Lawrence C. Hamilton
Who Cares about Polar Regions? Results from a Survey of U.S. Public Opinion
members general public know polar regions much care knows cares paper explores data general social survey gss 2006 questioned representative sample 1800 us adults knowledge opinions concerning polar regions polar survey items modeled longrunning gss assessments general science knowledge opinions recently summarized us national science boards report science engineering indicators 2008 polar knowledge proves limited certainly absent among survey respondents polar knowledge general science knowledge educationtogether individual background characteristics age sex incomepredict policyrelevant opinions political orientation filters impacts education also shows consistent significant effects across polar opinion questions 2006 gss polar results provide baseline comparison questions repeated 2010 survey international polar year concludes