Supplementary Table 1.

Country-wise demographic breakdown of sample

Age
(in years) Gender (%)* Discipline (%)*
Engineering Medical
Agricultural and and Health Natural Social
Country N M(SD) Women Men Sciences Technology Humanities Sciences Sciences Sciences
Australia 314 35.6(11.0) 73.2 25.8 0.8 0.8 3.0 12.2 2.1 73.8
Brazil 280 30.6(12.8) 72.9 27.1 1.8 8.2 10.4 10.7 5.4 51.1
Canada 309 18.3(1.1) 66.3 32.4 - - 0.3 - 0.3 97.1
Chile 391 23.9(9.3) 56.0 38.6 0.5 16.6 9.0 12.3 4.3 32.7
China 267 21.3(2.9) 69.7 28.1 0.4 0.7 1.9 - - 97.0
Colombia 159 26.2(10.5) 37.7 62.3 - 52.8 5.0 2.5 0.6 27.7
Egypt 411 19.56(2.9) 90.2 9.8 0.9 1.2 11.4 3.0 0.2 56.1
Finland 633 26.9(7.1) 74.2 20.1 10.9 0.8 31.0 1.4 25.9 28.4
Germany 246 23.5(5.6) 68.7 30.5 - 11.0 6.9 - 2.8 62.2
Italy 294 21.5(2.5) 75.5 21.8 - - - - - 100
India 229 24.5(5.8) 42.4 55.0 0.9 19.7 3.5 1.7 1.7 11.4
Indonesia 345 19.4(1.6) 78.0 19.1 - - 1.7 0.3 - 93.0
Iran 323 24.6(4.9) 60.7 36.8 0.9 16.1 44.9 3.7 20.1 8.0
Japan 302 19.9(1.1) 22.8 71.2 0.3 1.3 7.3 0.7 2.3 87.7
Malaysia 264 20.4(1.7) 67.8 29.9 - 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.1 93.9
Netherlands 416 24.1(6.0) 64.4 33.4 0.5 3.8 7.0 1.2 38.9 32.2
Nigeria 583 25.1(8.0) 50.4 45.5 5.8 14.2 5.5 7.2 3.1 60.5
Norway 262 23.9(4.7) 70.6 26.7 0.4 3.4 7.3 9.9 5.0 70.2
Oman 246 21.0(4.3) 51.4 48.6 3.2 7.9 28.4 4.3 - 39.2
Pakistan 245 20.6(2.4) 57.1 40.4 0.8 0.8 20.0 - 2.4 45.3
Palestine 365 20.4(3.0) 63.3 24.9 0.5 4.4 12.9 1.4 1.9 55.9
Philippines 1418 19.4(3.1) 64.5 29.3 0.2 3.7 5.1 3.7 0.8 59.1
Portugal 258 32.2(13.9) 73.6 24.8 1.6 10.5 3.9 5.8 7.0 61.2
Romania 395 21.3(1.6) 66.6 33.4 3.3 14.7 11.6 8.9 7.3 54.2
Russia 477 25.1(8.4) 78.2 18.4 1.5 8.6 17.8 4.0 4.8 48.8
Slovakia 258 21.0(1.4) 79.1 20.2 - - - 43.0 12.8 36.4
Spain 590 23.7(6.2) 80.7 19.2 2.0 4.6 7.1 14.9 7.3 45.6
Tanzania 248 24.2(3.6) 23.8 71.0 16.1 64.1 1.2 0.4 0.4 2.8
Turkey 413 21.85(3.6) 75.6 23.2 0.7 1.7 3.3 6.5 1.9 79.9
Uganda 653 26.0(5.9) 17.8 80.6 0.2 97.5 - 0.2 - -
UAE 226 21.1(3.0) 72.6 6.2 0.4 4.0 6.2 7.1 9.3 39.4
United Kingdom 370 20.2(4.0) 89.5 10.3 - - - 4.3 0.3 94.9
Total 12,246 23.4(7.3) 63.4 33.6 4.2 12.1 8.8 5.2 5.6 51.0
*Percentages for gender and discipline distributions may not add up to 100% due to participants indicating ‘other’ or ‘prefer not to say’ not
included in table.
