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European Union (EU) 2020 research and development aims: UK public opinion survey 2017
European Union (EU) 2020 research and development aims: UK public opinion survey 2017
Would you say that the European Union's objective that the share of funds invested in research and development should reach 3 percent of the wealth produced in the EU each year is too ambitious, about right or too modest?*
by Daniel Clark,
last edited
May 31, 2018
This statistic shows the United Kingdom (UK) public opinion on the 2020 European Union (EU) objective that the share of funds invested in research and development should reach 3 percent of the wealth produced in the EU each year, as of May 2017. 47 percent thought that the aim was about right.
Would you say that the European Union's objective that the share of funds invested in research and development should reach 3 percent of the wealth produced in the EU each year is too ambitious, about right or too modest?*
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| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| Too ambitious | 9% |
| About right | 47% |
| Too modest | 13% |
| Don't know | 31% |
| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| Too ambitious | 9% |
| About right | 47% |
| Too modest | 13% |
| Don't know | 31% |
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by Daniel Clark,
last edited
May 31, 2018
This statistic shows the United Kingdom (UK) public opinion on the 2020 European Union (EU) objective that the share of funds invested in research and development should reach 3 percent of the wealth produced in the EU each year, as of May 2017. 47 percent thought that the aim was about right.
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- Release date
- August 2017
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- May 20, 2017 to May 30, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,365 respondents
- Age group
- 15 years and older
- Method of interview
- Face-to-face interview
- Supplementary notes
- *The original question was phrased as: Thinking about each of the following objectives to be reached by 2020 in the EU, would you say that it is too ambitious, about right or too modest? The share of funds invested in research and development should reach 3% of the wealth produced in the EU each year
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- Region
- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- May 20, 2017 to May 30, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,365 respondents
- Age group
- 15 years and older
- Method of interview
- Face-to-face interview
- Supplementary notes
- *The original question was phrased as: Thinking about each of the following objectives to be reached by 2020 in the EU, would you say that it is too ambitious, about right or too modest? The share of funds invested in research and development should reach 3% of the wealth produced in the EU each year
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