They are second behind the National interest cluster in disagreeing with the statement that they do not have enough information to make well-informed decisions on environmental issues.
There were, however, marked differences between the countries, with only 10.2% in Egypt disagreeing with this statement compared with 47.2% in Japan, and 48.8% in Korea.
On average, just 12% of respondents in other nations disagreed with this statement.
A strong majority (71% pre-course and 78% post-course) of students in our study disagreed with this statement, leaving a surprisingly large minority of students who believe that there is considerable observable evidence against evolution.
(2) Definitions of beliefs in Appendix 2. In Argentina most people disagree with this statement, as reflected by both Peronists and non-Peronists having ratios that are lower than one, consistent with respondents being on the left.
Faith in the contribution of immigrants is much stronger in London, where 62% disagree with this statement, and a majority of respondents aged under 45 likewise disagree, but among pensioners there are particularly marked doubts about newcomers – with 64% of the over-65s describing the Olympians as "exceptions".
Of parents who reported to give their child sweets only once a week or occasionally, respectively 90.6% (231/255) and 92.7% (243/262) disagreed (disagree or strongly disagree) with this statement, in 2002 and in 2004.
A larger number of respondents (44%%) in the private sector tend to disagree with this statement, versus 20%% of respondents in the public sector (Fig. 5).
Under the assumption that the measurement technique used measured total DNA in the extract, our data disagrees with this statement (1-tail paired t-test p = 0.20).
