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Social and cultural comparison of
Greece and other European countries

English version  Nederlandse versie

Source: Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands,
Social and Cultural Report 2000, published September 13, 2000.

English translation available soon for free download from the site above.
© this adaptation and representation: World2C™ Multimedia, 2000. All rights reserved.

 
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Austria
Spain
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
France
Sweden
UK
Netherlands
% of population that is member of a church
99
98
90
90
88
85
84
80
75
72
68
65
61
45
% of population that weekly visits a church
20
62
38
30
20
20
4
3
10
12
5
4
10
11
life expectancy male
81,3
?
80,5
79,4
80,6
81
79,9
79,7
80,6
80,1
81,1
81,2
79,8
79,8
life expectancy female
83,8
?
84,4
82,9
84,2
84,8
84,1
83
84,8
83,8
85,6
84,9
83,3
84
state funding of education per student per year
(x US$ 1000)
5
6,5
11,4
7,5
14,5
7,5
9,7
13,8
10,7
9,6
10,2
10,9
7,8
8,2
average number of school years
15,5
15,9
15,7
16,9
16,0
17,3
17,9
17,5
17,3
16,8
16,6
19,4
17,1
17,2
% of private payment medical care
42
13
23
0
24
21
25
15
13
17
26
13
16
22
number of inhabitants in 2000
(x 1000)
10.161
3786
57.699
9999
8093
39.430
5172
5331
10.234
82.152
59.221
8860
59.631
15.863
inhabitants / km²
79
52
190
108
96
78
15
121
332
229
107
22
242
377
% of marriages ending in divorce
12
?
8
14
32
9
39
44
35
34
33
46
42
32
 
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Austria
Spain
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
France
Sweden
UK
Netherlands
% of couples living together unmarried
2
3
3
4
10
3
18
22
10
9
15
15
10
14
% of single households
18,5
21,5
21,4
13,4
26,8
12,9
34,6
35,9
28,9
33,6
30,2
?
27,9
30,3
% of voters for European Parliament 1999
70
51
75
36
49
64
30
50
90
45
47
38
23
30
% of population member of political party
6,8
3,1
4,1
4
17,7
3,4
9,7
5,1
6,6
2,9
1,6
5,5
1,9
2,5
number of people per 1000 inhabitants supporting Greenpeace
1,9
-
0,5
-
21,6
1,8
1,3
2,6
5,5
6,4
0,4
8,7
2,9
38
"life would be better if we stick to traditions" (%)
71
37
59
60
42
49
46
27
55
44
60
49
51
33
"man must earn the money, woman does the household" (%)
44
23
34
44
30
15
24
13
38
19
26
15
22
19
immigrants are an advantage (+) / disadvantage (-)
-29
+36
-24
+9
-18
+22
+8
0
-45
-24
-8
+1
+19
-9
"my country is racist" (1-10)
2,7
2,5
2,5
2,1
3,5
2,3
3,3
3,7
4,3
3,0
3,8
?
3,0
3,0
average duration of working week (hours)
39,6
37,4
37,4
38,6
37,3
38,8
37,0
34,4
36,0
36,1
36,8
36,3
37,6
31,1
 
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Austria
Spain
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
France
Sweden
UK
Netherlands
average of working hours / year of all workers
1817
1660
1708
1836
?
1754
1732
1588
1640
1604
1635
1537
1747
1498
"happy with the health care system?" (-2 / +2)
-0,6
+0,2
-0,7
-0,65
+0,9
0
+1
+1,4
+0,7
+0,65
+0,6
+0,65
+0,1
+0,65
number of general practitioners/ specialists per 10.000 inhabitants
13/ 21
4/ 3
9/ 5
6/ 21
13/ 16
?/ ?
16/ 14
6/ 1
15/ 16
10/ 22
15/ 15
6/ 22
6/ ?
5/ 10
number of expensive diagnostic CT/ MRI aparatus per million inhabitants
6,1/ 0,3
4,3/ 0,3
14,6/ 4,1
12,3/ 2,8
24,9/ 8,4
9,3/ 3,3
12,5/ 2,4
5,8/ 2,5
16,1/ 3,2
17,1/ 6,2
9,7/ 2,5
10,5/ 1,5
4,3/ 1,0
7,3/ 0,9
% of unemployment
12
8
12
5
5
19
11
5
10
9
12
8
6
4
social security payment for a single in US$
0
375
350
180
350
325
400
500
480
380
375
325
330
540
% of detached houses
28
44
21
47
40
18
38
45
33
26
37
?
23
14
"not enough space in my house" (%)
24
12
17
28
16
22
16
16
14
11
12
?
19
10
% of privately owned houses
76
81
68
66
50
81
?
54
66
41
55
?
66
51
% of rented houses, rented from the state
0
12
5
4
21
1
?
27
9
13
16
?
25
41
 
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Austria
Spain
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
France
Sweden
UK
Netherlands
"not enough leisure time" (%)
21
10
23
28
?
17
8
13
15
13
24
?
8
5
% reading books for fun
12
41
21
10
?
14
?
45
31
30
44
?
54
50
% of leisure time spent with friends
69
75
48
34
?
57
?
55
45
42
63
?
68
58
% of leisure time spent in a bar
7
31
15
21
?
17
?
11
18
10
4
?
22
10
% that reads a newspaper
45
91
53
32
?
40
?
91
62
90
82
?
85
87
number of visiting tourists per 1000 inhabitants
930
1320
620
1010
2080
1040
180
350
560
180
1060
290
440
430
average US$ spent when on holidays by person from this country
1303
770
1263
1073
1213
436
1211
1561
2178
1120
1567
1684
903
894
average US$ spent when on holidays in this country
434
365
770
430
907
688
2073
2247
1074
874
459
1495
791
878
number of foreign trips per 1000 inhabitants
96
730
170
210
1200
260
390
530
420
550
180
370
470
830
number 1 destination of tourists from this country
Cyprus
UK
France
Spain
Czechia
Portugal
Russia
France
Spain
France
Spain
France
France
France
in this country most tourists come from
Germany
UK
Swiss
Spain
Germany
France
Germany
Germany
UK
Dutch
Germany
Germany
USA
Germany
 
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Austria
Spain
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
France
Sweden
UK
Netherlands
number of football players per million inhabitants
21.085
44.722
16.362
9897
51.579
12.029
14.805
45.970
43.718
65.641
27.970
18.284
42.191
61.345
number of won Europe I/ Champions' League cups per 100.000 inhabitants
0
0
16
31
0
25
0
0
0
6
2
0
17
39
number of different daily newspapers available
168
6
76
23
18
85
56
37
32
406
80
98
103
46
number of televisions per 1000 inhabitants
220
409
446
326
497
404
519
574
454
554
589
478
448
497
number of mobile phones per 1000 inhabitants
26
44
67
34
48
24
199
157
23
43
24
229
98
33
number of personal computers per 1000 inhabitants
33
145
84
61
124
82
182
271
138
165
134
193
186
201
number of Internet connections per 1000 inhabitants
2
8
3
3
11
3
56
20
6
9
4
26
10
18
number of museums
268
?
3442
310
712
1054
249
228
?
4682
?
197
?
732
% of people under 16 years that ever used cannabis
10,2
37
19
3,8
9,5
24,3
5,2
18
23,7
?
23
7,2
37,5
30,2
 
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Austria
Spain
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
France
Sweden
UK
Netherlands

Source: Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands,
Social and Cultural Report 2000, published September 13, 2000.

English translation available soon for free download from the site above.
© this adaptation and representation: World2C™ Multimedia, 2000. All rights reserved.

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