Understanding of global warming by environmnt scientists

gwsci

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? A. Environmental Scientists

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

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for gwsci.

Counts by year:

year	iap	very well	2	3	4	not at all	don't know	no answer	Total
2006	3582	398	202	201	45	45	34	3	4510
2010	1569	187	97	98	42	26	21	4	2044
Total	5151	585	299	299	87	71	55	7	6554