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Public opposition to nuclear energy production

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Source
Ipsos MORI (2011) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
July 17, 2017
Date range
2011–2011
Unit
%

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

Ipsos MORI – Global Citizen Reaction to the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Disaster

The Ipsos MORI survey was conducted in 24 countries. An international sample of 18,787 adults aged 18-64 in the US and Canada, and age 16-64 in all other countries, were interviewed between May 6 and May 21, 2011 via the Ipsos Online Panel system.

Results presented here are in response to the question: "Please indicate whether you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose each way of producing electricity" [results for nuclear electricity production].

Four responses were accepted for this question: "strongly support"; "somewhat support"; "somewhat oppose"; and "strongly oppose". We have simplified these results to "support" and "oppose" by summing the former and latter two responses, respectively.

Retrieved on
July 17, 2017
Retrieved from
https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/strong-global-opposition-towards-nuclear-power
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
Ipsos MORI (2011). Global Citizen Reaction to the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Disaster.

The Ipsos MORI survey was conducted in 24 countries. An international sample of 18,787 adults aged 18-64 in the US and Canada, and age 16-64 in all other countries, were interviewed between May 6 and May 21, 2011 via the Ipsos Online Panel system.

Results presented here are in response to the question: "Please indicate whether you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose each way of producing electricity" [results for nuclear electricity production].

Four responses were accepted for this question: "strongly support"; "somewhat support"; "somewhat oppose"; and "strongly oppose". We have simplified these results to "support" and "oppose" by summing the former and latter two responses, respectively.

Retrieved on
July 17, 2017
Retrieved from
https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/strong-global-opposition-towards-nuclear-power
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
Ipsos MORI (2011). Global Citizen Reaction to the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Disaster.

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“Data Page: Public opposition to nuclear energy production”. Our World in Data (2026). Data adapted from Ipsos MORI. Retrieved from https://data-add-income-distribution.owid.pages.dev:8789/20260511-092124/grapher/public-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-production.html [online resource] (archived on May 11, 2026).

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Ipsos MORI (2011) – processed by Our World in Data

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Ipsos MORI (2011) – processed by Our World in Data. “Public opposition to nuclear energy production” [dataset]. Ipsos MORI, “Global Citizen Reaction to the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Disaster” [original data]. Retrieved May 15, 2026 from https://data-add-income-distribution.owid.pages.dev:8789/20260511-092124/grapher/public-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-production.html (archived on May 11, 2026).

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Excel / Google Sheets
=IMPORTDATA("https://data-add-income-distribution.owid.pages.dev/grapher/public-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-production.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")
Python with Pandas
import pandas as pd
import requests

# Fetch the data.
df = pd.read_csv("https://data-add-income-distribution.owid.pages.dev/grapher/public-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-production.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", storage_options = {'User-Agent': 'Our World In Data data fetch/1.0'})

# Fetch the metadata
metadata = requests.get("https://data-add-income-distribution.owid.pages.dev/grapher/public-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-production.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false").json()
R
library(jsonlite)

# Fetch the data
df <- read.csv("https://data-add-income-distribution.owid.pages.dev/grapher/public-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-production.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")

# Fetch the metadata
metadata <- fromJSON("https://data-add-income-distribution.owid.pages.dev/grapher/public-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-production.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")
Stata
import delimited "https://data-add-income-distribution.owid.pages.dev/grapher/public-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-production.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", encoding("utf-8") clear