So 191, Fall 2005

This is how you answered the Global Futures Survey:

**Americans are too materialistic**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	8	40.0	40.0	40.0
	agree	9	45.0	45.0	85.0
	not sure	2	10.0	10.0	95.0
	disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Capitalism is the best**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	2	10.0	10.0	10.0
	agree	4	20.0	20.0	30.0
	not sure	11	55.0	55.0	85.0
	disagree	3	15.0	15.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Children's life better than mine**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	3	15.0	15.0	15.0
	agree	11	55.0	55.0	70.0
	not sure	6	30.0	30.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**China will dominate 21st century**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	agree	10	50.0	50.0	55.0
	not sure	3	15.0	15.0	70.0
	disagree	6	30.0	30.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Free trade is best**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	agree	4	20.0	20.0	25.0
	not sure	12	60.0	60.0	85.0
	disagree	2	10.0	10.0	95.0
	strongly disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Global future is unknowable**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	11	55.0	55.0	55.0
	not sure	4	20.0	20.0	75.0
	disagree	5	25.0	25.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Global warming is not a concern**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	not sure	1	5.0	5.0	10.0
	disagree	9	45.0	45.0	55.0
	strongly disagree	9	45.0	45.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**I should help less fortunate**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	9	45.0	45.0	45.0
	agree	10	50.0	50.0	95.0
	not sure	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**I want women's status raised everywhere**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	13	65.0	65.0	65.0
	agree	6	30.0	30.0	95.0
	not sure	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**I worry about species extinction**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	6	30.0	30.0	30.0
	agree	11	55.0	55.0	85.0
	not sure	3	15.0	15.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**I'd pay 50% more to end pollution**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	2	10.0	10.0	10.0
	agree	8	40.0	40.0	50.0
	not sure	8	40.0	40.0	90.0
	disagree	1	5.0	5.0	95.0
	strongly disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**I'll be fine in 2050**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	3	15.0	15.0	15.0
	agree	6	30.0	30.0	45.0
	not sure	11	55.0	55.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**I'm optimisitic about global future**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	6	30.0	30.0	30.0
	not sure	9	45.0	45.0	75.0
	disagree	4	20.0	20.0	95.0
	strongly disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Income gap will shrink over next century**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	not sure	5	25.0	25.0	30.0
	disagree	12	60.0	60.0	90.0
	strongly disagree	2	10.0	10.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Markets can solve global problems**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	2	10.0	10.0	10.0
	not sure	15	75.0	75.0	85.0
	disagree	3	15.0	15.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Most countries will be democracies**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	2	10.0	10.5	10.5
	not sure	10	50.0	52.6	63.2
	disagree	7	35.0	36.8	100.0
	Total	19	95.0	100.0
Missing	not answered	1	5.0
Total		20	100.0

**One language for all is best**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	agree	5	25.0	25.0	30.0
	not sure	2	10.0	10.0	40.0
	disagree	10	50.0	50.0	90.0
	strongly disagree	2	10.0	10.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Pollution not a global problem**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	not sure	1	5.0	5.0	10.0
	disagree	4	20.0	20.0	30.0
	strongly disagree	14	70.0	70.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Population will peak at 10 billion**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	4	20.0	20.0	20.0
	agree	6	30.0	30.0	50.0
	not sure	9	45.0	45.0	95.0
	disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Preserving world's cultural diversity is important**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	16	80.0	80.0	80.0
	agree	2	10.0	10.0	90.0
	not sure	2	10.0	10.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Rain forest in not my concern**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	not sure	1	5.0	5.0	10.0
	disagree	7	35.0	35.0	45.0
	strongly disagree	11	55.0	55.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Rich countries should help poor**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	7	35.0	35.0	35.0
	agree	11	55.0	55.0	90.0
	not sure	1	5.0	5.0	95.0
	disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Some countries are doomed**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	agree	5	25.0	25.0	30.0
	not sure	10	50.0	50.0	80.0
	disagree	4	20.0	20.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Stop wars with big armies**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	2	10.0	10.0	10.0
	not sure	2	10.0	10.0	20.0
	disagree	13	65.0	65.0	85.0
	strongly disagree	3	15.0	15.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Technology will solve food & energy problems**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	agree	8	40.0	40.0	40.0
	not sure	8	40.0	40.0	80.0
	disagree	4	20.0	20.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Terrorists will likely use nukes next decade**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	4	20.0	20.0	20.0
	agree	8	40.0	40.0	60.0
	not sure	7	35.0	35.0	95.0
	disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**US should increase foreign aid**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	3	15.0	15.0	15.0
	agree	8	40.0	40.0	55.0
	not sure	6	30.0	30.0	85.0
	disagree	2	10.0	10.0	95.0
	strongly disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**Will be nuclear war in 10 years**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	3	15.0	15.0	15.0
	agree	7	35.0	35.0	50.0
	not sure	6	30.0	30.0	80.0
	disagree	4	20.0	20.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**World government is needed**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	1	5.0	5.0	5.0
	agree	3	15.0	15.0	20.0
	not sure	7	35.0	35.0	55.0
	disagree	8	40.0	40.0	95.0
	strongly disagree	1	5.0	5.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0

**World has too many people**
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	strongly agree	3	15.0	15.0	15.0
	agree	4	20.0	20.0	35.0
	not sure	7	35.0	35.0	70.0
	disagree	6	30.0	30.0	100.0
	Total	20	100.0	100.0