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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 16.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sociol. 2017 May 22;3(4):348–358. doi: 10.1080/23251042.2017.1330115

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Variables Used in Analysis

Variable Mean (SD) or %
Works in Fishing Industry 34.19%
Works in Tourism Industry 38.86%
Age 50.37 (16.38)
Sex (1=Male) 53.56%
College Graduate 37.89%
Democrat 28.53%
Republican 39.71%
Independent/Other Politics 31.76%
White 87.93%
Married 59.94%
Years lived in area 28.16 (19.01)
State (1=FL, 0=AL) 71.23%
BP Response to oil spill viewed as Poor 36.05%
Dissatisfied with BP Compensation Process 21.08%
Individual level Economic Effects 4.09 (1.93)
Individual level Emotion Effects 3.79 (1.88)
Individual level Social Effects 2.67 (1.91)
Individual level Health Effects 2.58 (1.90)
Community level Economic Effects 5.04 (1.44)
Community level Environmental Effects 4.32 (1.75)
Community level Social Effects 3.14 (1.90)
Community level Health Effects 3.15 (1.91)
Political Actions Index 1.87 (1.90)
Personal Environmental Behaviors Index .77 (1.00)
Cares More about the Environment 48.99%
More Opposed to Offshore Drilling 34.82%