Text table 8-1.
Issue interest index scores for the European Union, the United States, Japan, and Canada
 
Mean scores
Issue
European Union
(1992)
United States
(1995)
Japan
(1991)
Canada
(1989)
New scientific discoveries
61
67
50
63
New inventions and technologies
59
66
53
58
New medical discoveries
68
83
65
77
Environmental issues
75
74
71
74
Space exploration
-
50
45
48
Energy/nuclear power
-
54
59
-
Computers and related technologies
-
-
-
43
Economic policy
-
68
65
52
Education/local schools
-
72
62
-
Agricultural issues
-
47
56
-
Military/defense issues
-
60
56
-
Foreign & international policy
-
48
55
-
Politics
55
-
-
50
Sports news
48
-
-
42
Taxes
-
-
71
-
Land use issues
-
-
65
-
Senior citizen issues
-
-
74
-
- = Issue not included in the survey
SOURCE: J.D. Miller, R. Pardo, and F. Niwa, Public Perceptions of Science and Technology: A Comparative Study of the European Union, the United States, Japan, and Canada (Chicago: Chicago Academy of Sciences,1997).
Science & Engineering Indicators - 2000