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Figure 7-1. Primary source of information, by use: 2006.

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Figure 7-2. Primary source of current news events and science and technology information: 2006.

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Figure 7-3. Primary source of information about specific scientific issues: 2001, 2004, and 2006.

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Figure 7-4. Network nightly news coverage of science and technology: 1988–2006.

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Figure 7-5. Attendance at informal science institutions, by institution type and education level: 2006.

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Figure 7-6. Correct answers to scientific literacy questions: 1992–2006.

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Figure 7-7. Correct answers to polar and nanotechnology questions, by factual knowledge of science: 2006.

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Figure 7-8. Correct answers to scientific literacy questions, by country/region: Most recent year.

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Figure 7-9. Scientific literacy in Europe: 2005.

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Figure 7-10. Public assessment of scientific research: 1979–2006.

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Figure 7-11. Attitudes toward government funding of scientific research: 1981–2006.

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Figure 7-12. Importance of process, credentials, and external validation to belief that something is scientific, by education level: 2006.

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Figure 7-13. European perceptions of scientific nature of various fields: 2005.

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Figure 7-14. Worry about quality of environment: 2001–07.

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Figure 7-15. Public priorities for environmental protection versus economic growth: 1984–2007.

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Figure 7-16. U.S. and Canadian views on credibility of sources of information on biotechnology: 2005.

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Figure 7-17. Trust in information sources about genetically modified foods: 2006.

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Figure 7-18. Public attitudes toward stem cell research: 2001–06.

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