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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Risk Anal. 2009 Apr 9;29(7):963–969. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01228.x

Table III.

p-Values of Close-Ended Responses Between Groups

N = 59 1. Severity of Health Symptoms 2. Risk of Eating Seafood During Bloom 3. Level of Concern 4. Naturally Occurring 5. Occurring More Frequently 6. Lasting Longer and More Severe 7. Affected by Urban Growth 8. Any Control Method 9. Control Methods with Unknown Impacts 10. Stricter Runoff and Pollution Regulations 11. More Research Before Anything
Male vs. female 0.09 0.38 0.15 0.66 0.44 0.24 0.15 0.50 0.40 0.19 0.01
Age* 0.00 0.34 0.17 0.98 0.92 0.84 0.93 0.39 0.78 0.16 0.20
Education* 0.37 0.35 0.42 0.34 0.28 0.06 0.17 0.96 0.19 0.58 0.15
Occupation in health industries vs. not 0.03 0.01 0.02
Residence vs. visitors 0.14 0.39 0.49 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.50 0.26 0.71 0.37 0.98
Familiarity with red tide vs. unfamiliar 0.16 0.01 0.19 0.25 0.64 0.43 0.70 0.94 0.34 0.88 0.96
Have experienced red tide vs. not 0.00 0.08 0.07 0.47 0.03 0.02 0.32 0.31 0.09 0.29 0.11
*

Spearman’s rho.

Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test.

Note: Shaded cells show significant differences at 0.01 and 0.1 levels.