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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