So 191, Fall 2007
This is how 10 of you answered the Global Futures Survey:
Children's life better than mine
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
| agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
60.0 |
| not sure |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
World has too many people
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
| not sure |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
80.0 |
| disagree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Will be nuclear war in 10 years
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
| not sure |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
60.0 |
| disagree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Global future is unknowable
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
| not sure |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
50.0 |
| disagree |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Pollution not a global problem
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
disagree |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
| strongly disagree |
7 |
70.0 |
70.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Rich countries should help poor
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
| agree |
7 |
70.0 |
70.0 |
90.0 |
| disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Global warming is not a concern
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
disagree |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
| strongly disagree |
7 |
70.0 |
70.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Capitalism is the best
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| agree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
30.0 |
| not sure |
6 |
60.0 |
60.0 |
90.0 |
| disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
I'll be fine in 2050
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
| agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
60.0 |
| not sure |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
I'd pay 50% more to end pollution
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| not sure |
8 |
80.0 |
80.0 |
90.0 |
| disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Income gap will shrink over next century
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
not sure |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| disagree |
8 |
80.0 |
80.0 |
90.0 |
| strongly disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Some countries are doomed
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
| not sure |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
70.0 |
| disagree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
90.0 |
| strongly disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Population will peak at 10 billion
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
| not sure |
8 |
80.0 |
80.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Markets can solve global problems
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
not sure |
9 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
| disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Most countries will be democracies
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
| not sure |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
70.0 |
| disagree |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
China will dominate 21st century
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
| not sure |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
80.0 |
| disagree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Technology will solve food & energy problems
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
| not sure |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
80.0 |
| disagree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Stop wars with big armies
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| not sure |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
20.0 |
| disagree |
8 |
80.0 |
80.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Rain forest in not my concern
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
not sure |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| disagree |
7 |
70.0 |
70.0 |
80.0 |
| strongly disagree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Free trade is best
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
| not sure |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
90.0 |
| disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
World government is needed
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| not sure |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
60.0 |
| disagree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
I want women's status raised everywhere
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
| agree |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
I should help less fortunate
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
| agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
90.0 |
| not sure |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
One language for all is best
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
not sure |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
| disagree |
7 |
70.0 |
70.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
I worry about species extinction
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
| agree |
6 |
60.0 |
60.0 |
90.0 |
| strongly disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
US should increase foreign aid
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| agree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
30.0 |
| not sure |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
80.0 |
| disagree |
2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Preserving world's cultural diversity is important
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
| agree |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
90.0 |
| not sure |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Terrorists will likely use nukes next decade
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| agree |
6 |
60.0 |
60.0 |
70.0 |
| not sure |
3 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Americans are too materialistic
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
strongly agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
| agree |
5 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
90.0 |
| strongly disagree |
1 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
I'm optimisitic about global future
|
Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
| Valid |
agree |
4 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
40.0 |
| not sure |
6 |
60.0 |
60.0 |
100.0 |
| Total |
10 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|