In order to obtain basic data that can contribute to future S&T policy, NISTEP has been conducting attitude surveys to find particular incidents where S&T has intersected with the public and society. Implemented each month since November 2009, these surveys target respondents who are registered with an Internet research company.

In addition to Internet surveys, NISTEP also conducted visiting interview-based surveys in July and December 2011.

The following presents simple aggregations of principal survey results that have been obtained thus far.

1. Internet surveys (in Japanese)

• Survey method
• Public interest in science and technology
  • Trends from November 2009 to December 2011 (Figure 1: Monthly)
  • Trends from November 2009 to December 2011 (Figure 2: Every 4 months)
• Degree of attention paid to recent topics
  • Survey results of December 2011
  • Survey results of November 2011
  • Survey results of October 2011
  • Survey results of September 2011
  • Survey results of August 2011
  • Survey results of July 2011
  • Survey results of June 2011
  • Survey results of May 2011
  • Survey results of April 2011
  • Survey results of March 2011
  • Survey results of February 2011
  • Survey results of January 2011
  • Survey results of December 2010
  • Survey results of November 2010
  • Survey results of second half of October 2010
  • Survey results of first half of October 2010
  • Survey results of September 2010
  • Survey results of August 2010
  • Survey results of July 2010
  • Survey results of June 2010
  • Survey results of May 2010
  • Survey results of April 2010
  • Survey results of March 2010
  • Survey results of February 2010
  • Survey results of January 2010
  • Survey results of December 2009
  • Survey results of November 2009
  • Trends from November 2009 to March 2011
• Awareness of the need to resolve social issues
  • Trends from November 2009 to March 2011
  • Trends from November 2009 to December 2011 (Figure 1: Monthly)
  • Trends from November 2009 to December 2011 (Figures 2 and 3: Every 4 months)
• Expectations for science and technology to contribute to the resolution of issues
  • Trends from November 2009 to December 2011 (Table 2)
  • Trends from November 2009 to December 2011 (Figure 4: Monthly)
  • Trends from November 2009 to December 2011 (Figures 5 and 6: Every 4 months)
• Awareness of the need to maintain research activity
  • Trends from December 2009 to December 2011 (Figure 1: Monthly)
  • Trends from December 2009 to December 2011 (Figure 2: Every 4 months)
• Impressions concerning selection of Japanese researchers for the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Survey results of November 2010
  • Survey results of last half of October 2010
  • Survey results of first half of October 2010
• Evaluation of positive and negative aspects of science and technology
• Awareness of S&T information provided to society
• Trust in scientists and technicians
• Science and technology that performed inadequately in response to the recent disaster
• Awareness concerning the nuclear power station accident
  • Level of anxiety caused by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Figure 1)
  • Reasons for feeling/not feeling anxiety vis-à-vis the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Figures 2 and 3)
  • Opinions expressed by scientists, etc., vis-à-vis the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Figures 4 and 5)
  • Thinking regarding future use of nuclear power (Figure 6)

2. Visiting interview-based surveys (in Japanese)

• Results of the July 2011 survey
• Results of the December 2011 survey

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