* The full question reads as follows: "Overall, how positive or negative an effect do you think that technology will have on each of the following around the world over the next twenty years?"
Percentages missing or exceeding 100 percent are due to rounding.
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Share of attitudes about the effect of technology on employment rates worldwide 2016
This statistics displays the share of UK attitudes towards future technology's effect on rates of employment worldwide in 2016. A ** percent share of respondents were either very or fairly positive about technology's effects on employment, compared to ** percent who thought technology's effect would be fairly or very negative.
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Nesta. (April 26, 2016). Share of UK attitudes towards future technology's effect on rates of employment worldwide in 2016* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/602863/attitudes-towards-future-technology-and-employment-worldwide/
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