The Pros And Cons Of Question Wording

The significant demographics for the first TEA behavior, Group, are Education and White (see Table 7.6). Being white decreases engagement, which is a curious finding, but may speak to the idea of either whites having other choices or that people of color are acting outside the normal channels of environmental behavior. With respect to Vote, GREEN, Age, Education, and Ideology all have positive associations; this mirrors the results for 2000. The only anomalous finding is that of Independents compared to Republicans who were seen to be negatively associated with engaging in voting for a political candidate, perhaps not that unusual, if question wording is considered. The question did not specifically ask whether the candidate was pro-environment,