Table S2.
Descriptive statistics of independent variables (n = 2126).
| Min | Max | M | SD | % Missing Data | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | General risk perception (Factor scores) | −2 | 1 | 0 | 0.92 | 7.1% |
| Political ideology | 1 | 5 | 3.02 | 1.12 | 2.5% | |
| Climate beliefs | Climate change belief certainty | 1 | 9 | 7.16 | 1.84 | 9.5% |
| Perceived climate health impacts in Maryland (Scale) | 0 | 4 | 2.2 | 1.42 | 0.0% | |
| Social vulnerability & health susceptibility | Female | 0 | 1 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.0% |
| African American | 0 | 1 | 0.22 | 0.41 | 2.7% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 4.8% | |
| Income | 1 | 9 | 5.18 | 2.42 | 6.6% | |
| Education | 1 | 5 | 3.55 | 1.22 | 0.0% | |
| Elderly (Age 65+) | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0.0% | |
| Chronic disease (Scale) | 0 | 2 | 0.73 | 0.79 | 0.0% | |
| Exposure | 100-year floodplain | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.0% |
| Urban (Heat proxy measure) | 0 | 1 | 0.86 | 0.23 | 0.0% |
Weighted to state population distributions. Missing data for covariates, climate beliefs, and income were imputed for the purposes of the final analyses using gender, age and education as matching variables.