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Main source of information about science and technology
Variable: scifrom
Module:
Science Knowledge & Attitudes
Subject:
Knowledge
,
Science
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

We are interested in how people get information about science and technology. Where do you get most of your information about science and technology (– newspapers, magazines, the Internet, books or other printed materials, TV, radio, government agencies, family, friends, colleagues, or some other source)?

Year Availability
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Newspapers
2 Magazines
3 The internet
4 Books other printed material
5 Tv
6 Radio
7 Government agencies
8 Family
9 Friends colleagues
10 Other
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98 Dont know
99 No answer
0 Not applicable
2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
205 161 16 56 81 63 49
198 160 26 76 80 82 48
413 410 90 390 524 717 649
138 48 27 32 58 44 46
746 617 106 357 388 362 287
34 29 7 27 31 36 21
6 0 1 1 2 2 6
36 26 1 13 29 35 27
31 20 1 25 27 25 31
38 12 3 3 7 10 6
0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 18 5 18 11 9 4
2 4 0 4 1 4 1
2646 518 1761 972 1299 1477 1173
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 7190
Missing cases 55276