{"id":254199,"date":"2018-06-26T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=254199"},"modified":"2018-06-26T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T09:00:51","slug":"south-africa-is-one-of-the-most-inclusive-countries-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/254199\/south-africa-is-one-of-the-most-inclusive-countries-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa is one of the most inclusive countries in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa has been named as one of the most inclusive nations in the world – behind only Canada and the USA – when it comes to social acceptance on the basis of religion, immigration, sexual orientation and gender identity, political views, and criminal background.<\/p>\n

Notably, while South Africans are near the top of the rankings when it comes to religion, immigrants and\u00a0LGBT Inclusiveness – we top the rankings when it comes to being the nation most inclusive of people with criminal backgrounds and extreme political views.<\/p>\n

This is according to a new\u00a0Inclusiveness Index, based on the findings of an Ipsos Global Advisor survey conducted in April and May 2018.<\/p>\n

For the study, Ipsos interviewed over 20,700 men and women in 27 countries, asking questions about as many as 28 different ‘types’ of people.<\/p>\n

For each type, respondents were asked if they consider such a person to be a ‘real’ national (e.g., ‘a real American’ in the US, ‘a real Brazilian’ in Brazil, etc.) or not.<\/p>\n

The overall Inclusiveness Index score is calculated by averaging the net scores (‘real’ percentage minus ‘not real’ percentage) for six constructs:<\/p>\n