Table 6.

Results of the multiple linear regression analysis on the influence of socioeconomic factors on the perception of risk attributed to changes in flora, fauna, soil, in the babaçu palm, and in rainfall patterns in the communities of Alegria and Sardinha, municipality of Timbiras, Maranhão (MA), Brazil. * indicates p-values < 0.05

	Flora		Fauna		Soil
	Coefficient	p-value	Coefficient	p-value	Coefficient	p-value
Intercept	4.962	0.0*	4.048	0.0*	4.913	0.0*
Income[T. a minimum wage]	-0.284	0.127	-0.097	0.546	-0.159	0.349
Community[T.Sardinha]	-0.079	0.657	0.502	0.002*	-1.137	0.0*
Age	-0.044	0.034*	0.006	0.727	-0.006	0.767
Years of experience	0.047	0.021*	0.0	0.984	0.006	0.725
Education level	0.041	0.117	-0.02	0.389	-0.026	0.27
	The Babaçu palm			Rainfall
	Coefficient	p-value		Coefficient	p-value
Intercept	4.651	0.0*		4.525	0.0*
Income[T. a minimum wage]	-0.003	0.985		-0.02	0.879
Community[T.Sardinha]	0.018	0.899		-0.421	0.001*
Age	0.001	0.952		0.025	0.091
Years of experience	-0.0	0.983		-0.03	0.039*
Education level	-0.003	0.871		-0.005	0.774