FACTBOX: Poll of consumer confidence in 22 countries
(Reuters) - The financial crisis is shattering global confidence, said an Ipsos survey of 22,000 people from 22 countries published on Tuesday.
Here is the percentage of consumers who believe their country's economic situation is good:
November 2008 April 2007
TOTAL 31 percent 55 percent
ARGENTINA 19 percent 50 percent
AUSTRALIA 40 percent 78 percent
BRAZIL 61 percent 42 percent
BRITAIN 10 percent 55 percent
CANADA 48 percent 80 percent
CHINA 46 percent 90 percent
CZECH REPUBLIC 49 percent 51 percent
FRANCE 13 percent 27 percent
GERMANY 30 percent 58 percent
INDIA 65 percent 88 percent
ITALY 9 percent 28 percent
MEXICO 20 percent 42 percent
THE NETHERLANDS 52 percent 72 percent
POLAND 51 percent 50 percent
RUSSIA 52 percent 65 percent
SOUTH KOREA 5 percent 16 percent
SPAIN 15 percent 59 percent
SWEDEN 53 percent 64 percent
TURKEY 19 percent 30 percent
UNITED STATES 11 percent 47 percent
BELGIUM 22 percent 53 percent ***
JAPAN 3 percent 27 percent ***
*** Question not asked in Belgium and Japan in April 2007. It was asked for the first time in October 2007.
The survey can be seen at www.ipsos-na.com/news.
Respondents in the online poll are managed, recruited and screened, the survey said. The results are then balanced by age, gender, city population and education levels. The margin for error is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Howard Goller)
