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Table 1 Years, student numbers and percentages that chose each of the four options

From: Thirty two years of continuous assessment reveal first year university biology students in Australia are rapidly abandoning beliefs in theistic involvement in human origins

Year

Number of students surveyed

% option 1 young earth creationist

% option 2 theistic evolution

% option 3 god not involved

% option 4 unsure

1986

482

10.0

50.0

25.1

14.9

1987

407

11.1

51.1

31.9

5.9

1988

485

17.3

46.8

35.9

0.0

1989

540

15.9

45.0

32.0

7.0

1990

528

11.0

54.0

28.0

7.0

1991

497

9.1

49.9

34.0

7.0

1992

616

14.0

38.0

37.0

11.0

1993

568

12.0

41.0

41.0

6.0

1994

572

12.1

43.0

42.0

3.0

1995

534

11.0

47.9

31.1

9.9

1996

578

11.9

45.0

41.0

2.1

1997

524

12.0

38.9

36.1

13.0

1998

508

10.0

42.9

37.0

10.0

1999

430

7.9

43.0

37.0

12.1

2000

482

8.1

42.9

36.9

12.0

2001

722

16.1

33.0

38.0

13.0

2002

598

15.1

34.9

44.0

6.0

2003

652

12.1

36.3

44.5

7.1

2004

469

11.9

32.0

46.1

10.0

2005

433

8.1

29.1

55.9

6.9

2006

535

11.2

35.7

42.8

10.3

2007

531

11.1

31.3

51.6

6.0

2008

500

12.2

30.8

41.2

15.8

2009

256

12.1

32.0

49.2

6.6

2010

292

6.8

33.9

47.9

11.3

2011

261

8.4

29.9

52.1

9.6

2012

283

7.8

28.6

55.1

8.5

2013

160

6.3

25.6

62.5

5.6

2014

103

6.8

26.2

55.3

11.7

2015

204

5.9

22.1

64.2

7.8

2016

227

5.3

24.2

62.1

8.4

2017

111

3.6

25.2

62.2

9.0