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<p class="MsoNormal">Pew Research Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/">https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Changing World: Global Views on Diversity, Gender Equality, Family Life & Importance of Religion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">People see more diversity and gender equality happening but say family ties have weakened<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">By
</span><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jacob-poushter"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Jacob Poushter</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">,
</span><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/janell-fetterolf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Janell Fetterolf</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> and
</span><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/christine-tamir"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Christine Tamir</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> – April 22, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000">Is diversity on the rise? Has gender equality increased? Does religion play a more or less important
role than in the past? And are family ties stronger or weaker than they used to be?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="color:#C00000">Pew Research Center posed these questions to 30,133 people in 27 countries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/pg_2019-04-22_global-views-cultural-change_0-01/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="640" height="357" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D50DBE.8FCA8820" alt="Chart showing that the prevailing view across the 27 survey countries is that diversity and gender equality have increased, while ties to family and religion have faded."></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The results are clear on three of these aspects. Medians of around seven-in-ten say their countries have become
more diverse and that gender equality has increased over the past 20 years. And roughly six-in-ten across the countries surveyed say that family ties have weakened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On the importance of religion, there is more variation by country. Overall, a median of 37% say that religion
plays a less important role in their countries than it did 20 years ago, while 27% say it plays a more important role.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For all four questions, a sizable portion of the population (about one-in-five) say there has been no change over
the past two decades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These questions measure whether people perceive change. But how do people feel about social and cultural change
itself?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To better understand this, we added a follow-up to our initial questions on diversity, gender equality, family
ties and religion: Is this a good or bad thing for the country? To accurately classify these responses, we took people who said there was an increase (for example in diversity) and that this was a good thing, and then combined them with people who said diversity
had decreased and they felt this was bad. On the other side, we combined people who said there was an increase and that it was bad with those who saw a decrease in diversity and thought it was good for society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/pg_2019-04-22_global-views-cultural-change_0-02/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="640" height="497" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.png@01D50DBE.8FCA8820" alt="Chart showing how the survey respondents' reactions to change were analyzed."></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This allowed us to gauge support for increasing or decreasing diversity, gender equality and a more important
role for religion in their countries. Since large majorities in most countries told us that family ties were weakening and that it was a bad thing, we did not do this analysis on that question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">One difficulty in the way this question was constructed and analyzed is that people who say that there has been
no change in their country on the various issues are kept in the “no change” column for the follow-up analysis. So, for those who have perceived no change – and thus, no effect from change – it’s hard to determine whether they think the status quo is good
because there has not been societal change, or bad because society has not changed enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/pg_2019-04-22_global-views-cultural-change_0-03/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="640" height="640" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.png@01D50DBE.8FCA8820" alt="Chart showing that globally, people strongly favor more gender equality, express less support for increased diversity, and do not oppose a more important role for religion."></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The results of this analysis reveal people are strongly in favor of increased gender equality but share more tepid
enthusiasm for increased ethnic, religious and racial diversity. And despite </span>
<a href="https://www.pewforum.org/2018/05/29/being-christian-in-western-europe/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">secularization trends</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">,
most across the 27 countries surveyed do not oppose a more important role for religion in their society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In addition, roughly half or more in 24 of the countries surveyed say that family ties are weakening, and in all
those countries at least half say that this is a bad thing. In Indonesia and the Philippines, people think family ties are strengthening and that this is a good thing. Nigerians are divided on the state of family ties in their country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Pew Research Center’s research on globalization and cultural change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Pew Research Center has been researching the concept of cultural change for almost two decades. In 2002, the first
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2003/06/03/chapter-4-globalization-with-few-discontents/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">44-nation Global Attitudes Survey</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
was primarily focused on the concept of “globalization” and how that impacts people’s lives in countries around the world. Back then, at a time when rapid technological advances were starting to make their way across the globe and interconnectedness was becoming
a fact of life, people were positive about many of the economic and cultural changes that were taking place. And
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2003/06/03/chapter-4-globalization-with-few-discontents/#young-people-more-likely-to-favor-globalization"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">young people were especially keen</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
on globalization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In 2007, the Center again embarked on a study about globalization and its effects
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2007/10/04/world-publics-welcome-global-trade-but-not-immigration/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">in a survey of 47 nations</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
As in 2002, we saw widespread support for the economic benefits of globalization, including trade and free markets. But these results were tempered
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2008/06/24/assessing-globalization/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">by concerns about the downsides</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
of such rapid change. “There are widely shared concerns about the free flow of people, ideas and resources that globalization entails. In nearly every country surveyed, people worry about losing their traditional culture and national identities, and they feel
their way of life needs protection against foreign influences. Importantly, the poll finds widespread concerns about immigration. … Those who worry the most about immigration also tend to see the greatest need for protecting traditional ways of life against
foreign influences.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The survey also found “egalitarian”
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2007/10/04/chapter-5-views-on-gender-issues/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">views about gender roles</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
in terms of equal education for boys and girls and female political leadership. In 2010, a
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2010/07/01/gender-equality/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">follow-up study in 22 nations</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> suggested
that people around the world still believed that women should have equal rights to men and that boys should not have preferential treatment in pursuing higher education. However, in many countries people acknowledged that gender inequality still existed and
that men often had better lives than women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">By 2013, the Center was keen on exploring questions about diversity, morality and acceptance of minorities to
