Relative concern for the climate change
Q. Considering everything which has happened so far this year, are you now more or less concerned about the impact of climate change than you were a year ago?
| Gender | Age Group | Location | |||||||
| Total | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Capital | Non-Capital | ||
| More concerned about the impact of climate change | 31% | 32% | 30% | 41% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 25% | |
| No more or less concerned about the impact of climate change | 53% | 49% | 56% | 45% | 56% | 56% | 50% | 58% | |
| Less concerned about the impact of climate change | 16% | 19% | 14% | 14% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 17% | |
| Base (n) | 1,086 | 539 | 547 | 341 | 362 | 383 | 727 | 359 | |
Concern about climate change
Q. Over the last 2 years, have you become more concerned or less concerned about the environmental effects of global warming or do you feel about the same as you did 2 years ago?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Sep 14 |
Dec 14 |
|
| Total more concerned |
52% |
63% |
41% |
76% |
36% |
52% |
51% |
||
| Total less concerned |
8% |
6% |
11% |
7% |
11% |
9% |
9% |
||
| Much more concerned |
19% |
24% |
10% |
46% |
13% |
22% |
21% |
||
| A little more concerned |
33% |
39% |
31% |
30% |
23% |
30% |
30% |
||
| About the same |
37% |
30% |
45% |
17% |
49% |
35% |
35% |
||
| A little less concerned |
5% |
4% |
7% |
3% |
4% |
6% |
6% |
||
| Much less concerned |
3% |
2% |
4% |
4% |
7% |
3% |
3% |
||
| Don’t know |
5% |
2% |
3% |
– |
4% |
4% |
5% |
52% say they have become more concerned about the environmental effects of global warming over the last two years and 8% have become less concerned – 37% feel about the same.
These results are very similar to those when this question was asked in December.
Those most likely to have become more concerned were Labor voters (63%), Greens voters (76%) and people with university degrees (58%).
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