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Table 7: Importance and reliability of sources of environmental information (% of students)
Country
Television
News
papers
Radio School Friends
and
Family
Government
NGOs
I R I R I R I R I R I R I R
Australia 45 20 35 23 7 9 42 31 21 18 6 23 19 41
Brunei 61 51 49 35 12 16 46 37 30 23 11 21 18 30
China
68 27 29 11 23 18 36 28 26 24 15 35 12 35
Guangzhou
China
37 18 30 20 10 11 31 32 11 14 18 46 31 54
Hong Kong
India 44 39 48 45 14 8 71 58 44 39 8 16 12 17
Japan 49 22 26 22 5 12 17 16 16 22 3 12 6 29
New Zealand 37 26 32 27 10 15 36 27 21 20 8 21 27 45
Singapore 47 35 57 47 7 10 53 27 13 20 13 39 10 46
Thailand 72 37 27 13 10 10 30 27 20 20 14 39 10 41
USA 29 18 25 38 5 8 56 49 17 20 5 40 13 53
I = Most important a source of environmental information
R = Very reliable source of environmental information
Totals exceed 100 because multiples
answers were possible.
Table 8 Attitudes to economic growth vs environmental protection (% of students)
Country
Concentrate on
economic growth
Concentrate on
protecting the
environment
Not sure
Australia 16 66 18
Brunei 25 59 14
China, Guangzhou 20 68 11
China, Hong Kong 32 59 9
India 8 81 9
Japan 4 83 13
New Zealand 13 64 22
Singapore 10 78 12
Thailand 20 71 9
USA 10 64 26
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