European countries fare                                                              India                                                                    75%
                                                                                   France                                                                    74%
comparatively better, with Italy                                             Great Britain                                                                 72%
ranked highest among this group,                                                 Germany                                                                  71%
with 77% believing there is at least a                                              Spain                                                               69%
                                                                                  Canada                                                                69%
fair amount of tension between rich                                              Australia                                                             68%
and poor.                                                                        Malaysia                                                              68%
                                                                                   Poland                                                             67%
                                                                                  Sweden                                                        60%
China (55%), Japan (54%) and                                                  Netherlands                                                     57%
Saudi Arabia (50%) are the least                                                    China                                                   55%
                                                                                    Japan                                                  54%
likely to think this.
                                                                             Saudi Arabia                                               50%

                                                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                   Global country average                                                                 65%
How much tension, if any,                                                    South Korea                                                                                        87%
                                                                                     Chile                                                                                     86%
would you say there is                                                      United States                                                                                     85%
between those with more                                                         Argentina                                                                               80%
                                                                                    Spain                                                                             77%
socially liberal,                                                                   Brazil                                                                           76%
progressive ideas and                                                              Mexico                                                                          74%
                                                                                     Peru                                                                          74%
those with more traditional                                                  South Africa                                                                        72%
values in [country] today?                                                         Poland                                                                        72%
                                                                                   Turkey                                                                       71%
                                                                                 Hungary                                                                       70%
                                                                                     India                                                                    69%
Nearly two-thirds (65%) globally say
                                                                             Great Britain                                                                  67%
that their country has tension                                                        Italy                                                                66%
between those with socially                                                      Malaysia                                                                 65%
                                                                                Singapore                                                                 65%
liberal/progressive values and those                                              Canada                                                               61%
with more traditional values.                                                    Australia                                                            60%
                                                                                  Belgium                                                           58%
                                                                              Netherlands                                                         56%
South Korea (87%), Chile (86%) and                                               Germany                                                         55%
the US (85%) come top overall for                                                  Russia                                                        55%
such perceived tensions while China                                                France                                                      52%
                                                                             Saudi Arabia                                                      52%
(38%) and Japan (34%) are at the                                                  Sweden                                                      51%
bottom of the list.                                                                 China                                               38%
                                                                                    Japan                                            34%

                                                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                   Global country average                                                                         69%
How much tension, if any,                                                    South Korea                                                                                                 91%
                                                                            United States                                                                                               90%
would you say there is                                                           Hungary                                                                                              88%
between people who                                                              Argentina                                                                                            87%
                                                                                     Chile                                                                                          86%
support different political                                                        Turkey                                                                                          85%
parties in [country] today?                                                        Poland                                                                                         84%
                                                                             South Africa                                                                                         84%
                                                                                    Brazil                                                                                       83%
                                                                                     Peru                                                                                       82%
People in South Korea (91%), the
                                                                                   Mexico                                                                                       82%
US (90%), Hungary (88%) and                                                         Spain                                                                                      81%
Argentina (87%) are most likely to                                               Malaysia                                                                                   77%
                                                                                     India                                                                               73%
feel there is significant political
                                                                                      Italy                                                                             72%
tension in their country.                                                    Great Britain                                                                            70%
                                                                                Singapore                                                                       65%
                                                                                   France                                                                    61%
                                                                                  Canada                                                                   59%
                                                                                 Germany                                                                 57%
                                                                                  Belgium                                                                57%
                                                                                  Sweden                                                               55%
                                                                              Netherlands                                                             54%
                                                                                 Australia                                                           53%
                                                                                   Russia                                                          50%
                                                                             Saudi Arabia                                                    40%
                                                                                    China                                                  38%
                                                                                    Japan                                            31%

