Methodology

In total 29,913 citizens in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama), Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone between 24 November, 2008 and 27 February, 2009.

The poll was fielded in 15 of the G20 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the USA.

Question M4b was not fielded in Japan.

Polling was conducted for BBC World Service by GlobeScan and its research partners in each country. In 9 of the 24 countries, the sample was limited to major urban areas. The margin of error per country ranges from +/-2.3 to 3.5 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

¹In Brazil the survey was conducted in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Curitiba, Goiânia, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and São Paulo, representing 17.5% of the total national adult population.
²In Chile the survey was conducted in 80 cities, representing 85% of the adult national population. The cities were located in Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Atacama, Biobio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgens, Los Lagos, Magallanes y la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Metropolitan, Tarapáca, and Valparaiso regions.
³In China the survey was conducted in Beijing, Beiliu, Chengdu, Dujiangyan, Feyang, Fuyang, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Manzhouli, Quanzhou, Qujing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shuangcheng, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, and Zhengzhou, representing 43% of the total national adult population.
⁴In Costa Rica the survey was conducted in n=36 cities/towns, representing 20% of the total national adult population.
⁵In Egypt the survey was conducted in urban areas of Alexandria, Cairo, Giza, and Shobra Al Khima representing 21% of the total national adult population.
⁶In El Salvador the survey was conducted in n=26 cities/towns, representing 30% of the total national adult population.
⁷In Guatemala the survey was conducted in n=13 cities/towns, representing 21% of the total national adult population.
⁸In Honduras the survey was conducted in n=15 cities/towns, representing 33% of the total adult population.
⁹In Mexico the survey was conducted in Acapulco, Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Juarez, Leon, Mexico City, Monterrey, Morelia Mérida, Oaxaca, Pachuca, Puebla, Tampico, Tijuana, and Veracruz, representing 21% of the total national adult population, and 80% of the residential land lines.
¹⁰In Nicaragua the survey was conducted in n=12 cities/towns, representing 28% of the total national adult population.
¹¹In Panama the survey was conducted in n=52 cities/towns, representing 41% of total urban adult population.
¹²In the Philippines the survey was conducted in the National Capital Region representing 12% of the total national adult population.
¹³In Portugal the survey was conducted in Almada, Amadora, Beja, Braga, Castelo Branco, Évora, Faro, Guarda, Leira, Lisboa, Loures, Oeiras, Porto, Santarém, Setubal, Vila Nova Famalica, Vila Nova Gaia, and Viseau, representing 20% of the total national adult population.
¹⁴In Turkey the survey was conducted in Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Diyarbakir, Erzurum, Istanbul, Izmir, Konya, Samsun, and Zonguldak, representing 34% of the total national adult population.

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