The effects of gender on climate change knowledge and concern in the American public
The effects of gender on climate change knowledge and concern in the American public
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DOI：
10.1007/s11111-010-0113-1
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
McCright, Aaron M.
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作者：
McCright, Aaron M.
本研究利用美国公众对气候变化知识和关注的盖洛普8年数据，检验了关于科学知识和环境关注的性别差异的理论论点。与科学素养研究的预期相反，妇女比男子传达更多经评估的气候变化科学知识。与许多现有的科学社会学研究相一致，女性比男性更低估自己的气候变化知识。此外，妇女对气候变化的关切程度略高于男子，而这种性别鸿沟并不是由于关键价值观和信仰的差异或男女在社会中不同发挥的社会作用的差异造成的。温和而持久的性别差异对气候变化的知识和关注，在美国公众提出了几种途径，为未来的研究，这是探讨的结论。
This study tests theoretical arguments about gender differences in scientific knowledge and environmental concern using 8 years of Gallup data on climate change knowledge and concern in the US general public. Contrary to expectations from scientific literacy research, women convey greater assessed scientific knowledge of climate change than do men. Consistent with much existing sociology of science research, women underestimate their climate change knowledge more than do men. Also, women express slightly greater concern about climate change than do men, and this gender divide is not accounted for by differences in key values and beliefs or in the social roles that men and women differentially perform in society. Modest yet enduring gender differences on climate change knowledge and concern within the US general public suggest several avenues for future research, which are explored in the conclusion.