So 191, Fall 2003

 

This is how you answered the questions on the Global Futures Survey:

 

 

Children's life better than mine

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 2 9.1 9.1 9.1
agree 12 54.5 54.5 63.6
not sure 8 36.4 36.4 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

World has too many people

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
agree 8 36.4 36.4 40.9
not sure 4 18.2 18.2 59.1
disagree 9 40.9 40.9 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Will be nuclear war in 10 years

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid agree 7 31.8 31.8 31.8
not sure 5 22.7 22.7 54.5
disagree 7 31.8 31.8 86.4
strongly disagree 3 13.6 13.6 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Global future is unknowable

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 3 13.6 13.6 13.6
agree 8 36.4 36.4 50.0
not sure 1 4.5 4.5 54.5
disagree 9 40.9 40.9 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Pollution not a global problem

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
agree 1 4.5 4.5 9.1
disagree 8 36.4 36.4 45.5
strongly disagree 12 54.5 54.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Rich countries should help poor

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 5 22.7 22.7 22.7
agree 13 59.1 59.1 81.8
not sure 2 9.1 9.1 90.9
disagree 2 9.1 9.1 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Global warming is not a concern

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
disagree 9 40.9 40.9 45.5
strongly disagree 12 54.5 54.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Capitalism is the best

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 2 9.1 9.1 9.1
agree 5 22.7 22.7 31.8
not sure 10 45.5 45.5 77.3
disagree 5 22.7 22.7 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

I'll be fine in 2050

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 3 13.6 13.6 13.6
agree 9 40.9 40.9 54.5
not sure 7 31.8 31.8 86.4
disagree 3 13.6 13.6 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

I'd pay 50% more to end pollution

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 2 9.1 9.1 9.1
agree 8 36.4 36.4 45.5
not sure 2 9.1 9.1 54.5
disagree 9 40.9 40.9 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Income gap will shrink over next century

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid agree 3 13.6 13.6 13.6
not sure 4 18.2 18.2 31.8
disagree 11 50.0 50.0 81.8
strongly disagree 4 18.2 18.2 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Some countries are doomed

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 2 9.1 9.1 9.1
agree 4 18.2 18.2 27.3
not sure 9 40.9 40.9 68.2
disagree 6 27.3 27.3 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Population will peak at 10 billion

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
agree 7 31.8 31.8 36.4
not sure 13 59.1 59.1 95.5
disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Markets can solve global problems

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
not sure 13 59.1 59.1 63.6
disagree 8 36.4 36.4 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Most countries will be democracies

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 2 9.1 9.1 9.1
agree 9 40.9 40.9 50.0
not sure 7 31.8 31.8 81.8
disagree 3 13.6 13.6 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

China will dominate 21st century

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
not sure 12 54.5 54.5 59.1
disagree 7 31.8 31.8 90.9
strongly disagree 2 9.1 9.1 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Technology will solve food & energy problems

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.8 4.8
agree 10 45.5 47.6 52.4
not sure 5 22.7 23.8 76.2
disagree 5 22.7 23.8 100.0
Total 21 95.5 100.0
Missing not answered 1 4.5

Total 22 100.0


Stop wars with big armies

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
not sure 3 13.6 13.6 18.2
disagree 17 77.3 77.3 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Rain forest in not my concern

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid agree 2 9.1 9.1 9.1
not sure 1 4.5 4.5 13.6
disagree 12 54.5 54.5 68.2
strongly disagree 7 31.8 31.8 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Free trade is best

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.8 4.8
agree 10 45.5 47.6 52.4
not sure 5 22.7 23.8 76.2
disagree 5 22.7 23.8 100.0
Total 21 95.5 100.0
Missing not answered 1 4.5

Total 22 100.0


World government is needed

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
agree 6 27.3 27.3 31.8
not sure 8 36.4 36.4 68.2
disagree 5 22.7 22.7 90.9
strongly disagree 2 9.1 9.1 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

I want women's status raised everywhere

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 8 36.4 36.4 36.4
agree 13 59.1 59.1 95.5
disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

I should help less fortunate

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 6 27.3 28.6 28.6
agree 12 54.5 57.1 85.7
not sure 1 4.5 4.8 90.5
disagree 1 4.5 4.8 95.2
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.8 100.0
Total 21 95.5 100.0
Missing not answered 1 4.5

Total 22 100.0


One language for all is best

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
agree 3 13.6 13.6 18.2
not sure 2 9.1 9.1 27.3
disagree 12 54.5 54.5 81.8
strongly disagree 4 18.2 18.2 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

I worry about species extinction

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 3 13.6 13.6 13.6
agree 13 59.1 59.1 72.7
not sure 2 9.1 9.1 81.8
disagree 3 13.6 13.6 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

US should increase foreign aid

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 3 13.6 13.6 13.6
agree 9 40.9 40.9 54.5
not sure 3 13.6 13.6 68.2
disagree 6 27.3 27.3 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Preserving world's cultural diversity is important

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 12 54.5 54.5 54.5
agree 9 40.9 40.9 95.5
not sure 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

Terrorists will likely use nukes next decade

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 2 9.1 9.5 9.5
agree 10 45.5 47.6 57.1
not sure 5 22.7 23.8 81.0
disagree 3 13.6 14.3 95.2
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.8 100.0
Total 21 95.5 100.0
Missing not answered 1 4.5

Total 22 100.0


Americans are too materialistic

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 9 40.9 40.9 40.9
agree 10 45.5 45.5 86.4
not sure 1 4.5 4.5 90.9
disagree 1 4.5 4.5 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0

I'm optimisitic about global future

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid strongly agree 1 4.5 4.5 4.5
agree 12 54.5 54.5 59.1
not sure 4 18.2 18.2 77.3
disagree 4 18.2 18.2 95.5
strongly disagree 1 4.5 4.5 100.0
Total 22 100.0 100.0