This survey indicates the percentage of adults in the United States that believe in climate change as of December 2015, based on education level. During this time, some 27 percent of respondents with a high school education or less stated that climate change was not currently occurring.
Views on climate change in the U.S. as of December 2015, by education level
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Urban Coast Institute. (January 5, 2016). Views on climate change in the U.S. as of December 2015, by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/504854/belief-in-climate-change-in-the-us-by-education-level/
Urban Coast Institute. "Views on climate change in the U.S. as of December 2015, by education level ." Chart. January 5, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504854/belief-in-climate-change-in-the-us-by-education-level/
Urban Coast Institute. (2016). Views on climate change in the U.S. as of December 2015, by education level . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504854/belief-in-climate-change-in-the-us-by-education-level/
Urban Coast Institute. "Views on Climate Change in The U.S. as of December 2015, by Education Level ." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jan 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/504854/belief-in-climate-change-in-the-us-by-education-level/
Urban Coast Institute, Views on climate change in the U.S. as of December 2015, by education level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/504854/belief-in-climate-change-in-the-us-by-education-level/ (last visited December 06, 2023)
Views on climate change in the U.S. as of December 2015, by education level [Graph], Urban Coast Institute, January 5, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/504854/belief-in-climate-change-in-the-us-by-education-level/