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Chinese Struggling Less Than Americans to Afford Basics
Almost one in five Americans say they did not have enough money for food in
the past year
by Rajesh Srinivasan and Bryant Ott
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Gallup surveys in China and the U.S. reveal Chinese are
struggling less than Americans to put food on their tables. Six percent of
Chinese in 2011 say there have been times in the past 12 months when they
did not have enough money to buy food that they or their family needed, down
significantly from 16% in 2008. Over the same period, the percentage of
Americans saying they did not have money for food in the previous 12 months
more than doubled from 9% in 2008 to 19% in 2011.
Chinese are also struggling less to afford adequate shelter. Sixteen percent
of Chinese say in 2011 there have been times in the past 12 months when
they did not have enough money to provide adequate shelter or housing for
themselves and their families. This marks considerable progress since 2008,
when 21% of Chinese had trouble providing shelter.
Fewer Americans are struggling with housing costs than Chinese, but the
number of Americans who are struggling is increasing. Eleven percent of
Americans say there have been times in the past 12 months when they could
not afford adequate housing, up from 5% in 2008.
Bottom Line
Since the financial crisis began in 2008, more Americans have struggled to
buy the food and shelter they and their families need. In China, on the
other hand, fewer are struggling despite a slight slowdown in the country's
economic growth.
Key behavioral metrics such as having enough food and adequate shelter are
important for leaders to track, Gallup Chairman Jim Clifton writes in his
new book, The Coming Jobs War, "not only because they occur before job and
GDP growth … but also because without these basic requirements, the
populace doesn't have the energy to solve its everyday problems."
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Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with
approximately 4,100 adults in China and approximately 1,000 adults in the U.
S., aged 15 and older, conducted each year from 2007 to 2011. For results
based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95%
confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error ranged from ±2.1 to ±
4.1 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and
practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias
into the findings of public opinion polls. |
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