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.