Global Snap Poll on Tsunami in Japan and Impact on Views About Nuclear Energy, 2011

This Global Snap Poll was carried out by WIN-Gallup International from March 21 to April 10, 2011, in 47 countries across the globe. The poll was aimed to measure public views about the tragic earthquake in Japan and its impact on opinions about nuclear energy. Respondents were asked whether they were in favor of or opposed to the use of nuclear energy as one of the ways to provide electricity to the world, whether they have heard or read about the earthquake and tsunami that hit parts of Japan, and whether they have heard or read about the leakage of radiation from nuclear reactors in Japan as a result of the earthquake. Respondents were also queried on what their views were about nuclear energy before the earthquake in Japan, what their major source of information about the tsunami and earthquake in Japan was, their view on how Japan's economy would recover, whether they were concerned about the possibility of a nuclear incident in their own country, and whether they thought that nuclear power plants in their country were properly secured against accidents. Demographic variables include sex, age, marital status, race, income, education level, employment status, religious preference, and type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural).

本全球快照调查由 WIN-Gallup 国际公司于 2011 年 3 月 21 日至 4 月 10 日在全球 47 个国家进行。此次调查旨在衡量公众对日本悲剧性地震及其对核能观点影响的看法。受访者被问及是否支持将核能作为向世界提供电力的一种方式，是否听说过或阅读过袭击日本部分地区的地震和海啸，以及是否听说过或阅读过日本核反应堆因地震而发生的辐射泄漏事件。受访者还被询问在日本地震之前他们对核能的看法，他们关于日本地震和海啸的主要信息来源，他们对日本经济复苏的看法，是否担心自己国家发生核事故的可能性，以及他们认为自己的国家核电站是否在事故防范方面得到了妥善保护。人口统计学变量包括性别、年龄、婚姻状况、种族、收入、教育水平、就业状况、宗教偏好以及居住区域类型（例如，城市或农村）。