Title: Determinants of Participation and Consumption of Nonconsumptive Wildlife Recreation
Abstract: This study utilized cross-sectional data obtained from the 1991 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation to analyze individual's expenditures of nonconsumptive wildlife recreation at a regional level. In the process of selecting an appropriate model most consistent with consumer behavior associated with nonconsumptive wildlife recreation, the double-hurdle model for the nonresidential and residential expenditure models was evaluated. In the nonresidential expenditure model, income, education, ethnicity, public lands, and forestlands had a significant effect on nonconsumptive wildlife recreation expenditures. In the residential expenditure model, gender, employment status, ethnicity, wildlife including birds, mammals, insects, fish, and other wildlife, visiting public parks or natural areas, and maintaining natural areas had a significant effect on nonconsumptive wildlife recreation expenditures. The results in this study provide insight into determinants of nonconsumptive wildlife recreation expenditures which can be used for planning and decision making purposes for natural resource management and nonconsumptive wildlife management.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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