Climate change and climate variability: personal motivation for adaptation and mitigation

Semenza, Jan C; Ploubidis, George B; George, Linda A

doi:10.1186/1476-069X-10-46

Environmental Health

Table 9 Standardised probit regression parameters, decomposed to direct and indirect effects, United States, 2008

From: Climate change and climate variability: personal motivation for adaptation and mitigation

		Mitigation	Emergency Kit	Emergency Plan	Susceptibility	Severity	Benefits	Barriers
Severity	Direct	0.479**	0.105	0.068
Susceptibility	Direct					0.728**
	Indirect via Severity	0.349*	0.100*	0.050
Benefits	Direct	0.204*	0.108*	0.011
	Indirect via Severity
Barriers	Direct	0.322**	0.213*	0.160*
	Indirect via Severity
Cues to Action	Direct	-0.018**	0.217	0.227		-0.140*
	Indirect via Severity	-0.067	-0.023	-0.01
Self Efficacy	Direct	-0.12	-0.053	0.069
Age	Direct				0.078	-0.022	-0.036	-0.022
	Indirect Total	0.002	-0.003	-0.002
	Indirect via Severity	-0.01	-0.004	-0.001
	Indirect via Benefits	-0.007	-0.004	0
	Indirect via Barriers	-0.007	-0.005	-0.004
	Indirect via Susceptibility & Severity	0.027	0.009	0.004
Gender	Direct	0.146*	-0.165*	-0.101*	0.018	0.063	0.004	-0.016
	Indirect Total	0.032	0.01	0.003
	Indirect via Severity	0.03	0.01	0.004
	Indirect via Benefits	0.001	0	0
	Indirect via Barriers	-0.005	-0.003	-0.003
	Indirect via Susceptibility & Severity	0.006	0.002	0.001
Income	Direct				-0.055	-0.11	0.025	-0.011
	Indirect Total	-0.07	-0.024	-0.012
	Indirect via Severity	-0.053	-0.018	-0.007
	Indirect via Benefits	0.005	0.003	0
	Indirect via Barriers	-0.003	-0.002	-0.002
	Indirect via Suceptibility & Severity	-0.019	-0.007	-0.003
Education	Direct				0.029	-0.005	-0.127	0.064
	Indirect Total	0.003	0.003	0.01
	Indirect via Severity	-0.002	-0.001	0
	Indirect via Benefits	-0.026	-0.014	-0.001
	Indirect via Barriers	0.021	0.014	0.010
	Indirect via Suceptibility & Severity	0.01	0.004	0.001
Housing Tenure	Direct				-0.015	-0.035	0.047	-0.011
	Indirect Total	-0.016	-0.005	-0.004
	Indirect via Severity	-0.017	-0.006	-0.002
	Indirect via Benefits	0.01	0.005	0.001
	Indirect via Barriers	-0.004	-0.002	-0.002
	Indirect via Suceptibility & Severity	-0.005	-0.002	-0.001
Employment	Direct				0.028	-0.119	0.164	-0.04
	Indirect Total	-0.027	-0.007	-0.011
	Indirect via Severity	-0.057	-0.02	-0.008
	Indirect via Benefits	0.033	0.018	0.002
	Indirect via Barriers	-0.013	-0.008	-0.006
	Indirect via Suceptibility & Severity	0.01	0.003	0.001
Retired	Direct				-0.056	0.16	-0.105	-0.015
	Indirect Total	0.031	0.005	0.005
	Indirect via Severity	0.077	0.026	0.011
	Indirect via Benefits	-0.021	-0.011	-0.001
	Indirect via Barriers	-0.005	-0.003	-0.002
	Indirect via Suceptibility & Severity	-0.02	-0.007	-0.003
Race	Direct				0.191	-0.082	0.117	0.021
	Indirect Total	0.093	0.039	0.014
	Indirect via Severity	-0.039	-0.013	-0.006
	Indirect via Benefits	0.024	0.013	0.001
	Indirect via Barriers	0.007	0.005	0.003
	Indirect via Suceptibility & Severity	0.102	0.035	0.014

*p < 0.005
** p < 0.001
Underlined parameters are derived from the refined path analysis

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