Table 4. Summary of the binary logistic regression analysis examining the effects of garden and householder-related variables on the respondent’s decision to make a hedgehog highway (HIGHWAY) (N = 5986).

	Estimate	Std. error	z value	Pr(>|z|)	Odds	95% CI
(Intercept)	-2.6388	0.1606	-16.4319	<0.0001	0.0714	0.052–0.0976
YEARSRESIDED (0–5 years)
6–20 years	0.3083	0.0700	4.4056	<0.0001	1.3611	1.1869–1.5615	***
>21 years	0.2529	0.0769	3.2862	0.0010	1.2877	1.1075–1.4975	**
HOUSETYPE (Detached)
Semi-detached	0.4149	0.1026	4.0436	0.0001	1.5143	1.2384–1.8518	***
Terraced	0.4517	0.1505	3.0013	0.0027	1.5710	1.1688–2.1094	**
Flat	0.7781	0.4382	1.7757	0.0758	2.1773	0.9099–5.1672
HOUSESETTING (In a village or smaller)
In a town or city	0.6478	0.0848	7.6349	<0.0001	1.9112	1.619–2.2579	***
HOUSETYPE * HOUSESETTING (Detached house in village or smaller)
Semi-detached house in a town or city	-0.5395	0.1291	-4.1784	<0.0001	0.5830	0.4526–0.7509	***
Terraced house in a town or city	-0.5371	0.1758	-3.0556	0.0022	0.5844	0.4142–0.8253	**
Flat in a town or city	-1.1986	0.4891	-2.4507	0.0143	0.3016	0.1151–0.7938	*
GARDENFEATURES (Six or less)
Seven or more	0.6632	0.0620	10.6909	<0.0001	1.9410	1.7192–2.1926	***
BADGERFOX (Not sighted)
Sighted	-0.1346	0.0567	-2.3748	0.0176	0.8741	0.7821–0.9767	*
HEDGEHOGSTREET (Not aware)
Aware	0.9134	0.0994	9.1856	<0.0001	2.4928	2.0560–3.0368	***
WATCHWILDLIFE (Less important or not important)
Important or very important	0.7295	0.0996	7.3261	<0.0001	2.0740	1.7095–2.5262	***
ENVIGROUPS (Not a member)
Is a member	-0.0350	0.0570	-0.6144	0.5390	0.9656	0.8636–1.0797
GARDENING (Less important or not important)
Important or very important	-0.1061	0.0565	-1.8790	0.0602	0.8993	0.8050–1.0045
EMPLOYMENT (Employed part-time)
Employed full-time	0.0249	0.0799	0.3121	0.7550	1.0253	0.8767–1.1993
Unemployed or homemaker	-0.0329	0.1270	-0.2594	0.7953	0.9676	0.7539–1.2404
Student	-0.7055	0.2272	-3.1050	0.0019	0.4938	0.3112–0.7606	**
Retired	0.0283	0.0794	0.3562	0.7217	1.0287	0.8805–1.2019
Prefer not to say / other	0.0790	0.1307	0.6040	0.5458	1.0822	0.8372–1.3980

This analysis excluded the variables RODENT, FEEDHEDGEHOG and HEDGEHOG (see Methods). Reference levels for variables are indicated in parentheses. AIC = 7675.6; Hosmer and Lemeshow test: χ²₈ = 10.52, p = 0.23; Nagelkerke R² = 0.12.

* = p < 0.05

** = p < 0.01.

*** = p < 0.001.