Environmental behavior patterns across clusters of European Union countries : Uncovering heterogeneity in the attitude-behavior-context relationship
Aral, Öykü H. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)
López Sintas, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	This study examines how European Union (EU) citizens systematically differ in their environmental attitude-behavior relationships according to country-level contextual drivers. Using Eurobarometer data and a multilevel latent class regression model, we identified four attitude-behavior relationships that we labelled, according to mean environmental behavior scores, as environmentalist, pre-environmentalist, less-environmentalist, and non-environmentalist. Regarding their distribution across the EU, we identified four country clusters reflecting pattern similarities that we labelled green, yellow-green, brown, and gray clusters. We found that the attitude-behavior relationship was weaker for more environmentalist patterns than for less environmentalist patterns. Furthermore, more environmentalist patterns were associated with more privileged social positions. As expected, the country clusters reflected socioeconomic development levels (more developed countries were environmentally greener). In the interest of reducing inequality in the distribution of environmentally healthy and vital ecosystems, we suggest that EU environmental policies should mainly address the environmental behaviors of countries classified as brown and gray.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID 2021-124089NB-I00 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-105
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	European Union ; Sustainability ; Environmental behaviors ; Attitude-behavior-context relationships ; Multilevel latent class regression model
Published in:	Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 388 (15 2023) , p. 135936, ISSN 0959-6526

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.135936

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