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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

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

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

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