Survey Responses to Climate Terms in Los Angeles County, 2023

Los Angeles County residents were surveyed during June-August 2023 to compare reactions to different climate-related terms. The dataset contains 1,048 responses from a randomized assignment to questions about 'climate justice', 'climate change', 'global warming', 'climate crisis', or 'climate emergency'. It was created by Jenna Blyler and is available as an Excel file.

Use Cases

• Compare public familiarity with different climate terms based on survey responses.
• Analyze correlations between term exposure and reported policy support.
• Assess differences in perceived urgency elicited by various climate communication phrases.
• Study the relationship between income level and responsiveness to climate justice messaging.

Strengths

• Survey includes 1,048 participants, providing a substantial sample size.
• Data collection occurred over a defined period from June-August 2023.
• Participants were randomly assigned to one of five distinct survey conditions.
• The dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The geographic scope is limited to Los Angeles County, which may not generalize to other populations.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Randomized survey assignment conducted online or via other survey methods.

Time Range

June-August 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 17:39:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Los Angeles County, California, USA