costa rica / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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 Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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 Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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 Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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, Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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 Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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