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. 2011 Mar 10;6(3):e17571. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017571

Table 2. Global Warming Issue Involvement by Audience Segment.

Survey Questions Audience Segment Scale Points
Alarmed Con-cerned Cautious Dis-engaged Doubtful Dis-missive
14. Rating of global warming (good = 1 to bad = 6) 5.72 5.31 4.35 4.04 3.66 3.19 6
15. Worry about global warming 3.65 3.08 2.44 2.31 1.56 1.12 4
16. Thought given to global warming 3.65 2.75 2.22 1.71 2.19 2.82 4
17. Need for information (4  =  low need) 2.74 2.16 1.89 1.60 2.50 3.58 4
18. Personal importance of issue 4.44 3.39 2.59 2.54 1.81 1.38 4
19. Unwilling to change opinion 3.77 2.95 2.41 2.16 3.02 3.69 5
20. Personally experienced global warming 2.92 2.26 1.95 1.96 1.52 1.19 4
21. Global warming discussion frequency 3.02 2.36 1.86 1.29 1.88 2.05 4
22. Friends share views on global warming 3.59 2.71 2.21 1.65 2.85 3.61 5

(p<.001 for all differences).