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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of respondents and samples of forest owners and forest managers (in %)

From: Adaptation of forest management to climate change as perceived by forest owners and managers in Belgium

All respon-dents

Owners (O)

Managers (M)

Active (O1)

Passive (O2)

Public (M1)

Private (M2)

P values H0: O = M

P values H0: O1 = O2

P values H0: M1 = M2

Belief:

Do you think that climate change is happening?

 Yes

95

94

98

0.101

1a

0.337a

93.5

95

99

96

 No

5

6

2

6.5

5

1

4

Experience:

Have you experienced any extreme weather conditions that you interpreted as caused by climate change?

 Yes

50

41

59

<0.001

0.201

0.008

42.5

25

49

71

 No

50

59

41

57.5

75

51

29

Adaptation:

Have you adapted your forest management in response to climate change?

 Yes

32

27

37

0.042

0.037

0.137

29.5

5

43

31

 No

68

73

63

70.5

95

57

69

 No. of observations

391

200

20

93

78

 
  1. aPearson’s Chi-squared test with simulated p-value (based on 10,000 replicates) by Monte Carlo test