Table 4.
Perceived Impacts of Climate Change | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) of Respondents with a High (vs. Low) Level of Understanding on the Causes of Climate Change | |||
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All | Medical | Public Health | Nursing | |
Climate change is controllable (yes vs. no) | 1.68 ** | 1.83 ** | 1.38 | 1.81 |
(1.32–2.14) | (1.29–2.60) | (0.85–2.25) | (1.07–3.06) | |
Overall, climate change is a bad thing (yes vs. no) | 2.16 ** | 1.98 ** | 2.33 | 2.94 ** |
(1.57–2.96) | (1.24–3.17) | (1.28–4.24) | (1.44–5.99) | |
Climate change is bad for human health (yes vs. no) | 1.83 ** | 2.18 ** | 1.47 | 2.11 |
(1.28–2.60) | (1.27–3.75) | (0.75–2.85) | (1.00–4.50) | |
Health impacts of climate change will be serious in my local community (yes vs. no) | 2.07 ** | 3.45 ** | 1.16 | 2.08 |
(1.44–2.99) | (1.93–6.17) | (0.62–2.15) | (0.85–5.07) | |
Health impacts of climate change will be serious in China (yes vs. no) | 5.40 ** | 9.18 ** | 2.86 | 5.55 |
(2.60–11.24) | (2.65–31.76) | (0.83–9.87) | (1.12–27.49) | |
Health impacts of climate change will be serious in the world (yes vs. no) | 4.00 ** | 6.30 ** | 1.97 | 4.29 |
(2.17–7.39) | (2.47–16.02) | (0.68–5.67) | (0.87–21.17) | |
Ability to recognize health consequences of climate change (high vs. low) | 1.30 | 1.45 | 1.27 | 1.22 |
(1.04–1.64) | (1.03–2.04) | (0.83–1.95) | (0.74–2.01) |
1 Controlled for influences of region, gender, age, discipline (only in the model involving all respondents), income, and health status. ** Bonferroni adjusted p < 0.01.