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Russians Are Afraid of Terrorism, Divorce
The European research company GfK has published the results of its research on fear. It discovered that people fear terrorism, illness and death most, and divorce least. Russia ranked highest of the 20 countries involved for fear of divorce. GfK polled 21,000 people over the age of 15 in 20 countries in the autumn of 2007.
The researchers found that that terrorism is feared throughout the world. The Spanish ranked highest (47% of respondents). It was followed by Russia (41%). In the United States, the attitude is calmer (18%). Illness and death ranked second among the world's fears. The average for all respondents was 33 percent. That fear was highest in Bulgaria (55%) and lowest in the U.S. (16%) and Great Britain (12%). Russia tied with Switzerland at 41 percent. Global warming worries 34 percent of Swedes, but only 5 percent of Russians. Russians and Turk ranked high for fear of divorce at 7 percent, while the world average was 2 percent, tying with the fear of spiders.
GFK does marketing and sociological research. The company was founded in Germany in 1925 and began to branch out internationally in 1967. It has offices in practically all the countries of the world today. Russian sociologists comment that the results of the study reflect instability in Russia (high fear of terrorism and disease) and the importance of the family to Russians (high fear of divorce).
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Mar. 06, 2008
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