Table 2.
Bivariable Analysis of the Participants Who Responded to the Climate Change Belief Question (n = 169), Gulf Coast Child and Family Health Study, United States, 2017–2018
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G-CAFH subset (n = 169) |
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Outcome: belief in climate change |
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| Total, N (%) | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | p* | |
| Exposure to natural disasters other than Katrina | 0.058 | |||
| No | 85 (50.3) | 20 (39.2) | 65 (55.1) | |
| Yes | 84 (49.7) | 31 (60.8) | 53 (44.9) | |
| Influence of Hurricane Katrina on CCB | 0.000†,‡ | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 113 (66.9) | 46 (90.2) | 67 (56.8) | |
| Yes | 56 (33.1) | 5 (9.8) | 51 (43.2) | |
| Influence of other flooding events that happened before Katrina on CCB | 0.121‡ | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 140 (82.8) | 46 (90.2) | 94 (79.7) | |
| Yes | 29 (17.2) | 5 (9.8) | 24 (20.3) | |
| Influence of recent flooding events and hurricanes on CCB | 0.000†,‡ | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 109 (64.5) | 46 (90.2) | 63 (53.4) | |
| Yes | 60 (35.5) | 5 (9.8) | 55 (46.6) | |
| Influence of news and science reports on CCB | 0.000†,‡ | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 103 (61.0) | 43 (84.3) | 60 (50.9) | |
| Yes | 66 (39.0) | 8 (15.7) | 58 (49.1) | |
| Influence of friends and family on CCB | 0.039†,‡ | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 148 (87.6) | 49 (96.1) | 99 (83.9) | |
| Yes | 21 (12.4) | 2 (3.9) | 19 (16.1) | |
| Other influences on CCB | 0.468‡ | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 147 (87.0) | 46 (90.2) | 101 (85.6) | |
| Yes | 22 (13.0) | 5 (9.8) | 17 (14.4) | |
| Income | 0.079‡ | |||
| <$20,000 | 68 (40.2) | 23 (45.1) | 45 (38.1) | |
| $20,000–$49,999 | 38 (22.5) | 10 (19.6) | 28 (23.7) | |
| $50,000+ | 30 (17.8) | 13 (25.5) | 17 (14.4) | |
| Refuse | 33 (19.5) | 5 (9.8) | 28 (23.7) | |
| Age, years | 0.173 | |||
| 29–59 | 109 (64.5) | 29 (56.9) | 80 (67.8) | |
| 60+ | 60 (35.5) | 22 (43.1) | 38 (32.2) | |
| Education | 0.311 | |||
| ≤HS/GED | 95 (56.9) | 32 (62.8) | 63 (54.3) | |
| >HS/GED | 72 (43.1) | 19 (37.2) | 53 (45.7) | |
| Gender | 0.109 | |||
| Male | 61 (36.1) | 23 (45.1) | 38 (32.2) | |
| Female | 108 (63.9) | 28 (54.9) | 80 (67.8) | |
| Race | 0.000†,‡ | |||
| Black | 79 (46.7) | 12 (23.5) | 67 (56.8) | |
| White | 75 (44.4) | 36 (70.6) | 39 (33.0) | |
| Other/refuse | 15 (8.9) | 3 (5.9) | 12 (10.2) | |
| Residence in flood-prone coastal area | 152 (89.9) | 45 (88.2) | 107 (90.7) | 0.628 |
| No | 17 (10.1) | 6 (11.8) | 11 (9.3) | |
| Yes | ||||
| Risk perception: is home at risk of flooding | 0.855‡ | |||
| No | 57 (33.7) | 17 (33.3) | 40 (33.9) | |
| Yes | 95 (56.2) | 30 (58.8) | 65 (55.1) | |
| Maybe | 17 (10.1) | 4 (7.8) | 13 (11.0) | |
Variables were in bold if their bivariable associations had a p-value below 0.05.
*
Pearson's χ2 test used unless otherwise indicated.
†
Indicates significance (p < 0.05).
‡
Fisher's exact test used.
CCB, climate change belief; G-CAFH, Gulf Coast Child and Family Health; HS, high school.