Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Attention to Environmental Issues?: A Panel Study Among Parents in Belgium, 2019-2020
Abstract: „Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Attention to Environmental Issues?: Theories on issue competition assume that there is only a limited number of issues that a person prioritises simultaneously. In this research note, we test this mechanism by using a panel study that was conducted among Belgian parents in 2019 and 2020. Between the two observations of the study, the country suffered a severe health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigate whether this crisis reduced the priority of environmental issues among respondents. Our results show that there was indeed a significan... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Veröffentlicht in: | Politics of the Low Countries, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, S. 100–115 |
Schlagwörter: | Umwelt / Öffentliches Interesse |
ISSN: | 25899929 |
DOI: | 10.5553/PLC/.000031 |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/BQ9SS5GN |
Datenquelle: | Corona Bibliografie Benelux; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | ULB Münster |
Link(s) : | 10.5553/PLC/.000031 |
Abstract: „Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Attention to Environmental Issues?: Theories on issue competition assume that there is only a limited number of issues that a person prioritises simultaneously. In this research note, we test this mechanism by using a panel study that was conducted among Belgian parents in 2019 and 2020. Between the two observations of the study, the country suffered a severe health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigate whether this crisis reduced the priority of environmental issues among respondents. Our results show that there was indeed a significant decline of some indicators for environmental concern, but not for others. Furthermore, we show that a higher priority for the health-related and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a steeper decline in environmental concern.“