                                                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                   Global country average                                                                      67%
How much tension, if any,                                                            Chile                                                                                         88%
                                                                             South Korea                                                                                          87%
would you say there is                                                          Argentina                                                                                       85%
between different social                                                             Peru                                                                                    81%
                                                                                   Mexico                                                                                   80%
classes [in country]                                                                Brazil                                                                                77%
today?                                                                             Russia                                                                                76%
                                                                            United States                                                                                76%
                                                                                 Hungary                                                                                 76%
                                                                             South Africa                                                                              74%
People in Chile (88%) and South                                                    Turkey                                                                            72%
Korea (87%) are also most likely to                                             Singapore                                                                          69%
think there is tension between                                                       India                                                                         69%
                                                                                      Italy                                                                        69%
different social classes in their                                                  France                                                                         68%
country.                                                                          Belgium                                                                        67%
                                                                             Great Britain                                                                      66%
                                                                                    Spain                                                                       66%
Japan (44%), China (43%) and                                                     Malaysia                                                                     64%
Saudi Arabia (41%) are the least                                                 Germany                                                                     63%
                                                                                  Sweden                                                                   61%
likely to think this.
                                                                                   Poland                                                                59%
                                                                                  Canada                                                                 59%
                                                                                 Australia                                                             57%
                                                                              Netherlands                                                        51%
                                                                                    Japan                                                  44%
                                                                                    China                                                 43%
                                                                             Saudi Arabia                                               41%

                                                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                   Global country average                                                                   62%
How much tension, if any,                                                            Chile                                                                                      84%
                                                                                   Russia                                                                                     82%
would you say there is                                                       South Korea                                                                                   78%
between the metropolitan                                                         Hungary                                                                                 76%
                                                                                     Peru                                                                              73%
elite and ordinary working                                                  United States                                                                              73%
people in [country] today?                                                      Argentina                                                                            70%
                                                                                   Mexico                                                                           69%
                                                                                   Turkey                                                                           69%
Chile (84%) and Russia (82%) are                                                    Brazil                                                                          69%
                                                                             South Africa                                                                          68%
ranked top for perceived tensions
                                                                                     India                                                                       65%
between the metropolitan elite and                                           Great Britain                                                                      64%
ordinary working people.                                                         Malaysia                                                                      63%
                                                                                      Italy                                                                  61%
                                                                                Singapore                                                                    61%
Saudi Arabia (40%), Japan (39%)                                                   Sweden                                                                    60%
and China (37%) however are the                                                    France                                                                   60%
                                                                                    Spain                                                                  59%
countries where people are least                                                  Belgium                                                                  59%
likely to recognise this type of                                                   Poland                                                                57%
tension in their country.                                                         Canada                                                                56%
                                                                                 Australia                                                             55%
                                                                              Netherlands                                                        49%
                                                                                 Germany                                                      45%
                                                                             Saudi Arabia                                               40%
                                                                                    Japan                                              39%
                                                                                    China                                            37%

                                                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                   Global country average                                                      46%
How much tension, if any,                                                    South Korea                                                                           80%
                                                                                     India                                                                   61%
would you say there is                                                          Singapore                                                                  58%
between old and young [in                                                            Peru                                                                55%
                                                                            United States                                                               54%
country] today?                                                                    Mexico                                                              53%
                                                                             South Africa                                                              53%
                                                                                    Brazil                                                             53%
80% of people in South Korea think                                               Hungary                                                              52%
                                                                                     Chile                                                          49%
there is a great deal or fair amount
                                                                                      Italy                                                         49%
of tension between old and young                                                 Malaysia                                                          48%
people in their country – far above                                                Turkey                                                         47%
                                                                                Argentina                                                       45%
India, where perceptions of
                                                                                   Poland                                                      44%
generational tensions are second-                                            Great Britain                                                    43%
worst, on 61%.                                                                   Australia                                                    43%
                                                                                    China                                                    42%
                                                                                 Germany                                                     42%
People in Sweden (29%) and France                                                   Japan                                                    42%
(31%) are least likely to perceive                                                Belgium                                                   41%
                                                                                    Spain                                                  40%
such tensions.                                                                    Canada                                                 38%
                                                                             Saudi Arabia                                               37%
                                                                                   Russia                                              36%
                                                                              Netherlands                                            34%
                                                                                   France                                          31%
                                                                                  Sweden                                         29%

