Searching for the Determinants of Climate Change Interest

Table 3

Model of GSI of climate change search on global warming search.

Independent variables
GSI Global warming
	(0.11)
Democrat vote share
	(0.085)
Income (1000$)	−0.29
	(0.18)
Percent of college graduate
	(0.21)
Percent of Whites
	(0.097)
Person of those over 65 years old	−0.37
	(0.37)
Percent males	−1.49
	(1.25)
Population (1000 persons) (log)	1.24
	(0.95)
CO2 emissions (tons per capita)	−0.019
	(0.17)
Coast (1 = yes)	−2.00
	(2.03)
Average annual temperature (Celsius)	−0.37
	(0.65)
Average annual temperature (Celsius) squared	0.0029
	(0.015)
Annual total precipitation (inches)	0.075
	(0.049)
Annual total snow (inches)	−0.01
	(0.045)
Sample size	145
	0.47

Notes. The results shown come from ordinary least squares regression with climate change GSI as the dependent variable. The data with 0 in GSI of climate change or global warming are removed, which results in number of observations being 145. Standard errors are in parentheses. ; ; .