Interest in and Awareness of French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Make our Planet Great Again” Initiative
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Survey
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- Do you provide consent for the information you provide in this survey to be used for scientific research? Responses are completely anonymous.Answers: yes, no
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- What is your country of origin?Answers: United States, France, other
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- What is your gender?Answers: male, female, transgender, prefer not to say
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- What is your age range?Answers: 0–18, 19–30, 31–40, 41–50, 51–60, 61+
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- What is the highest degree or level of school you have pursued?Answers: high school, trade/technical/vocational school, Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, Professional degree, Doctorate degree
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- Which best describes your current employment status?Answers: student, employed, unemployed, retired
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- Are you a scientist or employed in a research & development-related position?Answers: yes, no
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- Choose the party that best aligns with your political views.Answers: republican, democrat, independent, other, prefer not to say
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- Climate change is a real event.Answers: I agree with this statement, I disagree with this statement, I neither agree or disagree with this statement
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- Early in June 2017, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement (Accord de Paris). The agreement aims to combat greenhouse gas emissions through the financial collaboration of countries that want to alleviate global warming. In response to President Trump’s withdrawal, French President Emmanuel Macron has extended an invitation to United States scientists and researchers to move to France and “Make Our Planet Great Again.” This invitation aims at attracting foreign scientists with 4-year grants worth up to €1.5 Million (1.71 USD) each. Were you aware of this initiative prior to reading it here?Answers: yes, no
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- Based on this information, how interested are you in President Macron’s offer?Answers: interested, not interested
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- If you qualify or were to qualify, how likely are you to move to France and acceptPresident Macron’s offer?Answers: highly likely, likely, unlikely, highly unlikely
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- Do you think President Macron’s offer will have a measurable impact on our climate?Answers: yes, no, not sure
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- Do you think President Macron’s offer will increase the French scientific workforce?Answers: yes, no, not sure
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- Do you think President Macron’s offer will influence climate regulations in the United States?Answers: yes, no, not sure
2.2. Distribution
2.3. Consent
2.4. Statistics
2.5. Results
3. Discussion & Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gender | # Responses | % |
---|---|---|
Male | 88 | 47.6 |
Female | 95 | 51.4 |
Transgender | 1 | 0.5 |
Prefer not to say | 1 | 0.5 |
Total | 185 | 100 |
Age Range | 0 | |
0–18 | 12 | 6.6 |
19–30 | 115 | 62.8 |
31–40 | 23 | 12.6 |
41–50 | 8 | 4.4 |
51–60 | 15 | 8.2 |
61+ | 10 | 5.5 |
Total | 183 | 100 |
Employment Status | 0 | |
Student | 112 | 60.9 |
Employed | 70 | 38 |
Unemployed | 2 | 1.1 |
Retired | 0 | 0 |
Total | 184 | 100 |
Country of origin | 0 | |
United States | 151 | 81.6 |
France | 2 | 1.1 |
Other | 32 | 17.3 |
Total | 185 | 100 |
Highest degree or level of school pursued | 0 | |
High school | 14 | 7.6 |
Trade/technical/vocational school | 2 | 1.1 |
Bachelor’s degree | 86 | 46.7 |
Master’s degree | 36 | 19.6 |
Professional degree | 2 | 1.1 |
Doctorate degree | 44 | 23.9 |
Total | 184 | 100 |
Scientist or Research & Development position | 0 | |
Yes | 63 | 34.2 |
No | 121 | 65.8 |
Total | 184 | 100 |
Party alignment of political views | 0 | |
Republican | 34 | 18.4 |
Democrat | 87 | 47 |
Independent | 40 | 21.6 |
Other | 14 | 7.6 |
Prefer not to say | 10 | 5.4 |
Total | 185 | 100 |
Awareness and/or Interest | Number of Participants |
---|---|
Aware | 83 |
Unaware | 102 |
Aware & interested | 43 |
Aware & uninterested | 40 |
Unaware & interested | 43 |
Unaware & uninterested | 58 |
Awareness and/or Interest | Independent | Democrat | Republican | Other | Prefer Not to Say |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aware | 18 | 46 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
Unaware | 23 | 41 | 25 | 5 | 8 |
Aware & interested | 12 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Aware & uninterested | 6 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Unaware & interested | 7 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Unaware & uninterested | 14 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 4 |
Value in column designates number of participants |
Awareness and/or Interest | Agree | Neither Agree or Disagree | Disagree |
---|---|---|---|
All | 168 | 14 | 3 |
Aware | 77 | 4 | 2 |
Unaware | 91 | 10 | 1 |
Aware & interested | 41 | 0 | 1 |
Unaware & uninterested | 49 | 8 | 1 |
Value in column designates number of participants |
Agreement that Climate Change is Real | Interested | Uninterested |
---|---|---|
Agree | 83 | 84 |
Disagree | 0 | 3 |
Neither agree nor disagree | 3 | 14 |
Value in column designates number of participants |
Awareness and/or Interest | Scientist | Not Scientist |
---|---|---|
Aware | 26 | 56 |
Unaware | 37 | 65 |
Aware & interested | 10 | 32 |
Unaware & uninterested | 26 | 32 |
Value in column designates number of participants |
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Dadural, J.S.; Reznikov, L.R. Interest in and Awareness of French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Make our Planet Great Again” Initiative. Soc. Sci. 2018, 7, 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7070102
Dadural JS, Reznikov LR. Interest in and Awareness of French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Make our Planet Great Again” Initiative. Social Sciences. 2018; 7(7):102. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7070102
Chicago/Turabian StyleDadural, Joshua S., and Leah R. Reznikov. 2018. "Interest in and Awareness of French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Make our Planet Great Again” Initiative" Social Sciences 7, no. 7: 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7070102
APA StyleDadural, J. S., & Reznikov, L. R. (2018). Interest in and Awareness of French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Make our Planet Great Again” Initiative. Social Sciences, 7(7), 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7070102