Table 2 Wave 2 survey: policy support across information conditions.

From: Effect of linguistic framing and information provision on attitudes towards induced seismicity and seismicity regulation

 

Control

Other limitsb

Other activitiesb

Support/oppose removing the moratorium on shale gas extraction?a

2.96c

3.06

3.08

Support/oppose limit increase from 0.5 to 2.7 ML?a

3.13

3.30

3.29

  1. aSix-point bipolar scale, with don’t know (DK = 16% for removing the moratorium, 20% for increasing the limit) (1 = Strongly oppose, 2 = Moderately oppose, 3 = Slightly oppose, 4 = Slightly support, 5 = Moderately support, 6 = Strongly support).
  2. bSee methods for text of information provision on ‘other limits’ and ‘other activities’.
  3. cFollowing ANOVA tests, Tukey post-hoc tests for differences between means of the two policy-relevant attitudes, across the three treatment conditions, revealed no significant differences.
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