Text table 8-2.
Percentage of adults attentive to, or interested in, science and technology
 
European Union
(1992)
United States
(1995)
Japan
(1991)
Canada
(1989)
Variable
AP
IP
AP
IP
AP
IP
AP
IP
All adults
10
33
10
47
7
12
11
40
Education
Less than high school
5
25
4
37
1
8
9
37
High school graduate
9
33
8
48
7
13
11
45
Baccalaureate degree
18
40
21
53
14
15
19
46
Sex
Male
13
36
12
49
12
15
14
44
Female
7
30
8
45
2
10
7
47
Civic scientific literacy
Well informed
18
45
29
55
40
26
26
42
Moderately well informed
14
39
14
51
12
21
16
44
Not well informed
7
27
7
45
4
9
8
40
 
Number of cases
1,226
3,971
195
946
101
177
209
809
AP = attentive public; IP = interested public
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