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Perceptions of environmental conditions and confusion about action to improve the environment
Author(s) -
ELLIS WALTER L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1995.tb00557.x
Subject(s) - confusion , perception , action (physics) , probit model , psychology , social psychology , economics , econometrics , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , psychoanalysis
Data from a 1990 Washington Post poll centred on environmental issues were used to ascertain whether individuals' perceptions of environmental conditions ‐ better, worse or stayed about the same ‐ in the past 20 years result in confusion about knowing what should be done to improve the condition of the environment. A probit analysis found the perception that the condition of the environment in the past 20 years has stayed about the same to result in confusion. This perception was a more powerful predictor of confusion than were sociodemographic characteristics. More highly educated persons, individuals living in the suburbs and more conservative people were less likely to be confused.