For The Most Part, Do You Feel That Science and Technology Will Eventually 



Solve Most Problems Such as Pollution, Disease, Drug Abuse, and Crime, 



Some of These Problems, or Few if Any of These Problems? 



All 



Men 



Women 



IS-ZP yrs 



30-39 



40-49 



50-50 



oO + 



< High school ... 



High school 



Some college 



< $10,000 



> $10,000 



White 



Nonwhite 



The intercorrelations among indicators of 

 socioeconomic status (i.e., ethnicity, income, 

 education) also make it difficult to relate varia- 

 tions to specific subgroups. Some general 

 patterns, however, are evident. Among those 

 expressing an opinion, respondents from rela- 

 tively high socioeconomic groups indicate more 

 positive attitudes about the contributions of sci- 

 ence and technology than do respondents from 

 relatively lower groups. 



This socioeconomic difference appears to be 

 overlayed with variation by age. Cc^mpared with 



other age groups, yctunger respc^ndents (18-2'' 

 years of age) tend to be relatively negative about 

 past contributions of science and technology, but 

 relatively positive in their hopes for the future; 

 middle-aged respondents tend to be relatively 

 positive about both the past and the future; older 

 respondents (over 60) are relatively negative 

 about both the past and the future. 



An additional variation appears among the 

 responses of the sexes, as men tend to judge past 

 contributions of science and technology more 

 favorably, and express more optimism about its 

 future. 



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