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How Well Do You Know Your Own Country?

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday December 03 2015, @01:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the apparently-not-well-at-all dept.

The Guardian reports on a multi-national survey by the Ipsos Mori market research company, comparing people's perception of a number of national statistics with the actual statistics. There's also an interactive quiz which allows you to feel superior to your countrymen. Some of the findings:

  • In most countries, people overestimate the number of immigrants, often by large margins. In USA, the average guess was 33%, the real figure is 14.3%.
  • Similarly, most countries grossly overestimate the number of atheists and agnostics.
  • The country with the most accurate self-perception was South Korea, followed by Ireland and Poland.
  • Mexico, India, and Brazil were the most inaccurate.
  • Britain ranked mid-table in 16th place, while the US was fifth.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @03:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @03:48PM (#271397)

    I work with one. She is a software dev. It's non-stop cursing in Korean, burping, slamming doors, and simultaneous complaining to other nearby devs to keep quiet.

    She is special.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Thursday December 03 2015, @04:05PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday December 03 2015, @04:05PM (#271408) Journal

    Take care--she'll cut you.

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    Washington DC delenda est.

    • (Score: 5, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Thursday December 03 2015, @04:18PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 03 2015, @04:18PM (#271414) Journal

      LOL - I often read people who say "I'm married to (fill in favorite or least favorite nationality, religion, culture, race, etc) and THEY AREN'T LIKE YOU SAY!" Now, when a person writes, "I'm married to _____________ AND THEY ARE FUCKING NUTS!" - well, I can believe that. I mean, she had to be fucking nuts to marry you, right? ;^)

      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday December 03 2015, @11:14PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday December 03 2015, @11:14PM (#271606) Journal

        Well, at least deeply mistaken.

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        Washington DC delenda est.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 04 2015, @12:52AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 04 2015, @12:52AM (#271637)

        Well one would surely assume that fucking, and particularly the use of someone's nuts, would eventually happen given a long enough marriage!