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Organic Pesticide Adoption |
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| 17.7% | 5.5% | 28.8% | 23.7% | 8.0% | 16.3% |
Predictors |
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Seriousness of environmental concerns |
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Not or slight problem (base) | 0.197 | 0.014 | 9.8% | 26.2% | 23.4% | 18.0% | 13.1% | 27.6% |
Moderate problem | 0.366 | 0.018 | 37.6% | 35.7% | 38.5% | 39.9% | 23.0% | 34.1% |
Severe problem | 0.293 | 0.017 | 40.6% | 11.9% | 27.5% | 30.9% | 39.3% | 18.7% |
Don’t know | 0.144 | 0.013 | 12.0% | 26.2% | 10.6% | 11.2% | 24.6% | 19.5% |
Neighbors opinion of lawn important |
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Disagree | 0.375 | 0.018 | 30.3% | 38.1% | 39.8% | 44.4% | 9.8% | 44.7% |
Neutral | 0.292 | 0.017 | 33.3% | 21.4% | 26.9% | 27.2% | 47.5% | 25.2% |
Agree (base) | 0.333 | 0.017 | 36.4% | 40.5% | 33.3% | 28.3% | 42.6% | 30.1% |
Have children under 12 | 0.242 | 0.016 | 19.4% | 29.3% | 25.1% | 27.5% | 26.7% | 19.8% |
Monthly hours spent on gardening/lawn |
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0 - 5 hours | 0.195 | 0.014 | 9.8% | 26.2% | 18.1% | 14.0% | 37.3% | 29.8% |
6 - 10 hours (base) | 0.347 | 0.017 | 25.0% | 47.6% | 38.6% | 34.3% | 32.2% | 35.5% |
11 - 15 hours | 0.221 | 0.015 | 25.0% | 14.3% | 22.3% | 27.0% | 13.6% | 18.2% |
More than 15 hours | 0.237 | 0.016 | 40.2% | 11.9% | 20.9% | 24.7% | 16.9% | 16.5% |
Hire pest control services | 0.193 | 0.014 | 22.0% | 21.4% | 20.6% | 17.9% | 0.0% | 24.8% |
Lawn attributes |
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Number of weeds per square yard |
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≤10 weeds (base) | 0.411 | 0.018 | 45.4% | 38.1% | 38.2% | 45.8% | 26.2% | 43.4% |
11 - 40 weeds | 0.201 | 0.015 | 19.2% | 11.9% | 12.7% | 23.5% | 26.2% | 13.1% |
> 40 weeds | 0.049 | 0.008 | 4.9% | 2.4% | 6.9% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 4.9% |
Don’t know | 0.338 | 0.017 | 28.5% | 47.6% | 33.2% | 27.9% | 45.9% | 38.5% |
Demographic characteristics |
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Male | 0.632 | 0.018 | 57.1% | 66.7% | 68.1% | 67.4% | 45.9% | 62.8% |
Age |
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18 - 30 years | 0.085 | 0.010 | 4.5% | 9.5% | 9.7% | 6.2% | 14.8% | 10.7% |
31 - 45 years | 0.253 | 0.016 | 23.3% | 28.6% | 25.8% | 27.5% | 29.5% | 19.8% |
46 - 60 years | 0.307 | 0.017 | 29.3% | 33.3% | 33.6% | 27.0 % | 29.5% | 32.2% |
>60 years (base) | 0.355 | 0.017 | 42.9% | 28.6% | 30.9% | 39.3% | 26.2% | 37.2% |
Educational attainment |
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High school or less (base) | 0.106 | 0.011 | 7.5% | 9.8% | 10.1% | 10.6% | 8.2% | 16.5% |
2-year or some college | 0.205 | 0.015 | 23.3% | 22.0% | 18.0% | 22.2% | 23.0% | 17.4% |