Households' perception of climate change and human health risks: A community perspective

Table 5 Perceived problems due to extreme heat and cold (n = 450)

Perceived problems due to extreme climate variability	Heat		Cold		Consequences of the problems
	Yes	No	Yes	No
Perceived problems due to heat	%	%
Problems with drinking water	70.7	29.3			Health and hygiene
Cannot cultivate the crops in due time	75.8	4.7			Production loss
Growth of crops has decreased	78.2	2.2			Production loss
Yield of crops has decreased	77.1	3.1			Production loss
Cannot go outside of house due to extreme heat	87.3	9.3			Working hour loss
Have to work hard for irrigation	80.8	1.1			Extra work
Diseases/health problems/sickness has increased	96.2	3.1			Health problem
Perceived problems due to extreme cold			%	%
Boro (summer paddy) cannot be cultivated timely			68.9	3.1	Food shortage
Boro (summer paddy) seedbed cannot be sown			70.9	0.9	Production loss, food shortage
Potato cultivation is hampered			16.2	49.3	Food production loss
Betel leaf field is hampered			63.6	1.6	Cash crop loss
Robi (winter crops) crops cannot be cultivated			47.1	26.2	Cash crop loss
Potato cultivation is hampered because of dense fog			60.7	2.7	Cash crop loss
Flowering/blooming is delayed			47.1	16.5	Cash and Food loss
Color of the crops has faded			45.1	17.5	Cash loss
Mango inflorescence is hampered due to heavy fog			46.0	16.8	Cash and Food loss

[Respondents were asked the question: "What are the problems you face because of changes in heat and cold"?]
Percentage of "don't know" has not been presented in the table

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