Table 3 Results comparing how demographic and other factors drive Canadians’ degree of pro-active engagement in discussions about anthropogenic climate change

From: The effect of public trust and engagement on climate communication approaches

 

MODEL 1: INITIATE DISCUSSIONS

MODEL 2: ACTIVELY SEEK OUT DISCUSSIONS

MODEL 3: PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS

MODEL 4: AVOID DISCUSSIONS

 

Coeff. estimate

St. error

Coeff. estimate

St. error

Coeff. estimate

St. error

Coeff. estimate

St. error

PROVINCE (Baseline: Ontario)

      

BC

−0.0076

0.0668

−0.0809

0.0665

0.1584**

0.0665

−0.0469

0.0641

AB

−0.0606

0.0706

−0.1320*

0.0710

−0.085

0.0682

0.0177

0.0671

SK

0.0140

0.0954

−0.0212

0.0980

0.0778

0.1049

0.0401

0.0971

MB

−0.0565

0.0844

−0.0618

0.0820

−0.0274

0.0830

0.0228

0.0802

QB

0.0217

0.0742

−0.0898

0.0756

−0.3529***

0.0739

−0.0792

0.0711

NB

−0.0013

0.1260

0.0739

0.1271

−0.1073

0.1246

0.0534

0.1076

NL

0.1282

0.1867

0.0145

0.1851

−0.2679

0.1850

−0.1274

0.1641

NS

−0.0799

0.1112

−0.1335

0.1135

−0.1190

0.1112

0.0697

0.1074

PEI

0.3811**

0.1757

0.2254

0.1701

0.2439

0.1877

−0.1709

0.1702

GENDER (Baseline: Men)

       

Woman

−0.1897***

0.0459

−0.1775***

0.0465

−0.0476

0.0453

0.0714*

0.0435

Non-binary

0.1289

0.1463

−0.0021

0.1444

0.3555***

0.1393

−0.0318

0.1373

GENERATION (Baseline: Baby Boomers)

     

Generation X

−0.2062***

0.0682

−0.0765

0.0702

0.0056

0.0692

0.1433**

0.0674

Millennial

−0.1997***

0.0607

−0.0947

0.0641

0.1495**

0.0623

0.1470**

0.0611

Generation Z

−0.0254

0.0847

0.0771

0.0841

0.3631***

0.0823

0.0868

0.0783

ETHNICITY (Baseline: White)

      

Asian

−0.0197

0.0732

0.0500

0.0701

−0.1220*

0.0671

−0.0007

0.0658

Black

0.0633

0.1318

0.1999*

0.1212

0.1206

0.1232

−0.1707

0.1113

Indigenous

0.2045*

0.1135

0.1809

0.1134

0.1338

0.1083

0.1057

0.0978

Latino

0.0554

0.1653

0.1683

0.1648

−0.0708

0.1683

0.2073

0.1611

Middle East

0.0763

0.1591

−0.1611

0.1797

0.1870

0.1946

0.0130

0.2160

POLITICAL AFFILIATION (Baseline: No political affiliation)

    

Liberal

0.0274

0.0635

0.1525***

0.0612

0.1283**

0.0606

0.1240**

0.0591

Conservative

−0.0378

0.0661

−0.0483

0.0698

0.0097

0.0662

0.2178***

0.0623

NDP

0.0929

0.0590

0.1112*

0.0593

0.1150*

0.0604

−0.0373

0.0561

Green Party

0.2618***

0.1006

0.2724***

0.1108

0.3084***

0.1024

−0.0093

0.0918

Bloc Québécois

0.0106

0.1210

−0.1799

0.1249

−0.2145*

0.1199

0.1437

0.1200

Does Not Vote

−0.1407

0.1353

−0.3257***

0.1286

−0.4770***

0.1197

0.2125*

0.1275

REGION (Baseline: Rural)

       

Small Urban

0.0338

0.0579

0.0401

0.0610

0.0089

0.0599

−0.0337

0.0562

Medium Urban

0.1258

0.0813

0.0506

0.0829

0.0901

0.0798

−0.0186

0.0763

Large Urban

0.1512**

0.0648

0.1650***

0.0657

0.0323

0.0645

−0.0522

0.0615

CLIMATE FACTORS

       

Daily Climate Action

0.2133***

0.0259

0.2077***

0.0266

0.2162***

0.0257

−0.0460**

0.0237

Climate Opinion Based On Scientific Evidence

0.0642**

0.0311

0.0023

0.0306

0.1053***

0.0309

−0.0830***

0.0314

Persuasion Of Others About Climate Change

0.8066***

0.0332

0.8138***

0.0326

0.7074***

0.0310

−0.0813***

0.0285

Changed Mind About Driver Climate Change

0.1280**

0.0620

0.2099***

0.0636

0.1191*

0.0661

0.1065*

0.0611

SUMMARY STATISTICS

       

Log-likelihood

−3344.9753

 

−3189.533

 

−3455.1384

 

−4308.895

 

Wald Χ2

957.31***

 

1070.98***

 

1054.98***

 

91.42***

 

Pseudo R2

0.1695

 

0.1739

 

0.1511

 

0.0114

 

Number Of Observations

2878

 

2877

 

2877

 

2878

 
  1. *** significant at 1%, ** 5% and * 10%.
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