Testing the cultural-invariance hypothesis: A global analysis of the relationship between scientific knowledge and attitudes to science

Patrick Sturgis, Ian Brunton-Smith, Nick Allum and Simon Fuglsang

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: A substantial body of research has demonstrated that science knowledge is correlated with attitudes towards science, with most studies finding a positive relationship between the two constructs; people who are more knowledgeable about science tend to be more positive about it. However, this evidence base has been almost exclusively confined to high and middle-income democracies, with poorer and less developed nations excluded from consideration. In this study, we conduct the first global investigation of the science knowledge-attitude relationship, using the 2018 Wellcome Global Monitor survey. Our results show a positive knowledge-attitude correlation in all but one of the 144 countries investigated. This robust cross-national relationship is consistent across both science literacy and self-assessed measures of science knowledge.

Date: 2024
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