Table 2.
Perceived vulnerability to climate change health risks (Dependent Variable): Factor score variables.
| Frequencies | n | M | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Below is a list of potential risks to people’s health. How much of a risk do you feel each currently poses to your own health? (Climate change) Don’t know, 2.7% | No risk at all (1), 14.8% | 2066 | 2.61 | 0.99 |
| Minor risk (2), 31.5% | ||||
| Moderate risk (3), 31.8% | ||||
| Major risk (4), 21.9% | ||||
| How much do you think climate change will harm … (you personally)? Don’t know, 8.5% | Not at all (1), 17.6% | 1944 | 2.54 | 0.96 |
| Only a little (2), 26.7% | ||||
| A moderate amount (3), 39.7% | ||||
| A great deal (4), 16.0% | ||||
| How vulnerable—if at all—are the people living in your immediate household, including yourself, to potential health impacts of climate change? Don’t know, 8.7% | Not at all vulnerable/No potential climate change health impacts (1,5), 17.4% | 1941 | 2.51 | 0.94 |
| Only a little vulnerable (2), 29.0% | ||||
| Moderately vulnerable (3), 39.3% | ||||
| Very vulnerable (4), 14.4% |
The regional sample data has been reweighted to state population distributions; n sizes are unweighted totals.