                                                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                              % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                   Global country average                                               42%
How much tension, if any,                                                            Peru                                                                       66%
                                                                                     India                                                                61%
would you say there is                                                       South Korea                                                                58%
between those in cities                                                      South Africa                                                             56%
                                                                                 Malaysia                                                            55%
and those outside of cities                                                        Mexico                                                          53%
in [country] today?                                                                  Chile                                                        52%
                                                                                Argentina                                                       50%
                                                                                    Brazil                                                     49%
                                                                            United States                                                    46%
Tensions between people living in
                                                                                  Sweden                                               40%
and outside of cities are seen to be                                             Hungary                                               40%
the worst in Peru, where 66% feel                                            Great Britain                                             40%
                                                                                   Poland                                              40%
there is at least a fair amount of                                                    Italy                                           39%
unease between these two groups.                                                 Australia                                           38%
                                                                                   Turkey                                            38%
                                                                                   Russia                                            38%
This is more than twice the                                                        France                                           37%
proportion of people in Germany                                                   Canada                                           36%
(25%), at the other end of the                                               Saudi Arabia                                          36%
                                                                                    Japan                                        33%
spectrum, who feel the same.                                                    Singapore                                       32%
                                                                                  Belgium                                       32%
                                                                                    China                                       32%
                                                                                    Spain                                     29%
                                                                              Netherlands                                     29%
                                                                                 Germany                                   25%

                                                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                               % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                    Global country average                                                       47%
How much tension, if any,                                                     South Korea                                                                             70%
                                                                                      Peru                                                                         66%
would you say there is                                                               Brazil                                                                      63%
between those with a                                                                  India                                                                     62%
                                                                                 Singapore                                                                      62%
university education and                                                      South Africa                                                                     61%
those without a university                                                          Mexico                                                                     61%
                                                                                      Chile                                                                    61%
education in [country]                                                            Malaysia                                                                   59%
today?                                                                              Turkey                                                             54%
                                                                                 Argentina                                                          50%
                                                                             United States                                                          50%
Those in South Korea (70%) and                                                         Italy                                                      47%
                                                                                     China                                                       46%
Peru (66%) are most likely to say
                                                                              Saudi Arabia                                                     43%
there is tension between those with                                                Belgium                                                    42%
a university education and those                                                    Poland                                                   41%
                                                                                  Hungary                                                    41%
without.
                                                                              Great Britain                                            36%
                                                                                    France                                            35%
People in Australia (31%), Russia                                                    Spain                                           34%
                                                                                   Sweden                                            34%
(30%) and the Netherlands (27%)
                                                                                     Japan                                          33%
are least likely to think this.                                                   Germany                                           33%
                                                                                   Canada                                           33%
                                                                                  Australia                                       31%
                                                                                    Russia                                       30%
                                                                               Netherlands                                     27%

                                                          Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Q                                                                                               % who say a great deal or fair amount
                                                                    Global country average                                                     48%
How much tension, if any,                                                     South Korea                                                                                  80%
                                                                              South Africa                                                                           71%
would you say there is                                                              Mexico                                                                         69%
between men and women                                                                Brazil                                                                       68%
                                                                                      India                                                                     65%
in [country] today?                                                                 Turkey                                                                    63%
                                                                                     China                                                                    63%
                                                                                      Chile                                                                   63%
Perceptions of tension between men                                                    Peru                                                                   62%
                                                                                  Australia                                                               58%
and women are highest in South
                                                                                 Argentina                                                                58%
Korea, at 80%, followed by around                                            United States                                                          53%
seven in ten in South Africa, Mexico                                                 Spain                                                        50%
                                                                                       Italy                                                     49%
and Brazil.
                                                                                  Malaysia                                                     47%
                                                                                 Singapore                                                   44%
The Netherlands and Russia do best                                            Saudi Arabia                                                 41%
                                                                                    France                                                40%
on this measure, with around a                                                     Belgium                                               39%
quarter in each nation believing                                                   Sweden                                               38%
there is tension across the gender                                                  Poland                                             37%
                                                                                   Canada                                              37%
divide.                                                                       Great Britain                                           36%
                                                                                  Germany                                            35%
                                                                                     Japan                                         33%
                                                                                  Hungary                                        31%
                                                                                    Russia                                    27%
                                                                               Netherlands                                  25%

