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Table 4 The percentage share of different categories for knowledge about evolution, acceptance of evolution, and religious faith

From: European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment

 

Percentage (%)

Biology-related

Non-biology

Total

Acceptance

 Acceptance (35–40)

36.5

27.7

34.0

 Rather acceptance (29–34)

44.5

45.1

44.7

 Indifferent position (20–28)

17.7

25.4

19.9

 Rather rejection (14–19)

0.9

1.2

1.0

 Rejection (8–12)

0.3

0.5

0.4

 n

6065

2470

8526

Knowledge

 High knowledge (12)

0.1

0.0

0.1

 Rather high knowledge (10–11)

4.2

0.8

0.3

 Moderate knowledge (8–9)

21.2

6.3

17.0

 Low knowledge (6–7)

27.1

16.6

24.1

 Very low knowledge (0–5)

47.4

76.3

55.5

 n

5616

2189

7805

Religious faith

 Very religious (43–50)

15.0

24.7

17.8

 Religious (35–42)

12.9

19.9

14.9

 Indifferent position (26–34)

17.5

20.6

18.4

 Not religious (18–25)

14.1

10.5

13.1

 Not religious at all (10–17)

40.5

24.3

35.7

 n

5912

2441

8353

  1. Acceptance of evolution (ATEVO; Beniermann 2019): score range: 8–40; knowledge about evolution (KAEVO; Kuschmierz et al. 2020a): score range: 0–12; religious faith (PERF; Beniermann 2019): score range: 10–50. Displayed are shares within categories (Beniermann 2019; Kuschmierz et al. 2020a) of ATEVO, KAEVO, and PERF