Table 3: Mean scores of groups for each scale.

Pollution Sensitivity Scale Pollution Causes Illness Scale Pollution Acceptance Scale Personal Environmental Action Scale Community Environmental Action Scale
Groups N M SD N M SD N M SD N M SD N M SD
Statewide Extension Agents 82 3.76 1.65 83 4.26 1.92 83 3.24 1.52 83 5.37 1.50 83 3.33 2.30
County Homemakers Non-NPL Group 94 3.74 2.33 93 4.36 2.06 90 3.48 2.03 93 5.67 1.90 88 3.52 2.73
Rural NPL Group 164 3.41 2.32 163 4.71 2.35 162 3.31 2.06 162 5.81 1.88 160 2.92 2.55
Metropolitan Group 429 3.33 2.14 425 4.55 2.08 414 3.14 1.81 425 5.51 1.79 416 2.97 2.53
All Groups Combined 769 3.44 2.16 764 4.53 2.12 749 3.23 1.87 763 5.58 1.80 747 3.06 2.54

Note. For Scale 1, Pollution Sensitivity Scale, which asked about types of pollution in the participant’s neighborhood, 0 indicates [none at all] and 10 indicates [very serious problem]. For Scales 2, Pollution Causes Illness Scale, and 3, Pollution Acceptance Scale, which included statements about concerns for pollution and health, 0 indicates [disagree completely] and 10 indicates [agree completely]. For Scales 4, Personal Environmental Action Scale, and 5, Community Environmental Action Scale, which included statements about personal and community actions taken by the participant, 0 indicates [never do this] and 10 indicates [always do this when it makes sense].
Means and standard deviations are based on non-missing data, so the actual sample sizes used in comparing individual statements and scales differed across outcome measures.
M, mean; N, number; SD, standard deviation