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

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

 

All respondents

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. Forest owners were divided into two categories, depending on whether they manage their own forest (active owners) or not (passive owners). Forest managers, who do not own forest land, were either categorized as being in the public administration (public managers) or in the private sector (private managers). When asked whether they had undertaken climate change adaptation actions, respondents who answered ‘do not know’ were grouped together with those who answered ‘no’
  2. aPearson’s Chi-squared test with simulated p-value (based on 10,000 replicates) by Monte Carlo test