Table 1 Participants

From: Perceptions of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in different policy scenarios

Sociodemographic variables

Coercive group

Supportive group

Persuasive group

Total

Gender

    

 Male

4

5

6

15

 Female

7

7

4

18

Age

    

 18–24

3

2

1

6

 25–44

5

3

3

11

 45–64

3

5

3

11

 65+

0

2

3

5

NS-SECa

    

 1

4

6

5

15

 2

3

2

2

7

 3

2

1

0

3

 4

0

1

2

3

 5

2

2

1

5

Political support

    

 Conservative

4

3

3

10

 Green

2

3

2

7

 Labour

3

4

2

9

 Liberal Democrat

2

2

3

7

Role for governmentb

    

 More in favour

9

7

6

22

 More opposed

2

5

4

11

Participant total

11

12

10

33

  1. aUK National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification where occupation and employment status information is used to code five socio-economic class positions in society
  2. bRole for government measured the extent to which participants favoured government regulation over individual behaviours. This scale used the short form individualism-communitarianism items by Kahan et al.31 and showed a very reliable internal consistency (Cronbach’s α  =  0.88)
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