Tamar Khoshtaria

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Tamar Khoshtaria is a Senior Researcher at CRRC Georgia.

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Datablog | Life satisfaction and what people teach their children

by Tamar Khoshtaria

•3 min read

Data from the European Values Study (EVS) of 2017 suggests that values commonly taught to children in different countries appear to be linked to how satisfied communities are with their lives. CRRC Georgia has compared the results between Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and a handful of European countries. Most people in the world seek satisfaction with their lives; however, whether one experiences it is a matter of numerous potential factors. One plausible contributor to life satisfac

Tbilisi State Univirsity. Photo: Mehman Ibragimov.

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Datablog | Young people in Georgia want the government to focus on education

by Tamar Khoshtaria

•3 min read

Georgia’s government committed in 2019 to expanding education funding to 25% of the state budget by 2022. Yet recently released data shows that young people in Georgia want more than they receive. A study conducted in 2021 by CRRC Georgia for GFSIS focusing on the values and political activism of young people in Georgia shows that education is the primary field that young people aged 18–29 in Georgia want to be strengthened. Young people prioritise the development of education above other d

Georgian parliamentary elections in 2016. Photo: Mariam Nikuradadze/OC Media.

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Analysis | There is a gap between support for democracy and liberal values in Georgia

by Tamar Khoshtaria

•2 min read

Public opinion polls suggest support for democracy is on the decline in Georgia, but does support for democracy correlate to support for liberal values? An increasing number of Georgians view their country as ‘a democracy with major problems’, with CRRC’s Caucasus Barometer survey showing the share of people reporting this belief to have increased from 27% in 2011 to 48% in 2019. In parallel to this growing scepticism towards the country’s democratic situation, surveys show a decline in th

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