Environment and society
Ecological commitment

Ecologist commitment in the last five years in % - Switzerland by political orientation and linguistic region 2007

Definitions/Comments: Political orientation: Self-placement on scale from 0 (left) to 10 (right): left: values 0–3; centre: values 4–6; right: values 7–10.

Question wording: ‘In the last five years, have you … signed a petition about an environmental issue? … given money to an environmental group? … taken part in a protest or demonstration, collected signatures or money, contributed in another way to the protection of the environment?’

Answer categories: ‘Yes I have’, ‘No I have not’. Percentages correspond to respondents who answered ‘Yes I have’.

Sample size: Swiss Survey on the Environment 2007: 2789; weighted data.

Source: Swiss Survey on the Environment 2007, ETH Zurich.

Data for the indicator or in excel.

Description and explanation in the corresponding chapter of the Social Report 2008.