Table 10 The underlying mechanisms affect public perception of environmental problems.
From: Air pollution, health status and public awareness of environmental problems in China
Public awareness of environmental problems (0–10 scale) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Pollution | Population-Weighted PM2.5 | Geographic-Mean PM2.5 | pop25 | pop35 | pop45 |
Air pollution | 0.001 (0.82) | 0.001 (0.92) | − 0.000 (− 0.78) | 0.000 (1.01) | 0.000 (0.21) |
GDP growth rate | − 0.094*** (− 9.63) | − 0.090*** (− 9.77) | − 0.094*** (− 9.04) | − 0.064*** (− 11.46) | − 0.062*** (− 13.90) |
Air pollution*GDP growth rate | 0.001*** (5.29) | 0.001*** (5.26) | 0.001*** (4.96) | 0.000*** (5.29) | 0.000*** (5.26) |
Worse Health | 0.181*** (4.23) | 0.181*** (4.22) | 0.175*** (4.09) | 0.183*** (4.26) | 0.178*** (4.16) |
Age | − 0.011*** (− 19.34) | − 0.011*** (− 19.31) | − 0.011*** (− 19.07) | − 0.011*** (− 19.36) | − 0.011*** (− 19.06) |
Worse Health*Age | − 0.003*** (− 3.26) | − 0.003*** (− 3.29) | − 0.003*** (− 3.23) | − 0.003*** (− 3.31) | − 0.003*** (− 3.22) |
Better Health | 0.019 (0.35) | 0.021 (0.38) | 0.015 (0.28) | 0.021 (0.38) | 0.018 (0.33) |
Better Health*Age | − 0.001 (− 0.59) | − 0.001 (− 0.60) | − 0.001 (− 0.55) | − 0.001 (− 0.61) | − 0.001 (− 0.59) |
Health Status | 0.006 (1.20) | 0.007 (1.35) | 0.008 (1.60) | 0.006 (1.21) | 0.007 (1.32) |
Control | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Year Dummy | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
N | 47,319 | 47,319 | 47,319 | 47,319 | 47,319 |
