Associations between demography and knowledge of climate change relation to global warming
| Climate change is not related to global warming | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demography | Yes (%) | No (%) | I do not know (%) | Chi-Square | ||
| Workplace position | Manager | 6 (25)a | 16 (66.7) a | 2 (8.3) a | 24 | |
| Supervisor | 0 (0.0)a | 2 (50.0)a | 2 (50.0)a | 4 | ||
| General worker | 16 (25.8)a | 30 (48.8)a | 16 (25.8)a | 62 | ||
| Temporary worker | 8 (50.0)a | 6 (37.5)a | 2 (12.5)a | 16 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.103 | |
| Gender | Male | 10 (23.8)a | 16 (38.1)a | 16 (38.1)b | 42 | |
| Female | 20 (31.3)a | 38 (59.4)a | 6 (9.4)b | 64 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.002** | |
| Age | Less than 20 | 2 (50)a | 2 (50)a | 0 (0.0)a | 4 | |
| 21–30 | 16 (30.8)a | 32 (61.5)a | 4 (7.7)b | 52 | ||
| 31–40 | 6 (16.7)a | 20 (55.6)a | 10 (27.8)a | 36 | ||
| 41–60 | 6 (42.9)a | 0 (0.0)b | 8 (57.1)a | 14 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.000** | |
| Tribe | Black | 30 (30.6)a | 48 (49.0)a | 20 (20.4)a | 98 | |
| White | 0 (0.0)a | 4 (66.7)a | 2 (33.3)a | 6 | ||
| Coloured | 0 (0.0)a | 2 (100)a | 0 (0.0)a | 2 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.327 | |
| Educational level | Less than grade 12 | 10(29.4)a | 18 (52.9)a | 6 (17.6)a | 34 | |
| Grade 12 | 0 (0.0)a | 14 (58.3)b | 10 (41.7)b | 24 | ||
| Greater than grade 12 | 20 (41.7)a | 22 (45.8)a, b | 6 (12.5)b | 48 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.002** | |
| Workplace experience | 0–3 years | 16 (33.3)a | 28 (58.3)a | 4 (8.3)b | 48 | |
| 4–5 years | 0 (0.0)a | 20 (83.3)b | 4 (16.7)b | 24 | ||
| More than 5 years | 14 (41.2)a | 6 (17.6)b | 14 (41.2) 34a | 34 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.000** | |
| Climate change is not related to global warming | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demography | Yes (%) | No (%) | I do not know (%) | Chi-Square | ||
| Workplace position | Manager | 6 (25)a | 16 (66.7) a | 2 (8.3) a | 24 | |
| Supervisor | 0 (0.0)a | 2 (50.0)a | 2 (50.0)a | 4 | ||
| General worker | 16 (25.8)a | 30 (48.8)a | 16 (25.8)a | 62 | ||
| Temporary worker | 8 (50.0)a | 6 (37.5)a | 2 (12.5)a | 16 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.103 | |
| Gender | Male | 10 (23.8)a | 16 (38.1)a | 16 (38.1)b | 42 | |
| Female | 20 (31.3)a | 38 (59.4)a | 6 (9.4)b | 64 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.002** | |
| Age | Less than 20 | 2 (50)a | 2 (50)a | 0 (0.0)a | 4 | |
| 21–30 | 16 (30.8)a | 32 (61.5)a | 4 (7.7)b | 52 | ||
| 31–40 | 6 (16.7)a | 20 (55.6)a | 10 (27.8)a | 36 | ||
| 41–60 | 6 (42.9)a | 0 (0.0)b | 8 (57.1)a | 14 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.000** | |
| Tribe | Black | 30 (30.6)a | 48 (49.0)a | 20 (20.4)a | 98 | |
| White | 0 (0.0)a | 4 (66.7)a | 2 (33.3)a | 6 | ||
| Coloured | 0 (0.0)a | 2 (100)a | 0 (0.0)a | 2 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.327 | |
| Educational level | Less than grade 12 | 10(29.4)a | 18 (52.9)a | 6 (17.6)a | 34 | |
| Grade 12 | 0 (0.0)a | 14 (58.3)b | 10 (41.7)b | 24 | ||
| Greater than grade 12 | 20 (41.7)a | 22 (45.8)a, b | 6 (12.5)b | 48 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.002** | |
| Workplace experience | 0–3 years | 16 (33.3)a | 28 (58.3)a | 4 (8.3)b | 48 | |
| 4–5 years | 0 (0.0)a | 20 (83.3)b | 4 (16.7)b | 24 | ||
| More than 5 years | 14 (41.2)a | 6 (17.6)b | 14 (41.2) 34a | 34 | ||
| Total | 30 (28.3) | 54 (50.9) | 22 (20.8) | 106 | 0.000** | |
Notes:
Each subscript letter denotes a subset of Climate change is not related to global warming categories whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at the 0.05 level. **Significant at 0.01 level (p ≤ 0.01)
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