Survey Data on Climate Optimism and Support for Action

Survey responses collected via YouGov for a manuscript on climate attitudes and political action. The data is intended for replicating the results of the submitted manuscript. It was authored by Katie Nissen and published via Harvard Dataverse in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between climate_optimism_pessimism_scale and support_for_climate_action_policy.
• Model demographic predictors of climate_pessimism using age, gender, and political_affiliation columns.
• Replicate statistical tests from the manuscript using the provided survey_response data and R code.

Strengths

• Data supports replication of a peer-reviewed manuscript submitted to Environmental Politics.
• Includes associated R code for full analysis reproducibility.

Limitations

• Unknown sample size and demographic representativeness of the YouGov survey.
• Specific column names, data types, and completeness of responses are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse.

Collection Method

Survey conducted via YouGov.

Freshness

Data was last updated in April 2026.