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Never heard | Know somewhat | Know well | No Pesticides | Other N/A | |
Personal attitude measures |
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Environmental concerns (base: Not or slight problem) |
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Moderate problem | −1.365** | −0.976** | −0.834* | −1.413** | −1.492*** |
Serious problem | −2.692*** | −1.227*** | −0.842 * | −0.819 | −2.039*** |
Don’t know | −0.288 | −0.663 | −0.398 | −0.044 | −0.699 |
Neighbors’ opinion of lawn important (base: Agree) |
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Disagree | −0.900 | −0.782** | −0.763** | 0.769 | −1.133*** |
Neutral | −0.198 | −0.509 | −0.633** | 1.039* | −0.824** |
Having children under 12 (base: No children) |
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At least 1 child | 0.495 | 0.095 | 0.188 | 0.357 | 0.019 |
Gardening behaviors |
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Monthly hours spent gardening (base: 6 - 10 hours) |
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0 - 5 hours | 0.713 | 0.334 | 0.112 | 0.775 | 0.747 |
11 - 15 hours | −1.118** | −0.613** | −0.315 | −0.835 | −0.853** |
More than 15 hours | −1.661*** | −1.245*** | −1.015*** | −1.580*** | −1.500*** |
Pest control services hired (base: No) |
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Use service | −0.013 | −0.139 | −0.423 | −16.269 | 0.168 |
Lawn attributes |
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Number of weeds per square yard (base: <10 weeds) |
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10 - 40 weeds | 0.297 | 0.491 | 0.251 | 0.972** | 0.085 |
More than 40 weeds | −15.790 | 0.710 | −0.546 | −1.232 | 0.388 |
Don’t know | 0.711 | 0.457 | 0.097 | 0.944** | 0.413 |
Demographic characteristics |
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Male | 0.522 | 0.436 | 0.433 | −0.278 | 0.358 |
Age (base: >60 years) | |||||
18 - 30 years | 0.923 | 0.851 | 0.138 | 1.267* | 0.944 |
31 - 45 years | 0.147 | 0.184 | 0.017 | 0.423 | −0.005 |
46 - 60 years | 1.051* | 0.421 | −0.065 | 0.830* | 0.489 |
Educational attainment (base: High school or less) |
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Some college or 2-year college | −0.500 | −1.094** | −0.878* | −0.703 | −1.135** |
4-year college | −0.121 | −0.409 | −0.616 | −0.061 | −0.710 |
Post-graduate | −0.151 | −0.640 | −0.790 | −0.046 | −0.540 |
Household income (base: $25,000 - $49,999) |
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<$24,999 | 0.802 | −0.024 | 0.269 | 0.465 | −0.317 |
$50,000 - $74,999 | −1.212* | −0.144 | −0.048 | −0.526 | −0.556 |