                                                          Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

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Political correctness

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0 to 3 (Feel many people are too                               4 to 7 (Feel people need to change the way
 Q                                                                                              easily offended)                                                             they talk to be more sensitive)
                                                                   Global country average                                            31%   60%
Some people think that the                                                   Great Britain                                                    51%        43%
way people talk needs to be                                                      Australia                                                   50%      46%
                                                                            United States                                                   49%        45%
more sensitive to people from                                                     Sweden                                                  47%            43%
different backgrounds. Others                                                     Canada                                                45%         48%
think that many people are                                                    Netherlands                                               45%        49%
just too easily offended.                                                         Belgium                                            42%         52%
                                                                             South Korea                                           40%      57%
Where would you place                                                              France                                         39%               48%
yourself on this scale? 0 –                                                      Hungary                                       36%         58%
people are too easily offended,                                                    Poland                                    33%       62%
7 – need to change the way                                                          Spain                                  31%        63%
                                                                                Argentina                                29%             60%
people talk                                                                  South Africa                                29%        66%
The British public emerge as the                                                 Germany                               27%                59%
                                                                                Singapore                              27%         67%
most likely to say that people are too                                             Mexico                              27%         67%
easily offended, followed by those in                                                 Italy                          25%           67%
                                                                                     Chile                          24%         70%
Australia and the US. At the other
                                                                                   Russia                          23%           69%
end of the spectrum, people in India,                                                Peru                          23%          70%
Turkey and China are most likely to                                                 Brazil                         23%          70%
                                                                                 Malaysia                         22%          71%
feel that people need to change the
                                                                                    Japan                        21%                       58%
way they talk to be more sensitive to                                        Saudi Arabia                        21%                    61%
those from different backgrounds.                                                  Turkey                    16%          76%
                                                                                     India                  15%           76%
                                                                                    China                 12%                 72%
On balance, most countries tend
towards thinking that we need to                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021

change the way people talk.

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These are the results of a 28-market survey                   The samples in Brazil, Chile, mainland China,
 conducted by Ipsos on its Global Advisor online               India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia,
 platform. Ipsos interviewed a total of 23,004 adults          Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, and Turkey
 aged 18-74 in Singapore, 18-74 in the United                  are more urban, more educated, and/or more
 States, Canada, Malaysia, South Africa and                    affluent than the general population. The survey
 Turkey, 21-74 in Singapore and 16-74 in 22 other              results for these markets should be viewed as
 markets between 23 December 2020 and 8                        reflecting the views of the more “connected”
 January 2021.                                                 segment of their population.

 The sample consists of approximately 1,000                    The data is weighted so that each country’s
 individuals in each of Australia, Belgium, Brazil,            sample composition best reflects the demographic
 Canada, mainland China, France, Germany, Great                profile of the adult population according to the
 Britain, Italy, Japan, Spain and the U.S., and 500            most recent census data.
 individuals in each of Argentina, Chile, Hungary,
                                                               “The Global Country Average” reflects the average
 India, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru,
                                                               result for all the countries where the survey was
 Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South
                                                               conducted. It has not been adjusted to the
 Africa, South Korea, Sweden, and Turkey.
                                                               population size of each country and is not
 The samples in Argentina, Australia, Belgium,                 intended to suggest a total result.
 Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain,
                                                               Where results do not sum to 100 or the ‘difference’
 Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland,
                                                               appears to be +/-1 more/less than the actual, this
 South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the U.S. can be
                                                               may be due to rounding, multiple responses, or
 taken as representative of their general adult
                                                               the exclusion of “don’t know” or not stated
 population under the age of 75.
                                                               responses.

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This study did not have any external sponsors or partners.
 It was initiated and run by Ipsos with the intention to share
 our understanding about the world we live in and how
 citizens around the globe think & feel about their world.

For more information

Sjoerd van Heck
Ipsos Public Affairs
    sjoerd.vanheck@ipsos.com
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