Understanding of global warming by business leaders

gwbiz

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question The first issue is global warming. Global warming means a trend toward warmer temperatures throughoutthe world, with more extreme weather in many places and changes in food production that could affect our way of life. Some people believe that the burning of gasoline and other fossil fuels causes global warming. Others say that global warming has purely natural causes. Please look at Card B2. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means "Very Well" and 5 means "Not at All", how well do the following groups understand the causes of global warming? C. Business Leaders

Values

[1] very well
[5] not at all
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/C	2010
B/C	2006

Overview

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Counts by year:

year	iap	very well	2	3	4	not at all	don't know	no answer	Total
2006	3582	35	77	273	280	225	35	3	4510
2010	1569	16	43	137	144	112	17	6	2044
Total	5151	51	120	410	424	337	52	9	6554