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Published in final edited form as: Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2017 Nov 22;9(2):340–348. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.11.010

Table 2.

Environmental characteristics of the sampled residential properties.

Environmental variables	Mean ± SD	Range

Continuous variables
Percent forest within residential parcel	49 ± 26	11–100
Percent forest within 500 m of residential parcel	32 ± 13	9–59
Percent forest within 1 km of residential parcel	27 ± 13	8–55
Forest edge density within 500 m of residential parcel (m/hectare)	105 ± 22	57–140
Forest edge density within 1 km of residential parcel (m/hectare)	85 ± 21	44–119
Total property area (m²)	11,222 ± 5725	4076–26,019

Dichotomous variables	Percent of residences (n)

Signs of deer on property	88 (21)
Presence of fence on property	21 (5)
Compost pile on property	50 (12)
Log pile on property	92 (22)
Bird/squirrel feeder on property	67 (16)
Dominant forest type
Deciduous	67 (16)
Coniferous	4 (1)
Mixed deciduous/conifer	30 (7)