help better understand the changing nature of global culture. Here, there were some stark reminders that huge divides still existed between countries with more advanced economies and those still emerging and developing. For example, on the topic of gay rights,
the </span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">2013 survey in 39 countries</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
showed massive differences between the 88% acceptance of homosexuality in Spain and the 1% acceptance in Nigeria. And on a
</span><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2014/04/15/global-morality/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">host of other questions</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> about
values, such as alcohol use and divorce, there were stark divides between those in countries with a strong affinity for religion and those where religion has become less important. But the West was certainly not free of doubts about diversity and the effects
of cultural change on their countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In 2015, a massive influx of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/08/02/number-of-refugees-to-europe-surges-to-record-1-3-million-in-2015/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">poured into Europe</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">,
causing substantial rifts among many political coalitions in prominent European countries. By 2016, the Center was tracking both attitudes toward the
</span><a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/09/16/european-opinions-of-the-refugee-crisis-in-5-charts/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">government’s response to the refugee crisis</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
and overall views of </span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/07/11/europeans-not-convinced-growing-diversity-is-a-good-thing-divided-on-what-determines-national-identity/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">diversity
and immigration</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. On both counts, Europeans questioned their government’s handling of the refugee issue (and the European Union’s) and expressed concerns about growing diversity in
their countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We continue to explore key aspects of globalization and its economic effects in the present day. In 2018,
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/09/26/americans-like-many-in-other-advanced-economies-not-convinced-of-trades-benefits/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">we again found that</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
people like the concept of free trade but are not wholly convinced of its benefits. In addition, when asked about the financial situation of average people in their country, many say that
</span><a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/09/18/is-the-present-better-than-the-past/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">average people are worse off</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
compared with 20 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On the concept of the importance of religion among the world’s population, a
</span><a href="http://www.pewforum.org/2018/06/13/how-religious-commitment-varies-by-country-among-people-of-all-ages/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">2018 analysis of 106 countries</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
demonstrates that people are generally more religious in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America, and generally less religious in Europe, North America, East Asia and Australia. This helps explain some of the variation on whether the changing
importance of religion is a good thing or bad thing in the current study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In sum, the concept of globalization is one that will continue to be reflected in our research as we try to understand
public opinion in an ever-changing world. This study seeks to answer just a small part of that change, which will engage researchers for years to come.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="views-of-diversity-in-north-america-euro"></a><a name="toc-anchor-43987-2"></a><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Views of diversity
in North America, Europe and Australia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Across Europe, North America and Australia, there is strong consensus that diversity has increased in their countries.
And for the most part, that diversity is welcomed. Two exceptions are Greece, where 62% oppose a more diverse country, and to a lesser extent Italy, where 45% oppose diversity. But in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia and Spain, roughly
six-in-ten say they are in favor of more diversity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There are divides, however, within countries across a variety of demographic and political groups. In Europe,
North America and Australia, people who are more in favor of diversity tend to be younger, have more education and place themselves on the left end of the political spectrum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/pg_2019-04-22_global-views-cultural-change_0-04/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="640" height="468" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.png@01D50DBE.8FCA8820" alt="Table showing that the young, more educated and left-leaning people are more in favor of increasing diversity."></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In several European countries, people with favorable opinions of right-wing, anti-immigration parties are more
opposed to increased diversity in their country. For example, those that have a favorable view of the Sweden Democrats are roughly three times less likely to favor more diversity than are those who have an unfavorable view of this party. Similar differences
appear between supporters and nonsupporters of AfD in Germany, PVV in the Netherlands, UKIP in the UK and National Rally (formerly National Front) in France. (See
</span><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/how-people-around-the-world-view-diversity-in-their-countries"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Chapter 1</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
for more information.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="men-are-more-likely-than-women-to-say-ge"></a><a name="toc-anchor-43987-3"></a><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Men are more likely
than women to say gender equality has increased<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/pg_2019-04-22_global-views-cultural-change_0-05/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="310" height="643" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image005.png@01D50DBE.8FCA8820" alt="Chart showing that in many countries, men are more likely than women to say gender equality has increased in their country."></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In
many of the countries surveyed, men are more likely than women to say that gender equality has increased in their country over the past 20 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For example, 78% of German men say that gender equality has increased over the past 20 years, versus only 62%
of women. Double-digit differences also occur in Japan, the UK, Canada, South Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, the U.S., Sweden and Kenya.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">However, women are also more likely than men to say that there has been no change in gender equality in their
countries over the past 20 years. This is true in 11 of the countries surveyed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="desire-for-an-increasing-role-for-religi"></a><a name="toc-anchor-43987-4"></a><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Desire for an increasing
role for religion is linked to religious salience<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Opinions vary widely across the countries surveyed on whether religion plays a more or less important role compared
with 20 years ago. Those saying religion is more important ranges from 7% in Spain and 8% in Japan to 83% in Indonesia and 65% in Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">But overall, there is a strong correlation between those who see religion’s role in society growing and those
who think religion is very important in their lives (+0.73).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/pg_2019-04-22_global-views-cultural-change_0-06/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="640" height="597" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image006.png@01D50DBE.8FCA8820" alt="Chart showing that those who say religion is very important are much more likely to say it plays a more important role than it did 20 years ago."></span></a><a name="spotlight-on-the-role-of-ideology-in-fav"></a><a name="toc-anchor-43987-5"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spotlight on the role of ideology in favoring more religion in society<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/04/22/a-changing-world-global-views-on-diversity-gender-equality-family-life-and-the-importance-of-religion/pg_2019-04-22_global-views-cultural-change_0-07/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="420" height="600" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image007.png@01D50DBE.8FCA8820" alt="Chart showing that in North America, Europe, and Australia, those on the ideological right are more in favor of an increased role for religion in their country than those on the left."></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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