2652|SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

— Nationality of the interviewee. — Place of registration of the interviewee. — Interest in various topics:consumption, astrology, science, cinema, art, sports, economics, etc. — Television audience according to the programming. — Type of magazines and books you usually read. — Interest and information (1-5) on various topics: food, science, film, art, health, environment, politics and celebrity themes. — Reason why you are little or nothing interested in science and technology. — Sectors in which the money dedicated to public spending would increase. — Assessment of various professions (1-5): doctors, scientists, engineers, judges, lawyers,... — Activities and number of times you have done in the last year. — Sources of information reporting on science and technology: press, internet, books, radio, magazines, television. — Agreement (1-5) with phrases on science and technology: we attribute too much value to scientific and technological knowledge, science and technology provides reliable knowledge, the applications of science and technology are creating a stimulum of artificial life,... — Assessment of whether science and technology are more positive or negative. — Relationship between science and technology. — Characterisation of science and technology: dehumanisation, wealth, risks, elitism, power, dependence, lack of control. — Position of Spain vis-à-vis the European Union in scientific and technological research. — Autonomous comparison with respect to scientific and technological research. — Responsible for scientific and technological development: European Union, Central Government,... — Assessment of the reduction of expenditure and resources for scientific and technological research by the central, regional and private companies. — Agreement (1-5) with phrases on scientific and technological research: research should be guided by those who fund it, restrictions must be imposed to protect health, are the basis for making laws, decisions should be made by experts. — Motivations of a researcher to devote himself to science and technology. — Image of the researcher’s profession: attractive, personally compensated, economic reward, social recognition. — Reasons for the brain drain from Spain. — Areas of applied research in which to make a greater effort in the future: medicine, energy sources, transport, human and social sciences,... — Field of health, environment, social, food and energies in which applied research will make a greater effort in the future. — Attention given by various media to scientific information: Damn, radio, television and magazines. — More trusted media to receive scientific information. — Trust (1-5) in various institutions dealing with science or technology issues: hospitals, professional colleges, universities, unions, church,... — Advantages in various areas of scientific and technological progress: economic development, quality of life, protection of human life, conservation of nature,... — Level of the scientific and technical education of the interviewer. — Usefulness (1-5) of scientific and technical training in various fields: profession, understanding of the world, interpersonal relations, consumer, political and social opinions. — Scientific knowledge of the interviewee: the sun revolves around the earth, oxygen comes from plants, the center of the earth is very hot,... — Ideological self-location scale. — Size of home. — No. of people aged 15 or under in the home. — University degree of the interviewee and the head of household. — Employment situation of the interviewee and the head of household. — Domestic equipment. — Internet access frequency.