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