Table 7 Climate change and SDQ Prosocial behavior

I am worried that climate change threatens people and the planet

Not worried

600 (25.9%)

455 (24.4%)^a

64 (29.6%)^a,b

81 (34.8%)^b

0.031

Ref

Ref

A little

521 (22.5%)

429 (23.0%)^a

50 (23.1%)^a

42 (18.0%)^a

0.70 (0.53–0.90)

0.006

0.80 (0.61–1.06)

0.122

Moderately

375 (16.2%)

303 (16.3%)^a

39 (18.1%)^a

33 (14.2%)^a

0.76 (0.57–1.01)

0.060

0.91 (0.66–1.23)

0.531

Very worried

417 (18.0%)

339 (18.2%)^a

31 (14.4%)^a

47 (20.2%)^a

0.75 (0.57–0.99)

0.042

0.96 (0.70–1.32)

0.814

Extremely worried

300 (13.0%)

255 (13.7%)^a

23 (10.6%)^a

22 (9.4%)^a

0.58 (0.41–0.81)

0.002

0.69 (0.46–1.00)

0.057

Prefer not to say

100 (4.3%)

83 (4.5%)^a

9 (4.2%)^a

8 (3.4%)^a

0.67 (0.39–1.07)

0.115

0.88 (0.50–1.43)

0.617

Does climate change make you feel Anxious

Yes

814 (35.3%)

665 (35.9%)^a

76 (35.2%)^a

73 (30.4%)^a

0.090

0.83 (0.68–1.02)

0.073

0.99 (0.77–1.26)

0.924

No

1,307 (56.7%)

1,027 (55.5%)^a

126 (58.3%)^a,b

154 (64.2%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

185 (8.0%)

158 (8.5%)^a

14 (6.5%)^a

13 (5.4%)^a

0.65 (0.43–0.95)

0.033

0.71 (0.42–1.14)

0.172

Does climate change make you feel Angry

Yes

575 (25.4%)

481 (26.6%)^a

47 (21.9%)^a,b

47 (19.6%)^b

0.027

0.72 (0.57–0.90)

0.005

0.78 (0.59–1.02)

0.073

No

1,534 (67.7%)

1,197 (66.1%)^a

157 (73.0%)^b

180 (75.0%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

157 (6.9%)

133 (7.3%)^a

11 (5.1%)^a

13 (5.4%)^a

0.67 (0.43–0.99)

0.058

0.56 (0.31–0.99)

0.052

Does climate change make you feel Afraid

Yes

837 (36.6%)

708 (38.7%)^a

64 (29.9%)^b

65 (27.0%)^b

0.001

0.65 (0.53–0.80)

 < 0.001

0.76 (0.59–0.99)

0.040

No

1,267 (55.4%)

980 (53.6%)^a

134 (62.6%)^b

153 (63.5%)^b

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

181 (7.9%)

142 (7.8%)^a

16 (7.5%)^a

23 (9.5%)^a

0.95 (0.67–1.31)

0.771

1.18 (0.73–1.86)

0.483

Does climate change make you feel Powerless

Yes

500 (22.1%)

413 (22.8%)^a

44 (20.4%)^a

43 (17.8%)^a

0.363

0.82 (0.64–1.03)

0.102

1.15 (0.85–1.53)

0.352

No

1,509 (66.6%)

1,196 (66.1%)^a

148 (68.5%)^a

165 (68.5%)^a

Ref

Ref

Prefer not to say

257 (11.3%)

200 (11.1%)^a

24 (11.1%)^a

33 (13.7%)^a

1.09 (0.81–1.43)

0.569

1.54 (1.04–2.22)

0.027