Text table 8-3.
Index of Scientific Promise and Index of Scientific Reservations for the European Union, the United States, Japan, and Canada

Mean scores
Variable
European Union
(1992)
United States
(1995)
Japan
(1991)
Canada
(1989)
Scientific Promise
All adults
69
68
55
72
Level of formal education
Less than high school
68
63
54
68
High school graduate
69
68
55
75
Baccalaureate degree
71
71
56
84
Sex
Male
70
69
55
76
Female
68
67
54
68
Civic scientific literacy
Well informed
70
72
64
84
Moderately well informed
69
69
58
80
Not well informed
79
67
54
69
Attentiveness to science and
technology policy
Attentive public
74
74
56
79
Interested public
72
69
59
74
Residual public
67
65
54
69
 
Number of cases
6,122
2,006
1,457
2,000
Scientific Reservations
All adults
58
39
56
56
Level of formal education
Less than high school
64
51
62
60
High school graduate
57
39
55
52
Baccalaureate degree
53
27
50
40
Sex
Male
57
38
55
53
Female
60
40
57
58
Civic scientific literacy
Well informed
46
24
45
39
Moderately well informed
55
30
55
45
Not well informed
62
42
56
59
Attentiveness to science and
technology policy
Attentive public
57
30
54
45
Interested public
57
38
52
54
Residual public
60
42
57
59
 
Number of cases
6,122
2,006
1,457
2,000
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