Table 1. Summary of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors.
% of respondents | |||||||
Panel A: Pro-environmental attitudes | |||||||
Extremely unwilling to | Reluctant to | Do not care | Willing to | Extremely willing to | |||
To protect the environment, are you willing to pay higher prices? | 7.8 | 25.4 | 20.2 | 37.3 | 9.4 | ||
To protect the environment, are you willing to pay higher taxes? | 9.8 | 31.2 | 21.1 | 31.7 | 6.2 | ||
To protect the environment, are you willing to lower your standard of living? | 12.6 | 33.7 | 19.6 | 28.6 | 5.4 | ||
Panel B: Pro-environmental behaviors | |||||||
Not at all | Occasionally | Frequently | |||||
How often do you separate wastes for recycling? | 23.8 | 32.6 | 43.5 | ||||
How often do you buy locally produced products or groceries without chemical fertilizers or pesticides? | 32.0 | 37.7 | 30.3 | ||||
How often do you buy environmentally friendly products marked with an environmental label? | 34.1 | 41.6 | 24.3 | ||||
How often do you reduce car usage for environmental protection? | 28.8 | 44.4 | 26.9 | ||||
How often do you cut down energy consumption for environmental protection? | 27.1 | 40.3 | 32.7 | ||||
How often do you cut down water consumption for environmental protection? | 17.0 | 34.0 | 49.0 |
Note: Panel A reports the proportion of respondents providing “Extremely unwilling”, “Reluctant to”, “Do not care”, “Willing to” and “Extremely willing to” answers to each of the three pro-environmental attitudes questions. Panel B reports the proportion of respondents providing “Not at all”, “Occasionally”, and ‘‘Frequently” answers to each of the six pro-environmental behaviors questions. Percentages may not sum up to 100 due to rounding.