Friday, January 25, 2008

Study: Young Australians give the environmental category a "very low importance rating"

Excerpts from this article:
Researchers from the University of Western Sydney asked 2500 15- to 25-year-olds what they cared about most in life and what it meant to be Australian as part of an continuing study into Australian identity.
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Safety topped the list, followed by mateship, education and democracy.
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Surprisingly, the survey contradicted the view that young people are more concerned about global warming and climate change than their parents are.

Coming in just below academic factors, the environmental category was given a very low importance rating by the young participants.

The only thing less important to young people, according to the survey, were cultural factors.

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