Supplementary Table 2. Country-wise descriptive and reliability statistics for flooding experience
and perceived descriptive norms
Flooding Experience
Descriptive Norms
(1 or more times)
Country %Yes α M(SD)
1. Australia 81.2 .82 3.61(0.88)
2. Brazil 61.4 .82 3.52(0.79)
3. Canada 91.6 .82 3.59(0.87)
4. Chile 45.8 .80 3.56(0.68)
5. China 95.5 .80 3.33(0.75)
6. Colombia 33.9 .76 3.27(0.74)
7. Egypt 14.7 .76 3.02(0.70)
8. Finland 35.2 .80 3.86(0.73)
9. Germany 88.6 .63 3.80(0.68)
10. Italy 77.9 .67 3.55(0.61)
11. India 38.0 .84 3.59(0.88)
12. Indonesia 78.0 .76 3.57(0.67)
13. Iran 41.5 .79 3.03(0.91)
14. Japan 93.0 .77 3.21(0.82)
15. Malaysia 79.9 .84 3.10(0.81)
16. Netherlands 92.1 .72 3.75(0.75)
17. Nigeria 68.7 .77 3.17(0.84)
18. Norway 86.6 .76 3.81(0.74)
19. Oman 60.4 .77 2.84(0.76)
20. Pakistan 83.3 .72 3.46(0.69)
21. Palestine 27.7 .74 2.87(0.76)
22. Philippines 59.0 .75 3.92(0.77)
23. Portugal 43.0 .76 3.63(0.57)
24. Romania 82.5 .69 3.34(0.75)
25. Russia 48.8 .82 3.18(0.73)
26. Slovakia 92.6 .76 3.20(0.68)
27. Spain 88.8 .76 3.55(0.65)
28. Tanzania 79.0 .76 3.84(0.84)
29. Turkey 41.6 .81 3.44(0.94)
30. Uganda 66.2 .81 3.80(0.94)
31. UAE 70.4 .80 3.23(0.86)
32. United Kingdom 71.9 .82 3.46(0.91)
Total 63.7 .80 3.29(0.86)
Supplementary Table 3. Country-wise descriptive and reliability statistics for media exposure
and attention.
Media Media
exposure - exposure - Attention
Impact Solutions
Country M(SD) M(SD) M(SD)
1. Australia 4.91(2.08) 4.37(2.03) 2.94(0.79)
2. Brazil 4.32(2.28) 4.28(2.27) 3.39(0.77)
3. Canada 4.07(1.83) 3.83(1.76) 2.69(0.72)
4. Chile 5.18(2.09) 4.80(2.11) 3.26(0.74)
5. China 6.99(1.33) 7.49(1.11) 2.23(0.76)
6. Colombia 4.64(2.14) 4.45(2.06) 3.36(0.70)
7. Egypt 5.02(2.42) 4.97(2.42) 2.54(0.86)
8. Finland 4.52(1.73) 4.63(1.75) 3.50(0.65)
9. Germany 4.58(1.76) 4.43(1.83) 2.69(0.73)
10. Italy 5.16(1.68) 4.60(1.84) 3.12(0.62)
11. India 4.55(2.14) 4.28(2.12) 3.03(0.68)
12. Indonesia 3.74(1.85) 3.48(1.94) 2.84(0.62)
13. Iran 3.05(1.98) 2.80(2.03) 2.71(0.82)
14. Japan 2.20(1.31) 1.99(1.31) 3.14(0.74)
15. Malaysia 3.89(2.04) 3.59(2.01) 2.74(0.65)
16. Netherlands 4.92(1.84) 4.83(1.74) 3.43(0.65)
17. Nigeria 4.20(2.31) 4.15(2.24) 2.81(0.94)
18. Norway 4.23(1.64) 4.21(1.61) 3.31(0.63)
19. Oman 3.94(2.28) 3.90(2.55) 2.40(0.84)
20. Pakistan 4.28(2.31) 3.80(2.23) 2.67(0.88)
21. Palestine 3.33(2.11) 3.20(2.09) 2.37(0.82)
22. Philippines 5.57(2.17) 5.24(2.17) 3.09(0.65)
23. Portugal 4.98(1.90) 4.49(1.90) 1.57(0.56)
24. Romania 4.39(2.07) 3.62(2.10) 2.88(0.80)
25. Russia 3.25(1.79) 2.85(1.75) 2.50(0.87)
26. Slovakia 3.78(1.89) 3.10(1.76) 2.44(0.84)
27. Spain 4.96(1.94) 4.51(1.96) 3.60(0.58)
28. Tanzania 4.97(2.31) 4.95(2.24) 3.28(0.80)
29. Turkey 3.77(1.95) 3.25(1.94) 1.86(0.61)
30. Uganda 4.19(2.18) 4.01(2.17) 3.23(0.73)
31. UAE 4.70(2.60) 4.29(2.74) 2.07(0.91)
32. United Kingdom 4.18(1.83) 3.87(1.96) 2.74(0.67)
Total 4.48(2.19) 4.22(2.22) 2.89(0.87)