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. 2022 Feb 3;17(2):e0263383. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263383

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.