PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Pew Research Center, Sub-Saharan Africa
27 Oct 2016
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The global divide on homosexuality - greater acceptance in more secular and affluent countries. Pew research center survey finds huge variance by region on whether homosexuality should be accepted or rejected by society: broad acceptance of homosexuality in. Much of latin america the european union: e(cid:395)uall(cid:455) (cid:449)idesp(cid:396)ead (cid:396)eje(cid:272)tio(cid:374) i(cid:374) . Parts of asia and in russia acceptability of homosexuality is divided in. Attitudes about homosexuality have been fairly stable in recent years: except in south korea, the united states and canada. Percentage saying homosexuality should be accepted by society has grown by at least ten percentage points since 2007. The survey also finds that acceptance of homosexuality is particularly widespread in (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)ies (cid:449)he(cid:396)e (cid:396)eligio(cid:374) is less (cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)al i(cid:374) people"s li(cid:448)es: these are also among the richest countries in the world. In contrast, in poorer countries with high levels of religiosity, few believe homosexuality should be accepted by society. Age: younger respondents are more tolerant than older ones.
