Table 6 Climate change and Peer problems

I am worried that climate change threatens people and the planet

Not worried

596 (25.9%)

437 (27.5%)^a

119 (23.5%)^a,b

40 (19.1%)^b

0.024

Ref

Ref

A little

517 (22.4%)

362 (22.8%)^a

108 (21.3%)^a

47 (22.5%)^a

1.16 (0.93–1.44)

0.197

1.13 (0.90–1.44)

0.295

Moderately

373 (16.2%)

265 (16.7%)^a

74 (14.6%)^a

34 (16.3%)^a

1.11 (0.87–1.42)

0.395

0.99 (0.75–1.30)

0.935

Very worried

417 (18.1%)

278 (17.5%)^a

94 (18.5%)^a

45 (21.5%)^a

1.32 (1.05–1.66)

0.017

1.24 (0.95–1.62)

0.107

Extremely worried

301 (13.1%)

184 (11.6%)^a

84 (16.6%)^b

33 (15.8%)^a,b

1.59 (1.25–2.01)

 < 0.001

1.44 (1.09–1.91)

0.010

Prefer not to say

100 (4.3%)

62 (3.9%)^a

28 (5.5%)^a

10 (4.8%)^a

1.53 (1.06–2.16)

0.018

1.56 (1.06–2.25)

0.020

Does climate change make you feel Anxious

Yes

810 (35.2%)

535 (33.8%)^a

206 (40.6%)^b

69 (33.2%)^a,b

0.043

1.19 (1.02–1.39)

0.027

1.06 (0.87–1.29)

0.545

No

1,304 (56.7%)

925 (58.4%)^a

261 (51.5%)^b

118 (56.7%)^a,b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

185 (8.1%)

124 (7.8%)^a

40 (7.9%)^a

21 (10.1%)^a

1.17 (0.89–1.52)

0.251

0.91 (0.63–1.29)

0.610

Does climate change make you feel Angry

Yes

575 (25.4%)

372 (23.9%)^a

142 (28.6%)^b

61 (29.5%)^a,b

0.048

1.27 (1.07–1.49)

0.006

1.07 (0.87–1.31)

0.548

No

1,530 (67.6%)

1,084 (69.6%)^a

319 (64.2%)^b

127 (61.4%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

157 (6.9%)

102 (6.6%)^a

36 (7.2%)^a

19 (9.2%)^a

1.26 (0.94–1.66)

0.101

0.96 (0.63–1.44)

0.845

Does climate change make you feel Afraid

Yes

834 (36.6%)

562 (35.9%)^a

195 (39.1%)^a

77 (36.5%)^a

0.106

1.14 (0.97–1.33)

0.113

1.02 (0.84–1.24)

0.836

No

1,261 (55.4%)

892 (56.9%)^a

258 (51.7%)^b

111 (52.6%)^a,b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

182 (8.0%)

113 (7.2%)^a

46 (9.2%)^a

23 (10.9%)^a

1.38 (1.06–1.78)

0.014

1.25 (0.85–1.80)

0.241

Does climate change make you feel Powerless

Yes

498 (22.0%)

329 (21.2%)^a

121 (24.4%)^a

48 (22.7%)^a

0.034

1.18 (0.99–1.41)

0.064

1.00 (0.80–1.24)

0.978

No

1,505 (66.6%)

1,061 (68.3%)^a

316 (63.8%)^a,b

128 (60.7%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

256 (11.3%)

163 (10.5%)^a

58 (11.7%)^a,b

35 (16.6%)^b

1.31 (1.04–1.63)

0.017

1.12 (0.81–1.53)

0.471