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. 2014 Sep 5;9(9):e106645. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106645

Table 1. Demographic profile of respondents.

Demographic variables Total sample (n = 30,170) Subsample 1: environmentally active citizens (n = 17,233) Subsample 2: environmentally inactive citizens (n = 12,937) χ2 tests: subsample 1 vs. 2
χ2 d.f. p Phi/Cramer's V
Gender 7.72 1 0.005 0.016
Male 45.6% 44.9% 46.5%
Female 54.4% 55.1% 53.5%
Age 150.39 5 <0.001 0.071
15–24 12.6% 10.8% 15.1%
25–34 15.1% 15.0% 15.2%
35–44 17.2% 18.0% 16.2%
45–54 17.3% 17.9% 16.5%
55–64 16.9% 17.7% 15.8%
65+ years 20.9% 20.7% 21.2%
Education (age at which respondents stopped full-time education) 528.37 5 <0.001 0.132
No full-time education 0.5% 0.2% 0.8%
15– years 21.9% 19.7% 24.8%
16–19 41.7% 41.3% 42.3%
20+ years 25.3% 29.5% 19.7%
Still studying 8.4% 7.7% 9.3%
Refusal/DK 2.2% 1.6% 3.1%
Political ideology 659.16 3 <0.001 0.148
Left/liberal 24.1% 27.1% 20.3%
Moderate 30.2% 31.7% 28.3%
Right/conservative 24.6% 25.3% 23.8%
Refusal/DK 21.0% 16.0% 27.7%