Americans' views of China have continued to worsen after 2018. Among American adults in 2024, unfavorable views of China were voiced by 77 percent of respondents after having reached a high of 84 percent in early 2023. In 2005, that figure had stood at just 47 percent.

Two thirds of Republicans strongly or somewhat approve the forced divesture/potential #ban of #TikTok . Democratic voters are almost evenly split on the issue, with 40 percent of respondents in favor of legislative action against TikTok and its parent company.

Between 2010 and 2022, roughly two thirds of funding for #malaria control and elimination was provided by international countries and donors while another third was provided by the governments of endemic countries.

According to immunization coverage data by the World Health Organization, the #vaccine against tuberculosis was still the most widespread in the world in the year 2022 with a coverage level of 87 percent.

In 2023 as many as 17.3 million U.S. citizens considered themselves to be digital nomads. This number has more than doubled since 2019, most certainly supported by the increase in remote work opportunities since the COVID-19 pandemic.

E-book penetration still trails that of printed books in the vast majority of countries around the world. In the United States for example, 20 percent of the population are estimated to have purchased an e-book last year.

Global plastics use has increased rapidly over the past few decades, growing 250 percent since 1990 to reach 460 million tonnes in 2019, according to the #OECD ’s Global #Plastics Outlook, which projects another 67-percent increase in global plastics use by 2040.

Consumers around the world are painfully aware of the need for more environmentally friendly packaging. It was found that eco-friendly, e.g. #recyclable , non- #plastic or minimal #packaging is among the most widely recognized levers for more sustainable consumption.

According to findings from Statista Consumer Insights, just 1 in 4 U.S. adults still prefers hard copies of films, books or music these days. More than twice as many respondents, 55 percent, said that they want to access their music/movies on all their devices.

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After there’s been a lot of talk about a so-called soft landing, the U.S. economy’s continued strength along with some hotter-than-expected #inflation readings has given rise to a new buzzword, the “no landing” scenario.

With #India ’s general #elections kicking off today, Statista Consumer Insights surveyed more than 24,000 urban online respondents in the country about which issues they consider to be the most pressing in India right now. #Unemployment was the answer most frequently selected.

A survey by identity verification provider @Regula shows that a sizable chunk of their companies were targeted by one of three methods of advanced identity fraud.

As a recent survey by Microsoft shows, fakes, scams and abuse, caused by AI, are what online users worldwide are most worried about.

Americans see plenty of culprits for the ongoing #fentanyl crisis that is taking tens of thousand of American lives each year. According to a #YouGov / #Economist poll conducted in November 2023, people put the most blame on drug dealers who illegally sell fentanyl

China and India had sent the most highly skilled #migrants abroad as of the latest available date. Yet, compared to the size of their populations, the numbers are comparably low.

North American and European universities are cutting research links due to geopolitical tensions far more drastically than in other regions of the world, according to data from the International Association of #Universities .

According to the gay travel index, last year’s leading destination Malta is joined at the top by Spain, Canada, New Zealand and Portugal as the safest for #LGBT + travelers. At the other end come Saudi Arabia, Iran, the Republic of Chechnya in Russia and Afghanistan.

#Prevention is the best way to stop disease in its tracks. A survey by Statista Consumer Insights shows the nations where regular #medical #check -ups are common practice. South Korea (61 percent) and Brazil (52 percent) serve as role models.

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