Searching for the Determinants of Climate Change Interest
Table 2
Determinants of weather, global warming, and climate change GSI.
Independent variables
(1)
(2)
(3)
Weather
Global warming
Climate change
Income (1000$)
−0.11
(0.09)
(0.17)
(0.18)
Democrat vote share
0.10
(0.04)
(0.08)
(0.09)
Percent of college graduate
0.17
(0.11)
(0.19)
(0.21)
Percent of Whites
−0.0079
(0.04)
(0.08)
(0.09)
Percent of those over 65 years old
−0.10
(0.19)
(0.349)
(0.37)
Percent of males
0.88
0.22
−0.50
(0.61)
(1.10)
(1.19)
Population (1000 persons) (log)
(−0.43)
(0.80)
(0.88)
CO2 emissions (tons per capita)
0.01
−0.01
−0.10
(0.05)
(0.10)
(0.14)
Coast (1 = yes)
1.56
−1.61
(1.18)
(2.09)
(2.16)
Average annual temperature (Celsius)
−0.56
−0.30
(0.36)
(0.65)
(0.68)
Average annual temperature (Celsius) squared
0.0040
−0.00027
(0.0082)
(0.015)
(0.016)
Annual total precipitation (inches)
−0.014
−0.061
0.076
(0.025)
(0.045)
(0.048)
Annual total snow (inches)
0.021
−0.041
−0.028
(0.027)
(0.048)
(0.049)
Number of left-censored observations at GSI 0
0
18
60
0.75
0.52
0.66
Notes. Column (1) uses OLS. Columns (2) and (3) use Tobit regression. The sample size is 205 for all columns. Standard errors are in parentheses. ; ; .
