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Pew Research CenterMay 20, 2022
What Do Americans Know About International Affairs?

Men are more likely to get all international knowledge questions correct; women are more likely to say they are not sure

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Men are more likely to get all international knowledge questions correct; women are more likely to say they are not sure

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What Do Americans Know About International Affairs?
Americans’ international knowledge varies a great deal depending on the question
International knowledge varies significantly by education, age and gender
Americans span wide range of international knowledge
High knowledge individuals see EU, NATO more favorably and China less favorably
Scores on international knowledge scale by education
Men are more likely to get all international knowledge questions correct; women are more likely to say they are not sure
Older adults tend to have higher levels of international knowledge
Republicans and Democrats have similar levels of international knowledge
Conservative Republicans, liberal Democrats generally score higher on international knowledge scale than more moderate respondents
International knowledge higher among those who follow international news, foreign policy or have traveled abroad
Americans span wide range of international knowledge
Americans with more international knowledge more likely to see China’s influence growing, U.S. influence waning
Americans with high international knowledge more likely to call issues with China very serious problems
Scale reliability and factor analysis
Two parameter item response theory analysis
Test information function for international knowledge scale
American Trends Panel recruitment surveys
Invitation and reminder dates
Weighting dimensions
Unweighted sample sizes and error attributable expected at the 95% level of confidence for different groups
Response rates
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