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U.S. adults on scientific consensus on human-caused climate change by age 2017

Belief in the scientific consensus on current human-caused climate change among U.S. adults as of February 2017, by age group
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The data displays the share of U.S. adults who say that scientists agree that climate change was caused by human activity as of February 2017, with a breakdown by age group. During the survey, more than half of the respondents under 30 years of age said that they think there is a consensus about human-caused climate change in the scientific community.

Under 30 years 52 15 33
30-44 years 58 16 26
45-64 years 55 26 19
65 years and older 57 31 12

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