Factor

Average Range (Sample 1)

Average Range

(Sample 2)

% Difference

1) Government actions

3.96 - 4.51 (4.25)

3.94 - 4.55 (4.25)

0

2) Severity of impacts

4.24 - 4.52 (4.38)

4.35 - 4.56 (4.56)

4.02

3) Economy

1.90 - 2.85 (2.38)

2.53 - 3.38 (2.96)

21.72

4) Confidence

3.28 - 3.33 (3.31)

2.15 - 3.34 (2.75)

18.4

5) Ambivalence factor 1

3.92 - 4.63 (4.26)

2.18 - 3.25 (2.72)

44.13

6) Responsibility

4.07 - 4.46 (4.27)

3.94 - 4.20 (4.07)

2.39

7) Environmental problem

3.83 - 3.90 (3.87)

3.96*

2.29

8) Important problem

3.85 - 4.72 (4.27)

3.94 - 4.43 (4.19)

1.89

9) Individual actions

3.68 - 4.34 (4.01)

3.74 - 4.32 (4.03)

0.50

10) Knowledge

2.91 - 3.34 (3.13)

2.81 - 3.97 (3.39)

7.98

11) Ambivalence factor 2

1.74 - 4.13 (2.94)

3.81 - 4.04 (3.93)

28.82