ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at whether the relationships between demographics and selected survey items included in the United States' National Science Foundation (NSF) survey of public attitudes toward and understanding of Science and Technology (S&T) are stable over time. It focuses on correlations between different measures of the cultural authority of science and different measures of demographics. Focusing on the stability of relationships, allows for consideration of the degree to which the pattern of cultural authority of science may have changed over time within specific subgroups of the population. The NSF S&T survey has been conducted since 1979 in a form similar to its current form and in what is a biennial report titled Science and Engineering Indicators that the National Science Board is mandated to provide to both the United States Congress and the Executive Branch.
