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%