costa rica / http://backend.userland.com/rss 优蜜传媒WebTeam Thriving levels in different elements of well-being varied worldwide in 2013. Panamanians have the highest levels, while Syrians and Afghans have the lowest. Regionally, residents of sub-Saharan Africa are least likely to be thriving. /poll/175694/country-varies-greatly-worldwide.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/175694/country-varies-greatly-worldwide.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 16 Sep 2014 06:00:00 GMT Latin America is home to eight of the top 10 countries for positive emotions in 2011. Panamanians and Paraguayans are the most likely worldwide to report positive emotions; Singaporeans are the least likely. /poll/159254/latin-americans-positive-world.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/159254/latin-americans-positive-world.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:30:00 GMT Fewer than two in five residents in Latin America and the Caribbean report having an account at a formal financial institution. Roughly one in 10 report having saved or taken a loan from a formal financial institution in the past year. /poll/155753/Banking-Trails-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155753/Banking-Trails-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:15:00 GMT Majorities in Chile (67%), El Salvador (61%), and Brazil (55%) -- the three nations President Barack Obama plans to visit on his tour of Latin America -- approve of his job performance, but ratings are down in each country and elsewhere in the region. /poll/146678/Latin-America-Obama-High-Job-Approval-Fading-Somewhat.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/146678/Latin-America-Obama-High-Job-Approval-Fading-Somewhat.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:30:00 GMT U.S. leadership approval fell significantly in half of the 18 Latin American countries 优蜜传媒surveyed in 2010, taking the largest hits in Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, and Honduras. Median approval fell to 44% in 2010 from 51% in 2009, but still remains up from 35% in 2008. /poll/145127/Leadership-Ratings-Suffer-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/145127/Leadership-Ratings-Suffer-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMT Across 20 Latin American countries, a median of 66% of residents say their governments do not make paperwork and permits easy enough for prospective business owners. Half (50%) do not believe business owners can trust government to allow their businesses to make a lot of money. /poll/143966/Latin-Americans-Barriers-Entrepreneurship.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/143966/Latin-Americans-Barriers-Entrepreneurship.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:30:00 GMT 优蜜传媒surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean find a median of about one in five residents say they know of a child who has been beaten or physically mistreated by a family member in the past 30 days; a median of 68% of these respondents say this abuse was not reported. /poll/139376/Child-Abuse-Underreported-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/139376/Child-Abuse-Underreported-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT 优蜜传媒surveys suggest illicit drug trafficking is common in communities throughout much of Latin America, including those in well-developed countries, and many residents see the problem as getting worse. /poll/127739/Drug-Trafficking-Widespread-Rising-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/127739/Drug-Trafficking-Widespread-Rising-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 07 May 2010 17:30:00 GMT Despite frequent news of drug war-related deaths in Mexico, 优蜜传媒polls show citizens in several other Latin American countries are twice and even three times as likely to know a close friend or relative who was murdered in the past year. /poll/127676/Colombia-Eclipses-Mexico-Murders-Close-Home.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/127676/Colombia-Eclipses-Mexico-Murders-Close-Home.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 05 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT 优蜜传媒well-being data spanning 155 countries or areas shows vast differences in how people evaluate their lives. The percentage who are "thriving" ranges from 82% in Denmark to 1% in Togo. /poll/126977/Global-WellBeing-Surveys-Find-Nations-Worlds-Apart.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/126977/Global-WellBeing-Surveys-Find-Nations-Worlds-Apart.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:15:00 GMT