Table 3.
Contextual and personal factors covered in the survey; frequency distribution of survey responses for nominal and ordinal variables, mean responses for interval variables
| Variable | Response | Summer (N = 306) | Fall (N = 364) | Winter (N = 338) | Spring (N = 276) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [%] | [%] | [%] | [%] | ||
| Health-related mood | Very good | 25.8 | 39.8 | 29.6 | 39.9 |
| Good | 54.9 | 44.2 | 52.7 | 48.2 | |
| Fair | 15.0 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 11.6 | |
| Bad | 3.6 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.4 | |
| Very bad | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
| Climate adaptation | Very familiar | 36.3 | 37.1 | 44.4 | 46.4 |
| Familiar | 26.1 | 24.7 | 26.9 | 22.1 | |
| Somewhat familiar | 16.7 | 26.6 | 20.7 | 22.5 | |
| Not familiar | 20.9 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 9.1 | |
| Location choice | Passing by | 22.9 | 42.3 | 19.8 | 26.1 |
| Class at Memorial Union | 36.6 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 9.8 | |
| Meeting someone | 20.9 | 18.7 | 21.3 | 22.5 | |
| Lunch/resting | 19.0 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 41.7 | |
| Thermal perception (thermal sensation vote) | Very cold | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Cold | 0.0 | 0.5 | 18.3 | 0.0 | |
| Cool | 1.6 | 10.7 | 26.6 | 7.6 | |
| Slightly cool | 1.6 | 20.1 | 32.5 | 15.9 | |
| Neutral | 6.9 | 27.2 | 9.2 | 26.8 | |
| Slightly warm | 19.6 | 24.2 | 6.2 | 26.1 | |
| Warm | 24.8 | 12.4 | 3.6 | 17.8 | |
| Hot | 25.2 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 5.4 | |
| Very hot | 20.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
| Thermal comfort | Comfortable | 38.6 | 67.9 | 54.7 | 75.0 |
| Slightly uncomfortable | 40.2 | 19.2 | 35.8 | 18.5 | |
| Uncomfortable | 17.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.4 | |
| Very uncomfortable | 3.6 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 | |
| Thermal preference | Much cooler | 10.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| Cooler | 26.1 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 11.2 | |
| Slightly cooler | 37.3 | 26.6 | 13.0 | 39.9 | |
| Neither warmer nor Cooler | 20.6 | 49.5 | 34.3 | 39.1 | |
| Slightly warmer | 2.0 | 10.2 | 35.2 | 3.3 | |
| Warmer | 2.0 | 2.5 | 11.2 | 1.4 | |
| Much warmer | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | |
| Sun exposure | Full sun | 17.6 | 25.8 | 33.4 | 18.5 |
| Shaded (solar structure) | 70.3 | 63.2 | 59.8 | 75.4 | |
| Shaded (tree) | 12.1 | 11.0 | 6.8 | 6.2 | |
| Short-term thermal history | No AC (5 min ago) | 55.2 | 60.2 | 67.2 | 60.9 |
| AC (5 min ago) | 44.8 | 39.8 | 32.8 | 39.1 | |
| Long-term thermal history | No AC (30 min ago) | 27.1 | 27.5 | 30.2 | 22.8 |
| AC (30 min ago) | 72.9 | 72.5 | 69.8 | 77.2 | |
| Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | ||
| Activity level | Metabolic rate (5 min ago) | 101 | 110 | 103 | 104 |
| Metabolic rate (30 min ago) | 90 | 90 | 89 | 86 | |
| Clothing | Clothing insulation | 0.46 | 0.62 | 0.83 | 0.49 |
| Air temperature estimate | Shade | 34.3 | 23.7 | 16.2 | 25.3 |
| Sun | 40.1 | 27.7 | 20.1 | 29.4 |