More from the new Alternative Media USAID-CRRC dataset. Most Armenians are getting online (primarily) from home. (I wish that it had had some sort of ranking or estimate of hours, but it is what it is.) And how do people get online at home? Cable, 3G flash card, and still dial up (I can do…
How do Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians feel about the direction in which their countries are headed? The 2010 Caucasus Barometer tells us that opinions on this are mixed. Few people in any of the three countries think that their country is definitely headed in the right direction (3% Armenia, 11% Azerbaijan, 11% Georgia), although some…
This analysis was conducted on the 2007 Caucasus Barometer on questions dealing with approval of being friends with, doing business with, and marrying other nationalities/ethnic groups. (I apologize that this is more “statistics-y” than other posts. I did this analysis for a statistics class assignment a few years ago but thought that people might be…
According to the 2010 Caucasus Barometer, people in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have strong opinions about how their governments treat citizens. Three-quarters of Armenians (74%) do not believe that the Armenian government treats its citizens fairly (half strongly believe this and half somewhat believe this). Half of Azerbaijanis and 43 percent of Georgians think that…
People in the Caucasus think that their court systems favor some people over others, according to the 2010 Caucasus Barometer. Over half of Armenians (54%) and Azerbaijanis (57%) believe that this, and 43 percent of Georgians do. And while those that say that they don’t know are high in each country (10% of Armenians, 18%…
Do Caucasians feel that they have the right to express themselves publicly? Not so much! While many Georgians (61%) think so, in Armenia and Azerbaijan, public opinion is mixed on this topic. Freedomofspeech View more presentations from Katy Pearce.