Variables and items
| Variables | Wordings and items | Categories and coding | Cronbach’s α |
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Shanxian (1), Wenxi (2), Anding (3) | ||
| Perceived impact of local temperature change on wheat and maize | Do you think how local temperature change impacted wheat and corn, respectively? (two items) | Significant positive impact (1), minor positive impact (2), unsure or no impact (3), minor negative impact (4) and Significant negative impact (5) | 0.673 |
| Awareness of global warming | Have you ever heard of global warming? | Yes, no | |
| Channels of knowing global warming | Through which channels did you know global warming? a | Television programmes, the internet, other people, newspapers, radio | |
| Understanding of the phenomenon of global warming | How do you understand the phenomenon of global warming? a | Open-ended | |
| Knowledge of global warming | Please explain causes of global warming a | Open-ended; when a respondent said he/she did not know causes of global warming, it was coded 0, otherwise it was coded 1 | |
| Perceived risks of global warming | Do you think how likely would global warming cause the following risks: risks for you, risks for your family, risks for the whole of society, unpredicted risks, risks for future generations? (five items) | Very likely (5), mildly likely (4), do not know or unsure (3), mildly unlikely (2), absolutely unlikely (1) | 0.823 |
| Perceived ability to mitigate global warming | Do you think you or your family is able to mitigate global warming? (two items) | Strong ability (4), a little ability (3), basically unable (2), fully unable (1) | 0.856 |
| Perceived obligation to mitigate global warming | Do you think you or your family has obligation to mitigate global warming? (two items) | Full obligation (4), a little obligation (3), basically no obligation (2), absolutely no obligation (1) | 0.890 |
| Willingness to pay higher prices to mitigate global warming | To mitigate global warming, do you agree to increase the prices of the following goods? gasoline and diesel oil; coal; electricity; chemical fertilizer; agricultural plastic film. (five items) | Strongly agree (5), mildly agree (4), unsure (3), mildly disagree (2), strongly disagree (1) | 0.890 |
| Variables | Wordings and items | Categories and coding | Cronbach’s α |
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Shanxian (1), Wenxi (2), Anding (3) | ||
| Perceived impact of local temperature change on wheat and maize | Do you think how local temperature change impacted wheat and corn, respectively? (two items) | Significant positive impact (1), minor positive impact (2), unsure or no impact (3), minor negative impact (4) and Significant negative impact (5) | 0.673 |
| Awareness of global warming | Have you ever heard of global warming? | Yes, no | |
| Channels of knowing global warming | Through which channels did you know global warming? | Television programmes, the internet, other people, newspapers, radio | |
| Understanding of the phenomenon of global warming | How do you understand the phenomenon of global warming? a | Open-ended | |
| Knowledge of global warming | Please explain causes of global warming a | Open-ended; when a respondent said he/she did not know causes of global warming, it was coded 0, otherwise it was coded 1 | |
| Perceived risks of global warming | Do you think how likely would global warming cause the following risks: risks for you, risks for your family, risks for the whole of society, unpredicted risks, risks for future generations? (five items) | Very likely (5), mildly likely (4), do not know or unsure (3), mildly unlikely (2), absolutely unlikely (1) | 0.823 |
| Perceived ability to mitigate global warming | Do you think you or your family is able to mitigate global warming? (two items) | Strong ability (4), a little ability (3), basically unable (2), fully unable (1) | 0.856 |
| Perceived obligation to mitigate global warming | Do you think you or your family has obligation to mitigate global warming? (two items) | Full obligation (4), a little obligation (3), basically no obligation (2), absolutely no obligation (1) | 0.890 |
| Willingness to pay higher prices to mitigate global warming | To mitigate global warming, do you agree to increase the prices of the following goods? gasoline and diesel oil; coal; electricity; chemical fertilizer; agricultural plastic film. (five items) | Strongly agree (5), mildly agree (4), unsure (3), mildly disagree (2), strongly disagree (1) | 0.890 |
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