Results indicated that, among those unfamiliar with the issue and its potential impacts, perceptions of economic conditions were a significant indicator for approval of the oil exploration: Those who perceived the economic conditions to be more negative were significantly more approving of the oil exploration than those who perceived economic conditions more positively.
Niðurstöður benda til að upplifun á efnahagsástandi hafi áhrif á stuðning við olíuleitina á meðal þeirra sem telja sig ókunnuga olíuleitinni og mögulegum áhrifum hennar, en meðal ókunnugra, voru þeir sem upplifðu efnahagsástandið neikvætt, marktækt jákvæðari í garð olíuleitarinnar en þeir sem upplifðu efnahagsástandið neikvætt.