The highest share of Danes were hesitant to live more sustainable due to the price level, as 26 percent of respondents judged sustainability as too expensive in 2019. Lack of knowledge about which actions to take was the second biggest reason for hesitance towards sustainable living with 23 percent of respondents. A lack of knowledge of the importance as well as no focus of their social circle were the least frequent reasons with just eight and five percent of respondents respectively.
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Bolius. (November 25, 2019). What makes you hesitant to live more sustainable than you do today? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079781/barriers-to-sustainable-living-in-denmark/
Bolius. "What makes you hesitant to live more sustainable than you do today?." Chart. November 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079781/barriers-to-sustainable-living-in-denmark/
Bolius. (2019). What makes you hesitant to live more sustainable than you do today?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079781/barriers-to-sustainable-living-in-denmark/
Bolius. "What Makes You Hesitant to Live More Sustainable than You Do Today?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079781/barriers-to-sustainable-living-in-denmark/
Bolius, What makes you hesitant to live more sustainable than you do today? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079781/barriers-to-sustainable-living-in-denmark/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
What makes you hesitant to live more sustainable than you do today? [Graph], Bolius, November 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1079781/barriers-to-sustainable-living-in-denmark/