Extended Data Table 2 Estimated effect of choosing information source as one of the three paid the most attention to or having the most trust in on Knowledge Index 1

From: The public’s views on climate policies in seven large global south countries

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Scientist

NGO

National

govt

Newspaper

Internet

TV

Local govt

Social media

Radio

Religious

Family

Friends

Most Attention

0.13

−0.18

−0.01

−0.18**

−0.11

−0.11

−0.37***

−0.25***

−0.53***

−1.43***

−0.61***

−0.71***

 

(0.10)

(0.16)

(0.09)

(0.09)

(0.09)

(0.08)

(0.10)

(0.07)

(0.10)

(0.18)

(0.11)

(0.12)

Most Trust

0.49***

0.01

0.07

−0.22**

−0.41***

−0.22**

−0.27***

−0.70***

−0.45***

−0.69***

−0.50***

−0.76***

 

(0.08)

(0.11)

(0.08)

(0.09)

(0.11)

(0.09)

(0.09)

(0.11)

(0.09)

(0.12)

(0.09)

(0.11)

Both Most

0.29**

0.97***

0.47***

0.69***

0.67***

0.43***

0.56***

0.79***

0.57***

1.64***

0.46***

0.62***

Attention & Trust

(0.13)

(0.21)

(0.13)

(0.13)

(0.15)

(0.12)

(0.17)

(0.14)

(0.16)

(0.28)

(0.16)

(0.20)

Constant

3.22***

3.61***

3.53***

3.68***

3.70***

3.68***

3.73***

3.80***

3.80***

3.77***

3.83***

3.81***

 

(0.04)

(0.03)

(0.04)

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.04)

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.02)

(0.03)

(0.03)

N

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,400

R2

0.023

0.007

0.007

0.003

0.003

0.002

0.002

0.005

0.007

0.013

0.010

0.013

Sum of the

0.91***

0.80***

0.53***

0.28***

0.15*

0.11

−0.07

−0.15**

−0.40***

−0.47**

−0.65***

−0.84***

three coefficients

(0.07)

(0.10)

(0.07)

(0.08)

(0.08)

(0.07)

(0.12)

(0.08)

(0.10)

(0.20)

(0.10)

(0.14)

  1. Note: Table presents the results of predicting climate knowledge index with attention to and trust in climate information sources using the linear regression models over the entire sample of 8,400 respondents. The robust standards errors are reported in the parentheses. We report the sum of three coefficients, that is, most attention, most trust, and both most attention and trust, and their standard errors below in parentheses. *** indicates significance at p < 0.001, ** p < 0.05 and * p < 0.10.