Table 3. Characteristics of respondents.

Description	Mean	Std. Dev.
Male	21.8	41.3
Respondent planned to stay at this beach < half a day	72.6	44.6
Respondent planned to stay at this beach half a day	21.0	40.8
Respondent planned to stay at this beach entire day	06.4	24.4
Respondent came to the beach on foot or bicycle	47.4	49.9
Respondent came to the beach by car or by motorbike	39.0	48.8
Respondent came to the beach by public transport	13.6	34.3
Respondent has been stung by a jellyfish	21.7	41.2
Respondent knows someone who has been stung by a jellyfish	17.2	37.7
Respondent has not been stung and does not know anyone who has been stung	61.1	48.8
Respondent has his/her primary residence in this place	43.7	49.6
Respondent is international	23.6	42.4
Respondent lives in Spain	17.8	38.3
Respondent lives in Catalonia	14.9	12.3
Respondent has above high school; 0 otherwise	49.6	50.0
Length of stay (days)	15.9	24.6
Age of respondent (years)	42.7	13.5
Respondent has a job; 0 otherwise	72.2	44.8
Respondent’s household income is below 2000€	36.7	48.2
Respondent’s household income is between 2000€-4000€	44.4	49.7
Respondent’s household income is above 4000€	18.9	39.2
Time taken to reach the beach (min)	21.3	24.4

Variables are presented as percentages (%) over total sample (N = 644).