Climate change profiles of New Zealanders over time: a one-year latent transition analysis of climate change beliefs and concern.

ABSTRACT: Scientific evidence unequivocally shows that human activities cause climate change, but some people still deny it. Using New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study data from 2018 and 2019 (N = 34,733), we examined segmentation profiles regarding beliefs and concern about climate change ('Climate change is real', 'Climate change is caused by humans', 'I am deeply concerned about climate change'), the probabilities of transitioning to and from profiles over time, and the characteristics of individuals in each profile. Five profiles were identified with varying levels of climate change beliefs and concern. The largest profile (60.4% of respondents) had the highest levels of climate change beliefs and concern, while the smallest profile (3.7% of respondents) had the lowest. Over time, more

SUBMITTER: Milfont TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11459820 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature