Our health, our planet: a cross-sectional analysis on the association between health consciousness and pro-environmental behavior among health professionals

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Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the study sample (n = 297).

Variables	Values (n, %)
Sex:
Male	66 (22.2)
Female	219 (73.7)
Missing	12 (4.0)
Age group (years):
20–29	114 (38.4)
30–39	59 (19.9)
40–49	75 (25.3)
50–59	29 (9.8)
60–69	10 (3.4)
Missing	10 (3.4)
Employment position
Manager	65 (21.9)
Not manager	217 (73.1)
Missing	15 (5.1)
Income(USD/year)
Median income (Median, IQR)	45,000 (45,000)
<20,000	10 (3.4)
20,000–29,999	27 (9.1)
30,000–39,999	53 (17.8)
40,000–49,999	54 (18.2)
50,000–59,999	34 (11.4)
60,000–69,999	19 (6.4)
70,000–79,999	12 (4.0)
80,000–89,999	19 (6.4)
90,000–99,999	8 (2.7)
>100,000	32 (10.8)
Missing	29 (9.8)
Education:
High school	12 (4.0)
Collage or technical school	131 (44.1)
University	140 (47.1)
Graduate school	4 (1.3)
Missing	10 (3.4)

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of pro-environmental behavior and health consciousness.

Variables	Values (n, %)
Pro-environmental behavior:
Recycling paper	179 (60.3)
Recycling glass	192 (64.6)
Recycling plastics	179 (60.3)
Recycling metals	141 (47.5)
Choose the environmentally friendly alternative if one of a similar price is available	123 (41.4)
Choose the environmentally friendly alternative regardless of price	179 (60.3)
Try to discover the environmental effects of products prior to purchase	37 (12.5)
Environmentally friendly detergents	42 (14.1)
Products not tested on animals	13 (4.4)
Recycled paper products	67 (22.6)
Organically grown fruit and vegetables	59 (19.9)
Health consciousness:
I reflect about my health a lot	189 (63.6)
I’m very self-conscious about my health	184 (62.0)
I’m generally attentive to my inner feelings about my health	194 (65.3)

Table 3. Estimated regression coefficients of pro-environmental behaviors for health consciousness and intention to engage in pro-environmental behavior.

	Recycling		Green purchasing
	β [95%CI]	p^a	β [95%CI]	p^a
Health consciousness
Model 1^b	0.30*** [0.13; 0.47]	<0.001	−0.06 [−0.22; 0.10]	0.446
Model 2^c	0.22* [0.03; 0.40]	0.022	−0.02 [−0.19; 0.16]	0.854
Intention to engage in pro-environmental behavior
Model 1^b	0.11 [−0.22; 0.44]	0.524	0.59*** [0.29; 0.89]	<0.001
Model 2^c	0.21 [−0.17; 0.59]	0.283	0.55** [0.19; 0.90]	0.002

^a***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.

^bModel 1: Adjusted for gender, age, intention to engage in pro-environmental behavior, and pro-environmental knowledge.

^cModel 2: Adjusted for gender, age, intention to engage in pro-environmental behavior, pro-environmental knowledge, and all other socioeconomic variables (income and education).

Table A1. Promax rotated factor loadings for pro-environmental behavior.

Items	Factor 1 recycling	Factor 2 green purchasing
Recycling paper	0.424
Recycling glass	0.949
Recycling plastics	0.852
Recycling metals	0.807
Choose the environmentally friendly alternative if one of a similar price is available		0.626
Choose the environmentally friendly alternative regardless of price		0.792
Try to discover the environmental effects of products prior to purchase		0.823
Environmentally friendly detergents		0.756
Products not tested on animals		0.653
Recycled paper products		0.580
Organically grown fruit and vegetables		0.595

Table A2. Promax-rotated factor loadings for health consciousness.

Items	Factor 1 health consciousness
I reflect about my health a lot	0.903
I’m very self-conscious about my health	0.980
I’m generally attentive to my inner feelings about my health	0.760

Table A3. Correlation matrices between recycling, green purchasing, health consciousness, intention to engage in pro-environmental behavior and pro-environmental knowledge.

	Recycling	Green purchasing	Health consciousness	Intention to engage in pro-environmental behavior
Recycling	–
Green purchasing	−0.382 (−0.475, −0.280)***	–
Health consciousness	0.180 (0.068, 0.288)**	0.145 (0.032, 0.255)*	–
Intention to engage in pro-environmental behavior	−0.111 (−0.271, 0.056)	−0.439 (−0.564, −0.295)***	−0.279 (−0.425, −0.119)***	–
Pro-environmental knowledge	0.045 (−0.069, 0.158)	0.340 (0.235, 0.437)***	0.211 (0.099, 0.317)***	−0.303 (−0.446, −0.145)***

Bold values denote correlations whose 95% credibility intervals (in parentheses) do not include zero. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.