[Blog Assignment 1] WVS analysis : People who don´t work turn lazy / Feeling of happiness

 

The high unemployment rate in modern society causes many problems. Why is the global unemployment rate still high? People explain that there are many problems. There are problems such as economy not recovered after the global financial crisis, new problems of a breakthrough in youth unemployment, the lack of relatively well-equipped jobs, immigrants with low labor costs as opposed to high labor costs for their own citizens, and the imbalance of wealth among classes.

Currently, the worst unemployment crisis is taking place as the economic downturn continues due to the Corona 19 Pandemics that have hit the world. With Corona 19 dealing a serious blow to the economy, we looked at several statistics about recognition on unemployment and the unemployed. Among them, we could find statistics on the subject of 'Will people who don't work be lazy?'

I analyzed the WVS investigation on the subject of 'People who don´t work turn lazy.' Egypt was the country where the most people agreed. On the contrary, the smallest country was Sweden. Rather, in Sweden, unlike 13 other countries, there were more people who disagreed than those who agreed.

The results were sharply divided into Asian countries and European/American countries. Looking at how many people agreed on the subject, Asian countries and Italy took the top spot, and European/American countries took the bottom. These results clearly show that cultures are different by country (continent). Italy, the only European country in the top ranks, has a lower education level in Europe. According to Italy's National Statistical Office (ISTAT) as of 2020, there is a wide gap in educational level and economic power in Italy.

Italy also ranks second in the world in aging. The elderly account for about 23 percent of Italy's total population. Therefore, employment is important and most people prefer diligent daily life.

From these statistics, we can see that each country has a large difference in their thinking about 'working is diligent' and 'not working is lazy'. The degree of 'negative perception of unemployment' would have affected the results. The more negative the perception, the more likely it is to agree on the topic.

The second topic is happiness. The whole world is depressed enough to have a new word "corona blue." Depression is no longer an unusual disease to the extent that it is common to see people suffering from depression around us.

How much happiness do we feel in our lives? Is it right for me to live with happiness now? The subject of this statistic is the country-wide difference in how much happiness you feel. 

Most countries responded that they were feeling happy. The countries with the largest number of respondents who responded that they were feeling happy were Vietnam, Sweden, Britain and France, while the fewest were Greece and Egypt.

As each country has a different situation and culture, there may be a country that can often feel happy or not. Of course, even if the fewest people said they felt happy, it is never a low figure. Relative standards are just opinions, not low by absolute standards.

Actually, in the case of Greece, 71.4 percent of the respondents said they were happy, with more than a majority of the respondents saying they felt happy. Egypt also answered positively about 71.6 percent. 

The survey was conducted on countries from various cultures because they wanted to compare different countries, and Korea received an ordinary result. Korea, which had a low level of happiness among OECD countries, has a new result as it expands its subject a little. Among the object of investigation, South Korea ranked in the middle.