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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 | −1.355** | −0.978** | −0.835* | −1.416** | −1.497*** |
Serious problem | −2.682*** | −1.228*** | −0.841* | −0.820 | −2.042*** |
Don’t know | −0.267 | −0.668 | −0.403 | −0.031 | −0.708 |
Neighbors’ opinion important (base: Agree) |
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Disagree | −0.896 | −0.784** | −0.769** | 0.756 | −1.135 |
Neutral | −0.212 | −0.511* | −0.638** | 1.030* | −0.826** |
Gardening behaviors |
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Monthly hours spent gardening (base: 6 - 10 hours) |
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0 - 5 hours | 0.718 | 0.336 | 0.113 | 0.779 | 0.755* |
11 - 15 hours | −1.123** | −0.611** | −0.312 | −0.850 | −0.846** |
More than 15 hours | −1.675*** | −1.250*** | −1.028*** | −1.600*** | −1.499*** |
Pest control services hired (base: No) |
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Use service | 0.0002 | −0.140 | −0.426 | −16.268 | 0.167 |
Lawn attributes |
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Number of weeds per square yard (base: <10 weeds) |
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10 - 40 weeds | 0.284 | 0.490 | 0.248 | 0.956* | 0.084 |
More than 40 weeds | −15.80 | 0.709 | −0.548 | −1.245 | 0.385 |
Don’t know | 0.703 | 0.457 | 0.097 | 0.944** | 0.412 |
Demographic characteristics |
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Male | 0.549 | 0.440 | 0.441 | −0.260 | 0.356 |
Age (base: >60 years) |
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18 - 30 years | 1.047 | 0.865 | 0.179 | 1.344 | 0.933 |
31 - 45 years | 0.464 | 0.239 | 0.133 | 0.638 | 0.007 |
46 - 60 years | 1.108** | 0.435 | −0.040 | 0.875* | 0.498 |
Education (base: High school or less) |
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Some college or 2-year college | −0.464 | −1.089** | −0.870* | −0.671 | −1.132** |
4-year college | −0.100 | −0.402 | −0.606 | −0.043 | −0.702 |
Post-graduate | −0.126 | −0.631 | −0.776 | −0.028 | −0.530 |
Household income (base: $25,000 - $49,999) |
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<$24,999 | 0.813 | −0.017 | 0.275 | 0.485 | −0.307 |
$50,000 - $74,999 | −1.183* | −0.145 | −0.045 | −0.486 | −0.560 |
$75,000 - $99,999 | 0.046 | 0.323 | 0.329 | −0.160 | −0.496 |