Armenia Archives

Attitudes towards disinformation on social media in Armenia and Georgia

17 October, 2023

Armenian and Georgian internet users have different perspectives on the effect of social media disinformation and its effect on their respective countries, with a CRRC analysis finding that Armenians are more likely to state that social media has a negative…

Are Georgians and Armenians becoming more or less tolerant?

28 October, 2020

Surveys carried out in Georgia and in Armenia in 2009 and 2019 asked respondents if they approved or disapproved of doing business with or marriages with people of 12 other ethnicities. So, are Georgians and Armenians becoming more or less…

Men report doing more at home than they likely do in Armenia and Georgia

6 May, 2019

In Armenia and Georgia, traditional gender roles continue to define the division of labour within families. Although a few tasks are within men’s domain and a few others are more or less equally shared, for the most part, women hold…

Willingness to temporarily emigrate from Armenia and Georgia: Does education matter?

4 June, 2018

A previous CRRC blog post showed how people’s willingness to temporarily emigrate from Armenia and Georgia varied according to their belief in whether everything in life is determined by fate or people shape their fate themselves. The blog post concluded that compared…

Five data points about homophobia in Georgia five years after the IDAHOT riot

16 May, 2018

Five years ago, on May 17, 2013 a homophobic riot took place in Tbilisi in response to a small LGBTQ rights demonstration on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. Thousands of protestors, including frocked priests, chased the demonstrators through the streets…

Willingness to temporarily emigrate from Armenia and Georgia: Does fatalism matter?

7 May, 2018

Scholarship points to a number of factors that contribute to an individual’s willingness to emigrate, either on a temporary or permanent basis. Political, economic, and social conditions are all important variables in the emigration equation. This blog post uses data from CRRC’s Caucasus Barometer survey to…

During Sargsyan’s incumbency, dissatisfaction with government grew and support for protest increased

30 April, 2018

Serzh Sargsyan, formerly the President and then Prime Minister of Armenia, resigned from office on April 23rd, 2018, following 11 days of peaceful protest. Over the past 10 years, which coincide with Sargsyan’s time in office, Armenians were increasingly dissatisfied with their…

What factors help to land a good job? Views in Armenia and Georgia

12 February, 2018

What are the factors that help one get a good job? The question is important around the world, and arguably even more important in countries with high reported unemployment, like Georgia and Armenia. While it would require an in-depth study of the…