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Table 1 Logit model outcome on the initial and extended public acceptance of a carbon tax

From: Public support and willingness to pay for a carbon tax in Hungary: can revenue recycling make a difference?

 

(A) Initial acceptance

(B) Extended acceptance

 

Odds ratio

Standard error

P-value

Odds ratio

Standard error

P-value

Age

0.996

0.003

0.171

0.995

0.003

0.052

Place of residence

      

 Other settlements (not Budapest or a city with county rights)a

0.672

0.080

0.001

0.620

0.108

0.000

Level of education (reference category: eight grades or less)

      

 Vocational school

1.078

0.173

0.639

1.212

0.140

0.168

 Grammar school and vocational grammar school with or without a technician qualification

1.452

0.211

0.010

1.557

0.129

0.000

 College or university diploma

1.895

0.304

0.000

2.084

0.145

0.000

Type of premises (reference category: other type of residential premises—not a prefabricated concrete apartment block or a single-family detached home)

      

 Prefabricated concrete apartment blocks

0.719

0.139

0.088

0.738

0.178

0.088

 Single-family detached home

1.033

0.199

0.865

1.050

0.179

0.786

Awareness of energy consumption (reference category: not monitoring household electricity use)

      

 Monitoring household electricity use for environmental reasons

4.210

0.558

0.000

3.746

0.126

0.000

 Monitoring household electricity use for cost-related reasons

1.261

0.143

0.040

1.285

0.099

0.012

Subjective financial situationb (reference category: living poorly)

      

 Living modestly

2.227

0.603

0.003

1.889

0.213

0.003

 Living well

3.653

0.982

0.000

2.778

0.213

0.000

Sex (reference category: male)

      

 Female

1.046

0.102

0.646

1.011

0.088

0.901

Intercept

0.072

0.026

0.000

0.147

0.296

0.000

Model parameters (using Stata software)

Log likelihood = –1370.0473

Number of obs = 3013

LR Chi2 (12) = 298.47

Prob > Chi2 = 0.0000

Pseudo R2 = 0.0982

Log likelihood = –1613.2082

Number of obs = 3013

LR Chi2 (12) = 305.07

Prob > Chi2 = 0.0000

Pseudo R2 = 0.0864

  1. aHungary is divided into 19 counties. Cities with county rights include 18 county seats and other seven important cities. The capital of Hungary, Budapest, has a special status, since it is a county seat but is not among the cities with county rights
  2. b“Living well” refers to the answers “We live without financial problems” and “We make a good living on our monthly income if we budget our money”. “Living modestly” corresponds to the response “Our income just covers our expenses”. “Living poorly” combines the answers “We have financial problems from month to month” and “We live in a state of deprivation”
  3. Significant variables are in italics
  4. Source: Own editing based on the survey results
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