Assessment of Knowledge regarding Climate Change and Health among Adolescents in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Table 1

Questions regarding climate change in the general context.

Question		%
Perception of the important problem: respondents who responded with 10, scaled between 1 and 10
International terrorism	74	14.57
Poverty, food and water scarcity	94	18.50
Increase of the elderly	90	17.72
Infectious disease	25	4.92
Global economic crisis	39	7.68
Global population growth	45	8.86
Global warming and climate change	74	14.57
Nuclear wars and armed conflicts	51	10.04
Noncommunicable disease spread	45	8.86
Modernization and globalization	81	15.94
Perception of the level of community seriousness towards the climate change issue, scaled between 1 and 10
1	30	5.91
5	136	26.77
10	26	5.11
Perception of the level of respondent seriousness towards the climate change issue, scaled between 1 and 10
1	30	5.91
5	74	14.57
10	36	7.09
Various causes of climate change
Do not know	45	8.86
Somewhat know	404	79.53
Know a lot	58	11.42
No answer	1	0.20
Various consequences of climate change
Do not know	163	32.09
Somewhat know	274	53.94
Know a lot	69	13.58
No answer	2	0.39
Various attempts to tackle climate change
Do not know	124	24.41
Somewhat know	302	59.45
Know a lot	81	15.94
No answer	1	0.20
Climate change is an unbreakable process
Totally disagree	22	4.33
Disagree	185	36.42
Agree	301	59.25
CO2  has a low impact on climate change
Totally disagree	114	22.44
Disagree	260	51.18
Agree	134	22.44
Climate change is caused by natural processes
Totally disagree	47	9.25
Disagree	200	39.37
Agree	260	51.18
The industrial sector is the only cause of climate change
Totally disagree	28	5.51
Disagree	85	16.73
Agree	393	77.36
Climate change evidence is not convincing
Totally disagree	79	15.55
Disagree	296	58.27
Agree	131	25.79
The rise of sea level is one climate change impact
Totally disagree	35	6.89
Disagree	98	19.29
Agree	373	73.43
Flood is one of the climate change impacts
Totally disagree	34	6.69
Disagree	146	28.74
Agree	325	63.98