Table 3.
Multivariable Logistic Regression Models, Where the Crude Odds Ratios, Full Model, and Parsimonious Model were Assessed for 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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|---|---|---|---|
| Crude OR (95% CI) | Full model adjusted OR (95% CI) | Parsimonious model adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Exposure to natural disasters other than Katrina | |||
| No | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 0.6 (0.3–1.3) | |
| Influence of Hurricane Katrina on CCB | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 7.0 (2.6–18.9) | 9.4 (2.6–33.5) | |
| Influence of other flooding events that happened before Katrina on CCB | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 1.0 | ||
| Yes | 2.3 (0.84–6.6) | ||
| Influence of recent flooding events and hurricanes on CCB | 1.0 | ||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 1.0 | 12.6 (3.6–44.7) | |
| Yes | 8.0 (3.0–21.6) | ||
| Influence of news and science reports on CCB | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 5.2 (2.3–12.0) | 15.6 (4.8–50.5) | |
| Influence of friends and family on CCB | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 1.0 | ||
| Yes | 4.7 (1.1–21.0) | ||
| Other influences on CCB | |||
| “No” or “no climate belief” | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 1.5 (0.5–4.5) | 13.0 (3.1–53.8) | |
| Income | |||
| <$20,000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| $20,000–$49,999 | 1.4 (0.6–3.4) | 1.8 (0.7–4.9) | |
| $50,000+ | 0.7 (0.3–1.6) | 0.8 (0.3–2.3) | |
| Refuse | 2.9 (1.0–8.4) | 2.3 (0.7–7.5) | |
| Age, years | |||
| 29–59 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 60+ | 0.6 (0.3–1.2) | 0.6 (0.3–1.3) | |
| Education | |||
| ≤HS/GED | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| >HS/GED | 1.4 (0.7–2.8) | 1.6 (0.4–6.2) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Female | 1.7 (0.9–3.4) | 2.1 (0.9–4.8) | |
| Race | |||
| Black | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| White | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) | 0.2 (0.1–0.6) | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) |
| Other/refuse | 0.7 (0.2–2.9) | 0.5 (0.1–3.7) | 0.7 (0.2–2.9) |
| Race × education | |||
| Black × ≤HS | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Black × >HS | 1.3 (0.4–4.6) | 1.0 | |
| White × ≤HS | 0.2 (0.1–0.6) | 1.0 | |
| White × >HS | 0.2 (0.1–0.7) | 0.9 (0.2–4.7) | |
| Other/Ref × ≤HS | 0.5 (0.1–3.2) | 1.0 | |
| Other/Ref × >HS | 1.4 (0.2–13.6) | 2.2 (0.1–48.4) | |
| Residence in flood-prone coastal area | |||
| No | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 0.77 (0.27–2.21) | 1.4 (0.4–5.2) | |
| Risk perception: is home at risk of flooding | |||
| No | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 0.9 (0.5–1.9) | 0.5 (0.2–1.2) | |
| Maybe | 1.4 (0.39–4.9) | 0.5 (0.1–2.3) | |
Bolded values depict that the confidence interval does not cross 1.0, and p-value is <0.05.
Full-sample GOF:
Full-model AIC: 200.38, BIC: 247.15, GOF: 170.96, (p < 0.005).
Parsimonious model AIC: 192.17, BIC: 201.56.
AIC, Akaike information criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion; CI, confidence interval; GOF, goodness-of-fit; OR, odds ratio.