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. 2018 Dec 12;13(12):e0207237. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207237

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of the overall sample.

Variable Description N Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
Climate change attitudes
    Global warming threat Whether respondents think that global warming poses a serious threat to themselves or their ways of life in their lifetime. Yes = 1, no = 0 89 0.42 0.50 0 1
    Global warming worry How much respondents worry about global warming, 1–4 scale from not worry at all to worry a great deal. 90 2.21 0.89 1 4
General environmental conditions
    General conditions Changes in the general conditions for cranberry growers over the past 5–10 years. 1 = getting worse, 0 = not getting worse. 89 0.70 0.46 0 1
    Weather importance Rate the importance of weather-related events in the past 5–10 years, 1–5 scale from not important to very important 87 3.82 1.04 1 5
    Weather counts Count measure of specific types of weather-related events severely impacted cranberry production from 2010-present 91 2.12 1.27 0 5
Specific environmental conditions
    Water scarcity Rate the importance of these environmental conditions in the past 5–10 years, 1–5 scale from not important to very important 91 3.65 1.38 1 5
    Competition for Water 90 2.99 1.43 1 5
    Heavy Precipitation 91 3.54 1.27 1 5
    High Temperatures in Summer 89 4.02 0.92 2 5
    High Temperatures in Fall 90 3.56 1.03 1 5
    Insufficient Chill Hours in Winter 87 2.98 1.10 1 5
    Insect Pests 90 4.06 0.90 2 5
    Weed Pests 90 4.11 0.83 2 5
    Disease 90 4.03 0.92 2 5
Access to natural resources
    Wetland habitat acreage Acreage of wetland habitats, top-coded. Unit: 10 acres 85 3.94 7.58 0 30
    Upland habitat acreage Acreage of upland habitats, top-coded. Unit: 10 acres 88 10.26 17.44 0 80
    Relative size of natural habitats Size of natural habitats as percentage of total farm size 83 67.05 19.12 0 98.40
Control variables
    Educational attainment 1–9 scale from No schooling completed to Doctorate/Professional degree 89 6.03 1.39 4 9
    Age category 1–6 scale from 25–34 y.o. to > = 75 y.o. 90 4.18 1.16 1 6
    Female Being female. Yes = 1, no = 0 88 0.24 0.43 0 1
    Cranberry acreage Acreage of cranberry bogs, top-coded. Unit: 10 acres 91 4.07 5.27 0.1 20