Table 3.
Predictors of perceived vulnerability to climate change health risks.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | |||
| Covariates | Political ideology | 0.25 *** (0.20, 0.29) | 0.05 ** (0.01, 0.09) | 0.05 * (0.01, 0.08) | 0.04 * (0.01, 0.08) |
| Non-climate health risk perceptions | 0.41 *** (0.37, 0.45) | 0.30 *** (0.26, 0.33) | 0.28 *** (0.24, 0.31) | 0.28 *** (0.24, 0.31) | |
| Climate beliefs | Climate change belief certainty | 0.32 *** (0.28, 0.36) | 0.30 *** (0.27, 0.34) | 0.30 *** (0.26, 0.34) | |
| Perceived climate health impacts in Maryland | 0.31 *** (0.27, 0.35) | 0.28 *** (0.24, 0.32) | 0.28 *** (0.24, 0.32) | ||
| Social vulnerability & health susceptibility | Female | 0.03 * (0, 0.07) | 0.03 # (0, 0.07) | ||
| African American/black | 0.12 *** (0.09, 0.16) | 0.12 *** (0.09, 0.16) | |||
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.04 * (0.01, 0.07) | 0.04 * (0.01, 0.07) | |||
| Income | −0.06 ** (−0.10, −0.02) | −0.06 ** (−0.10, −0.02) | |||
| Education | 0.04 * (0.01, 0.08) | 0.04 * (0, 0.08) | |||
| Elderly (Age 65+) | −0.02 (−0.05, 0.02) | −0.02 (−0.05, 0.02) | |||
| Chronic disease/disability | 0.05 * (0.01, 0.08) | 0.04 * (0.01, 0.08) | |||
| Exposure | 100-year floodplain | 0.05 ** (0.02, 0.08) | |||
| Urban heat proxy | 0.03 (−0.01, 0.06) | ||||
| Adjusted R2 | 0.25 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.51 | |
| ∆ F | 281.79 *** | 387.06 *** | 13.18 *** | 5.23 ** | |
n = 1727; boldface standardized coefficient indicates significance (p < 0.05 *; p < 0.01 **; p < 0.001 ***); p = 0.05 #.