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

Table 8 Sources of perceive changes in heat, cold and rainfall, compared to five to ten years ago (N = 450)

Sources of perceived changes	During Heat		During Cold
	Yes	No	Yes	No
Sources of perceived changes in heat	%	%
Heat wave/feel	99.3	0.7
Cannot go outside of house due to extreme heat	98.0	2.0
Increased sweating	99.8	0.2
Burning sensation/blistering	73.7	26.3
Feel tired	70.4	29.6
Cannot sleep at night due to extreme heat and sweating	70.9	29.1
Tin roof of the house becomes too hot	66.5	33.5
Lack of rainfall for a long period	99.8	0.2
Tender leaves of trees die	97.6	2.4
Lower levels of water in ponds, canals, river [34]	99.1	0.9
Layer of deep tube wells has decreased	92.4	7.6
Land has become much drier and now cracks	99.3	0.7
Irrigation water dries up very soon in the field	92.6	7.4
Feel more thirsty	72.5	27.5
More frequent dry storms	71.1	28.9
Growth of the trees has decreased	66.4	33.6
TV news	72.5	27.5
Radio news	17.0	87.0
Newspaper	18/1	81.9
Sources of perceived changes in cold			%	%
TV news			64.9	32.0
Radio news			10.4	85.6
Newspaper			15.1	81.3
Cold waves have increased			100.0	0.0
People's experience			98.0	1.8
Dense fog (increased)			98.9	.9
Dew drops like rain form more frequently			97.8	2.0
No sun until 10.30 a.m due to strong fog			97.3	2.4
Limited visibility of sun for few days			93.3	6.5

[Respondents were asked the questions: "What are the sources you use to determine whether the level of heat has changed?" "What are the sources you use to determine whether the level of cold has changed?]
Percentage of don't know has not been presented in the table. Modern technologies or techniques were not available to determine exact changes in heat, cold and rainfall levels.

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