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Table 2 Climate change stratified by gender and location

From: The perceived impact of climate change on mental health and suicidality in Kenyan high school students

Experiences of Threats—Climate change

  

Total

N = 2596

 

Total

N = 2652

 

Category

 

Female

n = 862

Male

n = 1728

p-valued

 

Rural

n = 1627

Urban

n = 1025

p-value†

I am worried that climate change threatens people and the planet

Not worried

598 (25.7%)

150 (19.3%)a

447 (29.0%)b

< 0.001

612 (25.9%)

371 (25.8%)a

241 (25.9%)a

0.018

A little

520 (22.4%)

197 (25.3%)a

322 (20.9%)b

 

533 (22.5%)

306 (21.3%)a

227 (24.4%)a

 

Moderately

382 (16.4%)

116 (14.9%)a

265 (17.2%)a

 

383 (16.2%)

218 (15.2%)a

165 (17.7%)a

 

Very worried

425 (18.3%)

167 (21.5%)a

258 (16.7%)b

 

431 (18.2%)

286 (19.9%)a

145 (15.6%)b

 

Extremely worried

302 (13.0%)

104 (13.4%)a

198 (12.8%)a

 

307 (13.0%)

199 (13.9%)a

108 (11.6%)a

 

Prefer not to say

98 (4.2%)

44 (5.7%)a

54 (3.5%)b

 

100 (4.2%)

56 (3.9%)a

44 (4.7%)a

 

Does climate change make you feel Anxious

Yes

814 (35.3%)

286 (38.2%)a

526 (33.9%)b

0.202

828 (35.4%)

495 (35.1%)a

333 (35.8%)a

0.908

No

1,305 (56.6%)

407 (54.3%)a

897 (57.8%)a

 

1,326 (56.6%)

804 (57.0%)a

522 (56.1%)a

 

Prefer not to say

186 (8.1%)

56 (7.5%)a

130 (8.4%)a

 

188 (8.0%)

112 (7.9%)a

76 (8.2%)a

 

Does climate change make you feel Angry

Yes

575 (25.4%)

204 (27.9%)a

370 (24.1%)a

0.217

588 (25.5%)

344 (24.7%)a

244 (26.7%)a

0.416

No

1,533 (67.7%)

482 (66.0%)a

1,049 (68.4%)a

 

1,558 (67.6%)

954 (68.6%)a

604 (66.0%)a

 

Prefer not to say

158 (7.0%)

44 (6.0%)a

114 (7.4%)a

 

159 (6.9%)

92 (6.6%)a

67 (7.3%)a

 

Does climate change make you feel Afraid

Yes

833 (36.5%)

313 (42.3%)a

520 (33.8%)b

< 0.001

846 (36.4%)

514 (36.5%)a

332 (36.4%)a

0.475

No

1,267 (55.5%)

375 (50.7%)a

889 (57.7%)b

 

1,289 (55.5%)

774 (54.9%)a

515 (56.4%)a

 

Prefer not to say

183 (8.02%)

52 (7.0%)a

131 (8.51%)a

 

187 (8.1%)

121 (8.6%)a

66 (7.2%)a

 

Does climate change make you feel Powerless

Yes

498 (22.0%)

181 (24.8%)a

317 (20.7%)b

0.209

507 (22.0%)

319 (22.9%)a

188 (20.6%)a

0.392

No

1,508 (66.6%)

470 (64.3%)a

1,035 (67.7%)a

 

1,534 (66.6%)

913 (65.6%)a

621 (68.2%)a

 

Prefer not to say

257 (11.4%)

80 (10.9%)a

177 (11.6%)a

 

261 (11.3%)

159 (11.4%)a

102 (11.2%)a

 
  1. ‡ = column percentage; † = chi-square test; d = Fisher’s exact test; p-value = significance level; Each subscript letter (a, b) denotes a subset of gender/location categories whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at the 0.05 level