Data from: Religion does matter for climate change attitudes and behavior

Little research has focused on the relationship between religion and
climate change attitudes and behavior. Further, while there have been some
studies examining the relationship between environmental attitudes and
religion, most are focused on Christian denominations and secularism, and
few have examined other religions such as Buddhism. Using an online survey
of 1,927 Australians we examined links between membership of four
religious groupings (Buddhists, Christian literalists and non-literalists,
and Secularists) and climate change attitudes and behaviors. Differences
were found across religious groups in terms of their belief in: (a) human
induced climate change, (b) the level of consensus among scientists, (c)
their own efficacy, and (d) the need for policy responses. We show, using
ordinal regression, that religion explains these differences even after
taking into account socio-demographic factors, knowledge and environmental
attitude, including belief in man’s dominion over nature. Differences in
attitude and behavior between these religious groups suggest the
importance of engaging denominations to encourage change in attitudes and
behavior among their members.