Table 2. Socio-economic characteristics of survey respondents.

	National based MPA management regime Survey Mean (Std. Deviations)	Community based MPA management regime Survey Mean (Std. Deviations)
Gender	0.50 (0.50)	0.52 (0.50)
Age	41.25 (9.78)	41.95 (9.36)
Income Levela	3.63 (1.43)	3.70 (1.41)
Born in Okinawa	68% (NA)	70% (NA)
Children under age 18	0.83 (1.13)	0.75 (1.03)

a) Respondents were asked to choose from one of the following five categories to describe their annual income levels: 1) less than $10,000; 2) between $10,000 and $20,000; 3) between $20,000 and $50,000; 4) between $50,000 and $70,000 and 5) more than $70,000.