| NEP statement | Strongly Disagree (%) | Disagree (%) | Neutral (%) | Agree (%) | Strongly agree (%) | Mean | Standard Dev. |
1 | The so called “ecological crisis” facing human kind has been greatly exaggerated | 30.6 | 23.6 | 6.8 | 22.8 | 16.3 | 2.71 | 1.50 |
2 | If things continue on their present course we will soon experience a major ecological catastrophe | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 49.3 | 39.8 | 4.21 | 0.87 |
3 | Humans will eventually learn enough about how nature works to be able to control it | 10.8 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 51.0 | 23.3 | 3.68 | 1.22 |
4 | The balance of nature is very delicate and easily upset | 7.0 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 48.6 | 25.7 | 3.77 | 1.13 |
5 | Humans were meant to rule over the rest of nature | 9.9 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 43.6 | 32.9 | 3.81 | 1.26 |
6 | Plants and animals have as much right as humans to exist | 4.8 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 40.1 | 49.6 | 4.26 | 1.02 |
7 | Human ingenuity will ensure that we do not make the earth un-habitable | 15.4 | 13.9 | 7.6 | 37.7 | 25.3 | 3.44 | 1.40 |
8 | We are approaching the limit of the number of the people the earth can support | 23.8 | 25.8 | 15.5 | 20.3 | 14.5 | 2.76 | 1.39 |
9 | The balance of nature is strong enough to cope with the impacts of modern industrial nation | 26.4 | 27.4 | 11.4 | 24.4 | 10.4 | 2.65 | 1.37 |
10 | The earth is like a spaceship with very limited room and resources | 16.2 | 17.7 | 12.7 | 33.7 | 19.7 | 3.23 | 1.38 |