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Table 5.8 Determinants of Support for Kyoto Agreement on Global Warming
Dependent variable: U.S. should or should not participate in the Kyoto agreement to
reduce global warming.
Independent variable
Coefficient
Significance
(standardized)
level
Threat to vital U.S. interest of
global warming
.43**
(.000)
Foreign policy goal of improving
the global environment
.16**
(.004)
Foreign policy goal of strengthening
international law and institutions
.08
(.126)
Liberal-conservative self-rating
.13*
(.013)
R = .59
adj. R-squared = .34
df = 291
Source: CCFR/ GMF 2002 combined in-person and telephone data set. OLS
regression using SPSS with pairwise deletions. With listwise deletion, the warming
threat coefficient drops to .34 and environment goal coefficient rises to .23, both
significant at .000 level; the lib-con coefficient significance level drops to .145.
STATA OLS and logit estimates closely resemble SPSS listwise.
* Significant at p < .05
** Significant at p < .01