Table 2 Local factors and climate plan characteristics and their effect on cities’ level of engagement with justice in climate action planning
Variable | Variable Description | Regression Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficients | Standard Error | Z value | P-value | Odds Ratio | ||
After 2017 | Climate plan published after 2017 | 2.3984 | 0.7317 | 3.278 | 0.0010 ** | 11.0053 |
Population | City population > 500,000 | 1.4528 | 0.6446 | 2.254 | 0.0242 * | 4.2749 |
Median household income (MHI) | MHI > sample mean ($61,532) | 3.2287 | 1.0585 | 3.050 | 0.0023 ** | 25.2472 |
Poverty | Percentage of persons in poverty, 2019 | 0.3997 | 0.1176 | 3.399 | 0.0007 *** | 1.4914 |
People of colour | Percentage of population who did not identify as “White alone, not Hispanic or Latino” in the US Census. This includes African American, Native American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, or two or more races, 2019 | −0.0660 | 0.0245 | −2.691 | 0.0071 ** | 0.9361 |
Coastal city | City is geographically located by the coast | 2.7406 | 0.8063 | 3.399 | 0.0007 *** | 15.4966 |
Legacy city | City has been classified as a legacy city | −1.5219 | 0.9222 | −1.650 | 0.0989 | 0.2183 |
Engagement | City mentions engaging with local community members for the climate plan | 3.6967 | 1.4454 | 2.558 | 0.0105 * | 40.3139 |
Intercept Category 1 | 2 | 9.143 | 2.755 | 3.319 | 0.0009 *** | 9,345.4134 | |
Intercept Category 2 | 3 | 11.816 | 2.969 | 3.980 | 0.00006 *** | 135,464.8602 | |
McFadden Pseudo-R2 | 36.72% | |||||
