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Please look at Card B24. Scientists predict that global warming may soon have big effects on the polar regions. I will describe some of these possible effects and, for each one, please say whether it would bother you a great deal, some, a little, or not at all if it actually happened. G. Which of these possible effects do you care about most?
Polar effect of global warming that concerns most · Asked in 2 waves, 2006–2010 · 2,570 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | The extinction of the polar bears | The rise in sea level | The threat to the arctic seals | The threat to the inuit way of life | The melting of the northern ice cap |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 706 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,864 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
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| All respondents | 8% | 43% | 2% | 13% | 35% | 1864 | ±3 | |
| Urban | 9% | 48% | 2% | 13% | 28% | 526 | ±5 | |
| Suburban | 7% | 42% | 2% | 12% | 37% | 877 | ±4 | |
| Rural | 8% | 39% | 2% | 14% | 37% | 461 | ±5 |
General Social Survey 2006 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.