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Home / Energy in the American Mind: December 2018

Report · Feb 26, 2019

Energy in the American Mind: December 2018

By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Abel Gustafson, Parrish Bergquist, Matthew Ballew and Matthew Goldberg
Filed under: Beliefs & Attitudes, Policy & Politics and Behaviors & Actions
Go back to 3. Energy Consumers: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors
Read the Next Section Online Appendix II: Survey Method

Appendix I: Data Tables & Sample Demographics

View or download a PDF of the data tables and respondent demographics here:

Energy-American-Mind-December-2018 DATA TABLES AND SAMPLE DEMOS

Go back to 3. Energy Consumers: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors Read Appendix II: Survey Method
Table of Contents
  • Report Summary
  • Executive Summary
  • Reading Notes
  • 1. Core Beliefs and Attitudes about Clean, Renewable Energy
  • 2. Support for Energy Policies
  • 3. Energy Consumers: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors
  • Appendix I: Data Tables & Sample Demographics
  • Appendix II: Survey Method
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Citation

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Gustafson, A., Bergquist, P., Ballew, M., & Goldberg, M. (2018). Energy in the American Mind, December 2018. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/BDQ25

Funding Sources

The research was funded by the Schmidt Family Foundation, the Endeavor Foundation, the U.S. Energy Foundation, the Grantham Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.

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Climate Change in the American Mind

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