Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/95470800158
Logan Stollenwerck
Logan is a sophomore student at Wesleyan University from Westport, Connecticut. He is a prospective Government and Environmental Studies double-major.
Abstract: Multiple studies have identified religion as a possible factor explaining variations in one’s belief in the severity of climate change, such as its role in shaping human experiences and responses to climate change (Jenkins et al., 2018). Eligible Voters in the U.S (ages 18 or older) were interviewed over the web, the web, and the phone, or over the web as part of the 2020 Edition of the ANES Time Series Study. Responses were scaled so that respondents were marked as having high religiosity, moderate religiosity, or low religiosity. The Chi Square test indicated that overall, those with a low level of religiosity (14.4%) were more likely not to believe climate change is having a severe effect today than those with a moderate level (7.8%) and a high level (4.3%). The significant and negative relationship between religiosity score and belief in climate change corroborate previous findings in the scientific literature linking the two variables.
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