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. 2013 Mar 8;13:208. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-208

Table 3.

Knowledge around climate change

Theme Number of participants (% of the total) Mentions (% of the total)
Health effects
17 (77)
49 (21)
Weather/temperature change
15 (68)
22 (9)
Glaciers/ice caps
14 (64)
22 (9)
Pollution (general)
13 (59)
31(13)
Natural disasters
12 (54)
23 (10)
Ozone hole
11 (50)
16 (7)
Greenhouse gas emissions
8 (36)
16 (7)
Wildlife
8 (36)
14 (6)
Natural cycles
7 (32)
18 (8)
Deforestation
5 (23)
12 (5)
Sea-level rise
4 (18)
4 (2)
Rainforests
2 (9)
4 (2)
Storms
2 (9)
3 (1)
Water
2 (9)
3 (1)
Total * 22 237 (100)

* This is not equal to the sum of the numbers in the column due to overlap in responses.