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· July 20, 2023

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This bar chart shows the percentage of racial/ethnic, gender, and generational groups who meet the cut-off to be considered clinically diagnosable on the GAD-2 Climate Anxiety scale. Three percent of American adults scored above the cutoff on the GAD-2 Climate measure and Hispanic/Latino adults (10%) are especially likely to be experiencing high levels of climate anxiety. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind, December 2022. Refer to the data tables in the Methods section in the Climate Note for all percentages.