Table 1.
Focus group demographics and climate opinions derived from the pre-screening questionnaire in the recruitment process. Climate opinions were rated on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree) and median values and their interquartile ranges (IQR) are presented
| Climate opinions | Demographic information | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Number of Participants | CC is human caused (median, IQR) | Level of CC concern (median, IQR) | Children at home (# yes) | Work outdoors (# yes) | Live/work on farm (# yes) | Education (# some or complete college/uni) | Age (range, average) | ||
| Winnipeg (urban) | W1 | High concern | 11 | 4 (3.5–4) | 4 (4–4) | 2 | 3 | – | 8 | 24–68, 49.3 |
| W2 | Low concern | 10 | 3 (3–3) | 2 (2–3) | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 33–80, 56.3 | |
| Brandon (urban-rural) | B1 | High concern | 10 | 4 (4–4) | 4 (4–4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21–65, 48.2 |
| B2 | Low concern | 8 | 3 (3–3.25) | 2 (1.75–3) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 42–71, 59.6 | |
|
Morden- Winkler (rural) |
M1 | High concern | 11 | 4 (3–4) | 4 (3–4) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 33–70, 51.8 |
| M2 | Low concern | 11 | 3 (2.5–3) | 2 (2–2) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 25–68, 43.5 | |