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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2016 6 News JAMES DEBONO MALTATODAY'S latest rate the minister survey, in which re- spondents were asked to rate each individual minister, shows Health Minister Chris Fearne leading among women and Education Minister Evarist Bartolo among men. While 54% of women judged Fearne's performance positively, his approval rate among males falls to 49.5%. On the other hand 51.7% of males and 50.3% of females judge Bartolo's performance positively. Surprisingly the only woman in the cabinet; civil rights minister Helena Dalli enjoys a higher ap- proval rate among men (42.1%) than among women (38.6%). But the sharpest differences be- tween the sexes were seen in the assessment of the individual per- formance of Minister without a portfolio Konrad Mizzi, Home Af- fairs Minister Carmelo Abela and Social Solidarity Minister Michael Farrugia. Konrad Mizzi's performance, whose overall approval fell by 18 points after Panamagate, is judged positively by 31% of females com- pared to just 24.2% of males. Social solidarity minister Mi- chael Farrugia also enjoys a higher rating of 40.7% of females and just 33.7% of males while Carmelo Ab- ela is positively judged by 36.6% of females compared to just 30.5% of males. The least popular member of the cabinet, Joe Mizzi, also gets a better approval (26%) among women than among men (21%). Another minister who fares slightly better among females than among males is Economy Minister Chris Cardona. The ministers who fare better among males than among females are Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech, Foreign Minister George Vella, and Finance Minister Ed- ward Scicluna. The difference between the sexes is negligible with regard to Competitiveness Minister Man- wel Mallia, Gozo Minister Anton Refalo, Environment Minister Jose Herrera, Tourism Minister Ed- ward Zammit Lewis and Justice Minister Owen Bonnici. Differences between surveys The results of a survey pub- lished last Sunday in the Malta Independent showed Education Minister Evarist Bartolo and Health Minister Chris Fearne as the government's most popular ministers and Konrad Mizzi fall- ing to fourth place after Edward Sciciluna. While all Ministers included in the top five in the Independent survey occupy the top spots in the MaltaToday survey and both surveys showed Konrad Mizzi losing ground, the surveys as- sessed the performance of min- isters in a different way. While in the MaltaToday sur- vey respondents were asked to rate each minister individually, in the Independent survey they were asked to name one cabi- net member whom they believe is the best-performing minister. Therefore while the MaltaToday survey gives a clearer indication on which minister is perceived to be achieving the best individ- ual results, the Independent sur- vey gives a clearer indication on which minister is most popular. RATE THE MINISTER SURVEY Fearne leads among women, Bartolo among men Helena Dalli is more appreciated by men than women while Carmelo Abela, Michael Farrugia, Konrad Mizzi, Joe Mizzi and Chris Cardona fare better among women Health Minister Chris Fearne is most popular among women with 54% of female respondents judging his performance positively