Table 3. Enjoyment associated with yard and porch activities and willingness to pay (WTP) for one additional work-free, mosquito-free hour per summer week engaged in each of these activities.

Yard and porch activity	Rate as very important or important	Ranking of activity by enjoyment*	Mean max. WTP	SEM max. WTP
Relaxing, socializing, talking, reading, etc.	89.2%	1	$10.75	1.39
Eating or cooking outside	82.7%	2	$10.43	1.36
Playing catch, Frisbee, bocce, etc.	64.4%	3	$7.26	1.04
Gardening	57.0%	4	$7.74	1.29
Maintaining house or car	53.7%	5	$6.47	1.05

* 1 Denotes highest ranked (most enjoyable) activity.

Notation: SEM denotes standard error of the mean.