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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2023 May 12;176:107955. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107955

Table 3.

No-cost tree planting adoption by participant characteristics and neighborhood factors. Notes: Chi-sq (categorical data) and ANOVA (continuous data) results shown correlating participant and area characteristics with planting success. Study participants residing at single family residential structures located within the planting intervention area. Ethnicity category removed as only 1 participant in the planting area reported their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino.

Categorical – n (%) Total, N
= 215
Unplanted, N
= 120
Planted, N
= 95
p-
value
Gender 0.496
 Female 140 81 (67.5) 59 (62.1)
 Male 75 39 (32.5) 36 (37.9)
Race and Etnicity 0.393
 Black 20 14 (11.7) 6 (6.3)
 White 189 103 (85.8) 87 (91.6)
 Other Races 5 3 (2.5) 2 (2.1)
Income 0.173
 < $20,000 35 23 (19.2) 12 (12.6)
 $20,000-$65,000 130 66 (55.0) 64 (67.4)
 > $65,000 50 31 (25.8) 19 (20.0)
Education 0.130
 <=High School Diploma 56 34 (28.3) 22 (23.2)
 Some College 80 49 (40.8) 31 (32.6)
 >=4-year Degree 79 37 (30.8) 42 (44.2)
Mother’s Education 0.071
 <=High School Diploma 138 85 (70.8) 53 (55.8)
 Some College 32 14 (11.7) 18 (18.9)
 >=4-year Degree 55 21 (17.5) 24 (25.3)
Employment Status 0.934
 Employed 134 74 (61.7) 60 (73.8)
 Not Employed 81 46 (38.3) 35 (36.8)
Continuous - mean (SD)
Age 47.6 (12.6) 48.2 (14.3) 0.757
Lot Size (Sq.m.) 571.8 (240.9) 643.6 (285.8) 0.047
Front Yard NDVI 0.23 (0.09) 0.23 (0.08) 0.669
Back Yard NDVI 0.28 (0.09) 0.28 (0.08) 0.687
100 m Radius NDVI 0.22 (0.04) 0.23 (0.08) 0.016
500 m Radius NDVI 0.21 (0.03) 0.22 (0.03) 0.07
Front Yard LAI 1.32 (1.37) 1.13 (1.18) 0.297
Back Yard LAI 1.49 (1.21) 1.65 (1.20) 0.375
100 m Radius LAI 1.08 (0.25) 1.20 (0.29) 0.001
500 m Radius LAI 1.02 (0.15) 1.08 (0.14) 0.003
Assessed Home Value (×1000) 83.2 (40.4) 97.6 (46.9) 0.016
Traffic Density, 500 m Radius (×1000) 66.6 (51.2) 78.2 (52.8) 0.106
Area Population Density (×1000) 2.7 (0.6) 2.5 (0.5) 0.01