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7-1 Report Correct answers to questions about basic facts in physical science and biological science, by country or economy: Most recent year View Table
S7-1 Supplemental Public assessment of benefits and harms of scientific research, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-2 Supplemental Public assessment of benefits and harms of scientific research: 1979–2018 View Table
S7-3 Supplemental Public assessment of whether science and technology result in more opportunities for the next generation, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-4 Supplemental Public assessment of whether science and technology result in more opportunities for the next generation: 1985–2018 View Table
S7-5 Supplemental Public assessment of whether science makes life change too fast, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-6 Supplemental Public assessment of whether science makes life change too fast: 1979–2018 View Table
S7-7 Supplemental Public confidence in institutional leaders, by type of institution: Selected years, 1973–2018 View Table
S7-8 Supplemental Public confidence in leaders of the scientific and medical communities, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-9 Supplemental Public perception of scientists, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-10 Supplemental Public perception of scientists: 1983, 1985, 2001, 2012, 2016, 2018 View Table
S7-11 Supplemental Public opinion on whether the federal government should fund basic scientific research, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-12 Supplemental Public opinion on whether the federal government should fund basic scientific research: 1985–2018 View Table
S7-13 Supplemental Public assessment of spending, by policy area: 1981–2018 View Table
S7-14 Supplemental Public assessment of spending on science, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-15 Supplemental Public assessment of spending on health, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-16 Supplemental Public assessment of spending on the environment, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-17 Supplemental Public assessment of spending on space, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-18 Supplemental Public assessment of the danger of river, lake, and stream pollution to the environment, by respondent characteristic: 1993, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2018 View Table
S7-19 Supplemental Public assessment of the danger of air pollution from industry to the environment, by respondent characteristic: 1993, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2018 View Table
S7-20 Supplemental Public assessment of the danger of pesticides to the environment, by respondent characteristic: 1993, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2018 View Table
S7-21 Supplemental Public assessment of the danger of climate change to the environment, by respondent characteristic: 1993, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2018 View Table
S7-22 Supplemental Public assessment of the danger of nuclear power stations to the environment, by respondent characteristic: 1993, 1994, 2010, 2016, 2018 View Table
S7-23 Supplemental Public assessment of the danger of modifying genes of crops to the environment, by respondent characteristic: 2000, 2010, 2016, 2018 View Table
S7-24 Supplemental Correct answers to trend questions about basic scientific facts: 1992–2018 View Table
S7-25 Supplemental Correct answers to trend questions about basic scientific facts, by respondent characteristic: 1992–2018 View Table
S7-26 Supplemental Correct answers to individual factual knowledge questions: 1985–2018 View Table
S7-27 Supplemental Correct answers to individual factual knowledge questions, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-28 Supplemental Correct answers to scientific process questions: Selected years, 1999–2018 View Table
S7-29 Supplemental Correct answers to scientific process questions, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-30 Supplemental Self-reported understanding of the term "scientific study," by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-31 Supplemental Self-reported understanding of the term "scientific study": 1979–2018 View Table
S7-32 Supplemental Public assessment of astrology, by respondent characteristic: 1979–2018 View Table
S7-33 Supplemental Public interest in selected issues: 1979–2018 View Table
S7-34 Supplemental Public interest in selected issues, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-35 Supplemental Primary source of information about current news events, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-36 Supplemental Primary source of information about science and technology, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-37 Supplemental Primary source of information about specific scientific issues, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-38 Supplemental Visitors to informal science institutions, by respondent characteristic: 2018 View Table
S7-39 Supplemental Respondent characteristics: 2018 View Table

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