The latest Ipsos Mori Public Attitudes to Science Survey (2014) is probably worth considering here: https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharc

The latest Ipsos Mori Public Attitudes to Science Survey (2014) is probably worth considering here: https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3357/Public-Attitudes-to-Science-2014.aspx https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharch... From the summary: The study shows that the UK public are as enthusiastic about science as they ever have been, with attitudes to science having come a long way over the past 25 years: -More now agree that “it is important to know about science in my daily life” (72% agree, versus 57% in 1988). -People are now more comfortable about the pace of change – just a third (34%, versus 49% in 1988) now agree that “science makes people’s lives change too fast”. - A third (35%) still think that scientists adjust their findings to get the answers they want, and three-in-ten (29%) think scientific research is never or only occasionally checked by other scientists before being published. - Half (51%) still say they hear and see too little about science. - Seven-in-ten (69%) think that “scientists should listen more to what ordinary people think” and three-quarters (75%) think that “the Government should act in accordance with public concerns about science and technology”.