Table 1 Coding, mean and standard deviation for variables in the study.
Variable | Coding | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
Climate change skeptics | 0 (believe in ACC) to 1 (trend and attribution skeptics) | 0.41 | 0.49 |
Trust in environmental institutions | 0 (very low trust) to 4 (very high trust) | 2.33 | 0.85 |
Gender | 0 (female) to 1 (male) | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Age | 18–80+ (numbers inn actual years) | 49.44 | 16.44 |
Educational attainment | 0 (secondary school or less) to 3 (university 4 years+) | 1.29 | 0.77 |
Annual income in NOK | 1 (<200k) to 9 (more than 1000k) | 3.59 | 2.05 |
Place of residence (rural–urban) | 0 (<200) to 6 (>300,000) | 3.19 | 1.74 |
Immigrant skepticism | 0 (disagree strongly) to 4 (agree strongly) | 2.47 | 1.24 |
Egocentric view of nature | 0 (disagree strongly) to 4 (agree strongly) | 2.93 | 0.74 |
Anti-elitism | 0 (disagree strongly) to 4 (agree strongly) | 2.60 | 0.84 |
