India is second most ignorant nation of the world: Survey
Source: Press Trust of India
India is second most ignorant nation of the world: Survey
Posted on: 06:54 PM IST Dec 06, 2015
Press Trust of India
London: India has the "dubious honour" of being the second most ignorant nation in the world after Mexico, according to a survey which posed questions on issues like inequality, non-religious population, female employment and internet access. The survey conducted by Ipsos MORI, a London-based market research firm, polled 25,000 people from 33 countries and found that while people "over-estimate what we worry about", a lot of major issues are underestimated.
"Mexico and India receive the dubious honour of being the most inaccurate in their perceptions on these issues, while South Koreans are the most accurate, followed by the Irish," the survey said. The rankings of the nations were based on the "Index of Ignorance" which was determined by questions about wealth that the top one per cent own, obesity, non-religious population, immigration, living with parents, female employment, rural living and internet access.
Most Indians "underestimate" how much of their country's wealth is concentrated in the hands of the top 1 per cent, the survey said, adding that the top 1 per cent actually own an "incredible" 70 per cent of all wealth. The survey also found that most Indians "hugely overestimate" the proportions of non-religious people in the country to be 33 per cent when the true figure is under 1 per cent.
While Israel significantly underestimates the proportion of female employment (by 29 percentage points), people in countries like India, Mexico, South Africa and Chile all think of more women in work than really are, it said. India fell in the list of nations which overestimate representation by women in politics. Countries like Columbia, Russia, India and Brazil all think there is better female representation than there really is, the survey said.
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The "T" in "too" should have been capped. Common mistake, but as they say, garbage in garbage out.
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corporations!!!.
:JestJoking:
two decades now, or as a research study found, its viewers tested less knowledgeable about what's happening than people who watch no news at all. I'm pretty sure we can't be wrong. 
These were the results in last year's survey by the same outfit, Ipsos Mori. The list is completely different. Did the world change that much in a year? Or did the criteria change?
Last year's survey here:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ignorance-index-reveals-most-uninformed-nations-italy-us-south-korea-top-oblivious-list-1472319
