Entry:

Thomas, Tessa, "A Bit Green about the Environment," The European Magazine, 270 (July, 1995), 15, 20.


Abstract:

Environmental and scientific knowledge is directly linked to education. People from Norway, the Netherlands, and the UK, where environmental subjects are regularly taught in schools, scored higher than other European countries on an environmental knowledge test.

GSS Years:

1993

Other Data Sets:

ISSP 1993

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
GRNTEST1

ALL WILL DIE IF EXPOSED TO RADIOACT

GRNTEST2

NUKE WASTE DANGEROUS FOR THOUSANDS OF YRS

GRNTEST3

GREENHOUSE EFFCT CAUSED BY HOLE IN ATMOSPH

GRNTEST4

USING COAL OR GAS CONTRIB TO GREENHOUSE EFFCT

GRNTEST5

ALL PESTICIDES CAUSE CANCER

GRNTEST6

HUMANS ARE MAIN CAUSE OF PLANT & ANIMAL EXTINCT

GRNTEST7

CARS NOT IMP CAUSE OF AIR POLLUTION

SCITEST1

HUMANS MAKE ALL RADIOACTIVITY

SCITEST2

ANTIBIOTICS KILL BACTERIA NOT VIRUSES

SCITEST3

ASTROLOGY HAS SOME SCIENTIFIC TRUTH

SCITEST4

HUMANS EVOLVED FROM ANIMALS

SCITEST5

ALL MAN-MADE CHEMS CAUSE CANCER