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Launch at #SOTP22 of the first Pacific Attitudes Survey (PAS), conducted in Samoa. PAS gauged views of ordinary Samoans on questions related to democracy, economics, governance, tradition, climate change, social media and international relations.
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Lots of interesting findings on generational differences in political attitudes: Samoan respondents aged 21-29 were significantly less likely (57.9%) to agree that ‘democracy is always preferable to any other kind of government’ than respondents aged 30-59 (67.3%) or 60+ (68.8%).
Responses on climate raise many more questions about awareness of climate effects amongst rural populations, the theology of disasters, and fatalism about responses: “Higher levels of education correlate significantly with greater concern about climate change and its impacts.”
