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Please look at Card B3. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means "Near complete agreement" and 5 means "No agreement at all", to what extent do environmental scientists agree among themselves about the existence and causes of global warming?
Agreement among scientists on global warming · Asked in 2 waves, 2006–2010 · 1,403 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 | Near complete agreement | 2 | 3 | 4 | No agreement at all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 475 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 928 |
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.
| 15% |
| 31% |
| 38% |
| 10% |
| 7% |
| 928 |
| ±4 |
| Less than high school | 11% | 26% | 42% | 6% | 14% | 106 | ±12 |
| High school | 16% | 27% | 45% | 6% | 6% | 271 | ±7 |
| Some college | 14% | 30% | 37% | 11% | 7% | 293 | ±7 |
| Bachelor's | 13% | 33% | 33% | 13% | 7% | 175 | ±9 |
| Postgraduate | 23% | 47% | 19% | 9% | 2% | 83 | ±12 |
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.