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. 2023 Dec 15;14:1287188. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1287188

Table 4.

Factors in support for net zero policies.

LTN Frequent flyer levy EV subsidies Vegan options Meat taxes Environmental pricing Phasing out boilers Sustainable pensions Overall1
b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI) b (95% CI)
Constant 0.391*** (0.120, 0.662) 1.398*** (1.141, 1.656) 0.556*** (0.307, 0.805) 0.532*** (0.285, 0.779) −0.095 (−0.341, 0.151) 0.581*** (0.348, 0.814) 0.700*** (0.463, 0.937) 1.191*** (0.956, 1.427) 0.627*** (0.516, 0.738)
Female 0.013 (−0.078, 0.104) 0.031 (−0.054, 0.116) −0.042 (−0.128, 0.044) 0.166*** (0.084, 0.248) 0.081 (−0.002, 0.164) 0.181*** (0.104, 0.257) −0.001 (−0.082, 0.080) 0.035 (−0.043, 0.114) 0.062*** (0.024, 0.100)
35–54 0.229*** (0.077, 0.381) 0.340*** (0.199, 0.481) 0.017 (−0.123, 0.158) 0.076 (−0.062, 0.213) 0.129 (−0.009, 0.266) 0.213*** (0.084, 0.341) 0.159** (0.028, 0.290) 0.038 (−0.092, 0.167) 0.150*** (0.087, 0.213)
55 and over 0.264*** (0.117, 0.411) 0.452*** (0.313, 0.590) 0.024 (−0.113, 0.160) 0.119 (−0.016, 0.254) 0.147** (0.013, 0.280) 0.314*** (0.189, 0.439) 0.165** (0.037, 0.293) 0.046 (−0.081, 0.173) 0.194*** (0.133, 0.255)
Other ethnic background −0.312*** (−0.522, −0.101) −0.245*** (−0.427, −0.063) 0.034 (−0.149, 0.216) 0.125 (−0.049, 0.298) −0.074 (−0.271, 0.123) −0.205** (−0.379, −0.030) −0.083 (−0.257, 0.092) −0.047 (−0.219, 0.126) −0.082 (−0.166, 0.002)
Scotland 0.034 (−0.086, 0.153) −0.015 (−0.123, 0.094) −0.028 (−0.139, 0.084) −0.113** (−0.221, −0.006) −0.130** (−0.236, −0.024) −0.120** (−0.222, −0.017) −0.091 (−0.195, 0.012) −0.012 (−0.115, 0.091) −0.056** (−0.105, −0.007)
Wales −0.159 (−0.386, 0.069) −0.185 (−0.416, 0.046) −0.042 (−0.253, 0.170) −0.235** (−0.449, −0.022) 0.014 (−0.197, 0.225) −0.165 (−0.363, 0.033) 0.010 (−0.202, 0.222) 0.009 (−0.188, 0.207) −0.102** (−0.199, −0.005)
Northern Ireland 0.162 (−0.133, 0.456) −0.281 (−0.567, 0.005) 0.199 (−0.067, 0.466) −0.096 (−0.344, 0.151) −0.144 (−0.387, 0.099) 0.026 (−0.200, 0.252) 0.031 (−0.240, 0.302) −0.093 (−0.339, 0.152) −0.039 (−0.158, 0.080)
England (London) −0.249*** (−0.417, −0.080) −0.149 (−0.310, 0.011) 0.094 (−0.061, 0.249) 0.035 (−0.122, 0.191) 0.119 (−0.041, 0.278) −0.015 (−0.157, 0.128) −0.050 (−0.200, 0.099) 0.001 (−0.143, 0.144) −0.028 (−0.099, 0.042)
Area type −0.025 (−0.130, 0.080) −0.122** (−0.220, −0.024) 0.100 (−0.001, 0.200) 0.025 (−0.070, 0.120) 0.016 (−0.080, 0.111) −0.086 (−0.175, 0.003) 0.002 (−0.091, 0.096) −0.036 (−0.127, 0.055) −0.014 (−0.058, 0.030)
Neighbourhood deprivation 0.014 (−0.019, 0.048) 0.018 (−0.014, 0.049) −0.042** (−0.074, −0.010) −0.045*** (−0.075, −0.014) −0.021 (−0.053, 0.010) −0.030** (−0.058, −0.001) 0.011 (−0.019, 0.041) 0.010 (−0.019, 0.040) −0.012 (−0.026, 0.002)
Climate change worry 0.306*** (0.256, 0.356) 0.280*** (0.234, 0.326) 0.381*** (0.335, 0.427) 0.336*** (0.291, 0.381) 0.394*** (0.347, 0.441) 0.412*** (0.369, 0.455) 0.376*** (0.332, 0.421) 0.335*** (0.291, 0.379) 0.351*** (0.330, 0.371)
Left–right scale −0.089*** (−0.140, −0.039) −0.125*** (−0.172, −0.078) −0.085*** (−0.133, −0.036) −0.075*** (−0.122, −0.029) −0.080*** (−0.127, −0.034) −0.031 (−0.073, 0.011) −0.063*** (−0.107, −0.019) −0.121*** (−0.166, −0.077) −0.085*** (−0.106, −0.064)
Libertarian-authoritarian scale −0.113*** (−0.164, −0.062) −0.079*** (−0.126, −0.032) −0.126*** (−0.175, −0.077) −0.219*** (−0.266, −0.173) −0.182*** (−0.229, −0.135) −0.188*** (−0.231, −0.145) −0.161*** (−0.205, −0.116) −0.147*** (−0.192, −0.103) −0.153*** (−0.175, −0.132)
Perceived fairness 0.836*** (0.767, 0.905) 0.631*** (0.566, 0.695) 0.699*** (0.637, 0.761) 0.762*** (0.702, 0.822) 0.876*** (0.813, 0.938) 0.598*** (0.538, 0.657) 0.696*** (0.635, 0.757) 0.571*** (0.511, 0.632) 0.721*** (0.696, 0.746)
Climate change framing −0.050 (−0.176, 0.076) −0.062 (−0.180, 0.056) 0.193*** (0.073, 0.312) −0.084 (−0.198, 0.031) −0.040 (−0.156, 0.077) 0.130** (0.023, 0.236) 0.063 (−0.048, 0.175) 0.106 (−0.003, 0.215) 0.033 (−0.019, 0.086)
Health framing 0.099 (−0.027, 0.225) −0.008 (−0.127, 0.112) 0.353*** (0.233, 0.473) 0.073 (−0.041, 0.186) 0.056 (−0.060, 0.172) 0.231*** (0.125, 0.337) 0.136** (0.023, 0.249) −0.009 (−0.119, 0.101) 0.111*** (0.058, 0.164)
Economic framing 0.075 (−0.051, 0.202) −0.099 (−0.217, 0.020) 0.182*** (0.062, 0.302) −0.007 (−0.122, 0.108) −0.083 (−0.200, 0.034) 0.208*** (0.101, 0.315) 0.031 (−0.081, 0.144) 0.066 (−0.045, 0.177) 0.043 (−0.011, 0.096)
Observations 2,141 2,093 2,128 2,136 2,159 2,129 2,099 1,962 16,847

**p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01; 1the overall effects were estimated using multilevel modelling; b = unstandardised regression coefficients; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.