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Table 5 Attitudes toward global environmental change

From: Making the links: do we connect climate change with health? A qualitative case study from Canada

Attitude

Number of participants (% of the total)

Mentions (% of the total)

Concern/worry

18 (82)

55 (22)

Cynical/skeptical

15 (68)

37 (15)

Humans responsible

14 (64)

23 (9)

Spatially distant

13 (59)

22 (9)

Too much hype/buzz word

8 (36)

16 (7)

Future time frame identified

8 (36)

10 (4)

Political agenda

6 (27)

25 (10)

Not my responsibility

6 (27)

16 (7)

Helplessness

5 (23)

10 (4)

There are benefits

4 (18)

7 (3)

Inaccurate representation in media

4 (18)

7 (3)

Just don't know

4 (18)

5 (2)

Don't want to think about it

2 (9)

4 (2)

Sad

2 (9)

3 (1)

Curious about the truth

2 (9)

2 (.9)

Optimistic things will get better

2 (9)

2 (.9)

Pessimistic about the future

2 (9)

2 (.9)

Total

* 22

246 (100)

  1. * This is not equal to the sum of the numbers in the column due to multiple responses.