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. 2021 Nov 5;16(11):e0259537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259537

Table 2. Comparisons of the number of respondents (N = 5986) who (a) fed birds frequently, (b) had a bird box or (c) pond in their garden, relative to the estimates reported for the UK population by Davies et al. [25].

Grouping Garden wildlife factor Observed Expected X21 p SIG
2018 Fed birds 307 (0.61) 258.06 (0.51) 9.28 0.002 *
(N = 506)
Bird box 286 (0.57) 106.26 (0.21) 304.03 < 0.001 *
Pond 145 (0.29) 80.96 (0.16) 50.66 < 0.001 *
2019 Fed birds 224 (0.56) 205.02 (0.51) 1.76 0.185
(N = 402) Bird box 170 (0.42) 84.42 (0.21) 86.76 < 0.001 *
Pond 93 (0.23) 64.32 (0.16) 12.79 < 0.001 *
2020 Fed birds 4336 (0.85) 2589.78 (0.51) 1177.43 < 0.001 *
(N = 5078) Bird box 3611 (0.71) 1066.38 (0.21) 6072.03 < 0.001 *
Pond 2151 (0.42) 812.48 (0.16) 2151.75 < 0.001 *
Made highway Fed birds 2328 (0.89) 1338.24 (0.51) 732.02 < 0.001 *
(N = 2624) Bird box 2009 (0.76) 551.04 (0.21) 3857.52 < 0.001 *
Pond 1212 (0.46) 420 (0.16) 1493.49 < 0.001 *
Not made highway Fed birds 2539 (0.76) 1714.62 (0.51) 396.36 < 0.001 *
Bird box 2058 (0.61) 706.02 (0.21) 2588.95 < 0.001 *
(N = 3362)
Pond 1177 (0.35) 537.92 (0.16) 759.26 < 0.001 *
Heard of HS Fed birds 4638 (0.84) 2812.65 (0.51) 1184.61 < 0.001 *
(N = 5515) Bird box 3958 (0.72) 1158.15 (0.21) 6768.69 < 0.001 *
Pond 2299 (0.42) 882.4 (0.16) 2274.20 < 0.001 *
Not heard of HS Fed birds 229 (0.49) 240.21 (0.51) 0.52 0.470
(N = 471) Bird box 193 (0.41) 98.91 (0.21) 89.50 < 0.001 *
Pond 90 (0.19) 75.36 (0.16) 2.84 0.092

Chi-squared test results are provided for all survey years (2018, 2019, 2020), for those respondents who had or had not made a hedgehog highway at the time of surveying, and those who had or had not heard of the Hedgehog Street campaign. Figures in parentheses in the observed and expected columns are the proportion of respondents.

* indicates difference is significant (p < 0.05) after applying Bonferroni correction (0.05 / 21 = 0.002) for multiple testing.