Text table 8-4.
Approval of government support for basic scientific and technological research
 
Percentage strongly agreeing or agreeing
Variable
European Union
(1992)
United States
(1995)
Japan
(1991)
Canada
(1989)
All adults
80
78
86
88
Level of formal education
Less than high school
67
67
81
85
High school graduate
83
79
86
89
Baccalaureate degree
89
87
93
98
Sex
Male
83
79
90
91
Female
77
77
83
84
Civic scientific literacy
Well informed
91
90
96
98
Moderately well informed
87
87
94
93
Not well informed
74
75
85
86
Attentiveness to science and
technology policy
Attentive public
91
83
89
92
Interested public
89
85
96
90
Residual public
73
70
84
84
 
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