A list of Frequently Asked Questions and associated Answers on the Climate Change in the Irish Mind study and open dataset.
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What data has been collected for this study?
Participants were asked a number of baseline questions including gender, age, ethnicity etc. Participants were also asked to respond to a number of climate related questions and statements, which formulated the findings of the CCIM report.
For an in depth explanation of questions asked, please visit the following link that discusses theSurvey Question Wording
Sensitive variables that comprised < 2% of the sample size were adjusted in order to protect participants. These variables included gender identity, religion, ethnicity etc. This was done by removing direct identifiers and aggregating very small categories. -
When and how was this data collected?
The fieldwork for CCIM Wave 1 was conducted during May and July of 2021. Data was collected from a total of 4,000 respondents*.
The fieldwork for CCIM Wave 2 was carried out across July and August 2023. Data was collected from a total of 1,330 respondents.
Both waves of data collection used computer assisted telephone interviews. An interviewer worked through the questionnaire with the respondent and answers were recorded digitally.
*Wave 1 data collection was larger than Wave 2 as it allowed a statistical model of the country to be built. This model is used to provide the EPA Climate Opinion Maps. Wave 2 and beyond are designed to build on that model.
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What is the Climate Change in the Irish Mind study?
The ‘Climate Change in the Irish Mind’ project is a baseline study of the Irish people’s beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours regarding climate change.
The project is run as a repeated cross sectional study with waves run in 2021 and 2023.
The main page for the Climate Change in the Irish Mind study can be found here: Climate Change in the Irish Mind