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Table 5 Survey questions response percentages by experience in awarding public contracts with ecological (or environmental) criteria.

From: Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large-N survey

Questions

Associations with:

Experience in awarding public contracts with ecological (or environmental) criteria

Tests results

Answers

Yes

No

Chi-squared p-value

Cramer V

It is socially useful to award “green public contracts”, i.e., contracts in which the evaluation criteria include an environmental criterion

Absolutely disagree

1.7

1.5

 < 0.00001

0.22498

Somewhat disagree

11.6

5.8

Do not know

25.2

49.2

Somewhat agree

49.3

37.2

Absolutely agree

1.4

1.2

I am in favor of awarding public contracts that take into account the environmental criterion

Absolutely disagree

1.4

1.2

 < 0.00001

0.17816

Somewhat disagree

3.4

3.5

Do not know

24.1

39.9

Somewhat agree

49

44.5

Absolutely agree

22.1

10.9

Personally, I would prefer to announce a tender for a cheaper contract (without environmental requirements) before awarding a more expensive public contract with environmental characteristics

Absolutely disagree

2.4

1.8

 < 0.00001

0.16405

Somewhat disagree

27.6

19.9

Do not know

18.4

32.6

Somewhat agree

37.1

37.4

Absolutely agree

14.6

8.3

If I have information that a public contract with an environmental criterion increases the risk probability of an appeal to the Office for Protection of Competition, then I will clearly prefer the public contract without environmental criterion

Absolutely disagree

2.4

2.4

 < 0.00001

0.15986

Somewhat disagree

11.6

6.9

Do not know

15.6

29.3

Somewhat agree

41.5

41.1

Absolutely agree

28.9

20.3

If the contract has the following evaluation criteria: “employment”, “support for local companies”, and “environmental impact of public procurement”, then I will always (or mostly) consider “environmental impact” as the most important criterion of public procurement

Absolutely disagree

2

3.4

0.43

0.05853

Somewhat disagree

25.9

26

Do not know

28.6

31.8

Somewhat agree

35.4

32.6

Absolutely agree

8.2

6.2

If I want to include an environmental impact criterion in the contract, then I would classify it as a general obligation of the supplier under the contract

Absolutely disagree

1.4

5.00

 < 0.00001

0.14812

Somewhat disagree

6.8

5

Do not know

15

26.7

Somewhat agree

58.2

56.4

Absolutely agree

18.7

10.9