Table 1.
Characteristics of the young people by presence and absence of worries about climate change.
| Variables | Not/a Little Worried N Total 75,436 (62.4%) |
Quite/Very Worried N Total 45,273 (37.6%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Sociodemographic variables | |||
| Gender Female Male |
32,324 (43.6) 41,789 (56.4) |
28,635 (64.6) 15,708 (35.4) |
<0.001 * |
| Grade (age) 8th grade, lower secondary school (13–14 yrs.) 9th grade, lower secondary school (14–15 yrs.) 10th grade, lower secondary school (15–16 yrs.) 1st grade, upper secondary school (16–17 yrs.) 2nd grade, upper secondary school (17–18 yrs.) 3rd grade, upper secondary school (18–19 yrs.) |
15,052 (20.6) 14,901 (20.4) 14,240 (19.5) 12,341 (16.9) 10,224 (14.0) 6140 (8.4) |
8231 (18.6) 8434 (19.1) 8827 (20.0) 7361 (16.6) 6241 (14.1) 5144 (11.6) |
<0.001 # |
| Centrality 1 = most central 2 3 4 5 6 = least central |
8419 (11.2) 14,895 (19.8) 29,467 (27.1) 16,979 (22.5) 11,049 (14.7) 3577 (4.7) |
7619 (16.8) 10,819 (23.9) 12,143 (26.8) 8367 (18.5) 4816 (10.6) 1570 (3.5) |
<0.001 # |
| Perceived family finances Poor Neither poor nor good Good |
2748 (3.7) 11,064 (14.9) 60,433 (81.4) |
1877 (4.2) 7096 (15.9) 35,705 (79.9) |
<0.001 * |
| Parental higher education None of the parents One parent Both parents |
12,153 (17.2) 23,720 (33.6) 34,629 (49.1) |
5110 (11.8) 12,584 (29.2) 25,432 (59.0) |
<0.001 * |
| Leisure activities | |||
| Organized leisure time No Yes |
35,238 (47.3) 39,266 (52.7) |
19,827 (44.2) 25,075 (55.8) |
<0.001 * |
| Daily screen time ≤3 h >3 h |
18,040 (24.2) 56,563 (75.8) |
10,907(24.3) 34,021 (75.7) |
0.712 # |
| Daily social media time ≤1 h >1 h |
19,153 (25.7) 55,498 (74.3) |
12,178 (27.1) 32,737 (72.9) |
<0.001 * |
| Mental health | |||
| Depressive symptoms Low (<3) high (≥3) |
61,501 (84.7) 11,131 (15.3) |
33,028 (75.4) 10,795 (24.6) |
<0.001 * |
| Subjective well-being <6 ≥6 |
12,792 (17.1) 62,193 (82.9) |
9733 (21.6) 35,397 (78.4) |
<0.001 * |
| Future life expectation I don’t expect to live a happy life I expect to live a happy life |
21,814 (29.5) 52,212 (70.5) |
15,855 (35.6) 28,706 (64.4) |
<0.001 * |
| Cannabis use and alcohol intoxication | |||
| Used cannabis previous 12 months No One or more times |
69,447 (93.0) 5255 (7.0) |
41,605 (92.5) 3364 (7.5) |
0.004 # |
| Alcohol intoxication previous 12 months No intoxication episode One or more intoxication episodes |
51,262 (68.5) 23,576 (31.5) |
31,253 (69.4) 13,803 (30.6) |
0.002 # |
# Fisher’s Exact Test. * Chi-square.