Table 6 Robustness test through transforming the independent variable.

From: Air pollution, health status and public awareness of environmental problems in China

Public awareness of environmental problems (0–10 scale)

Air Pollution

ln(SO2emission)

ln(PMsemission)

ln(NOxemission)

Air pollution

0.067***

(7.36)

0.063***

(6.12)

0.084***

(9.30)

Worse Health

0.046***

(3.50)

0.044***

(3.38)

0.049***

(3.71)

Better Health

− 0.011

(− 0.61)

− 0.011

(− 0.62)

− 0.009

(− 0.49)

Health Status

0.008

(1.59)

0.009*

(1.70)

0.008

(1.53)

Control

YES

YES

YES

Year Dummy

YES

YES

YES

N

47,509

47,509

47,509