Climate worry reduces farmer well-being

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics.

	Obs.	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max
WHO-5 subjective well-being	1,682	15.52	5.24	0	25
Climate worry	1,692	0.34	0.47	0	1
Female	1,692	0.25	0.43	0	1
Education	1,692
Secondary or less		0.33
Certificate or diploma		0.17
University or higher		0.50
Age	1,692	58.88	11.97	20	90
Industry	1,692
Sheep and beef		0.48
Dairy		0.28
Other livestock		0.04
Arable		0.03
Horticulture		0.10
Forestry		0.07
Property size in hectares	1,692	558.69	2133.80	0.10	45,000
Profitability	1,692	0.55	0.40	0	1

Table 2. Estimation results.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Climate worry	−0.711***	−0.678***	−0.724***	−0.759***
	(0.226)	(0.207)	(0.218)	(0.195)
Female		−1.328***	−1.220***	−1.145***
		(0.290)	(0.284)	(0.300)
Education: Cert.		0.718*	0.802**	0.789**
or diploma		(0.357)	(0.332)	(0.315)
Edu: University		0.993**	0.877**	0.887**
Or higher		(0.386)	(0.385)	(0.355)
Age		−0.121	−0.128	−0.113
		(0.0985)	(0.0988)	(0.102)
Age squared		0.00154*	0.00153*	0.00134
		(0.000860)	(0.000870)	(0.000900)
Industry: Dairy			−1.129***	−1.449***
			(0.334)	(0.244)
Industry: Other			0.802*	0.490
livestock			(0.402)	(0.468)
Industry: Arable			−0.594	−0.463
			(0.774)	(0.657)
Industry:			−0.601	−1.475**
Horticulture			(0.553)	(0.603)
Industry: Forestry			1.415***	1.261***
			(0.403)	(0.392)
Property size				−0.358***
in hectares (log)				(0.0743)
Profitability				1.625***
				(0.366)
Constant	16.68***	17.79***	18.48***	19.52***
	(0.0836)	(2.643)	(2.591)	(2.551)
Regional FE	YES	YES	YES	YES
Observations	1,682	1,682	1,682	1,682

Notes: ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.10.

Table 3. Estimation results with an indicator of exposure to extreme weather events.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Climate worry	−0.663***	−0.644***	−0.693***	−0.726***
	(−0.209)	(0.193)	(0.210)	(0.181)
Affected by weather	−0.555*	−0.531**	−0.542*	−0.450
	(0.267)	(0.246)	(0.280)	(0.287)
Female		−1.313***	−1.217***	−1.154***
		(0.294)	(0.287)	(0.303)
Education: Cert.		0.773**	0.838**	0.823**
or diploma		(0.354)	(0.345)	(0.333)
Edu: University		1.006***	0.892**	0.915***
Or higher		(0.386)	(0.388)	(0.360)
Age		−0.120	−0.123	−0.111
		(0.0986)	(0.101)	(0.103)
Age squared		0.00156*	0.00153	0.00136
		(0.000854)	(0.000882)	(0.000911)
Industry: Dairy			−0.851**	−1.247***
			(0.291)	(0.242)
Industry: Other			0.764*	0.380
livestock			(0.387)	(0.432)
Industry: Arable			−0.503	−0.422
			(0.813)	(0.676)
Industry:			−0.339	−1.315***
Horticulture			(0.593)	(0.593)
Industry: Forestry			1.160***	0.975**
			(0.357)	(0.346)
Property size				−0.399***
in hectares (log)				(0.0668)
Profitability				1.552***
				(0.369)
Constant	15.84***	16.97***	17.50***	18.72***
	(0.174)	(2.745)	(2.679)	(2.537)
Observations	1,682	1,682	1,682	1,682

Notes: ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.10.