How Family Forest Owners Consider Timber Harvesting, Land Sale, and Conservation Easement Decisions: Insights from Massachusetts, USA
Table 2
Description and summary of survey items measuring the importance of information sources in landowner decision making along with principal component analysis summary statistics.
Importance of information sources in landowner decision making survey items*
Mean (Std. Dev.)
Rotated principal component loading
Cronbach’s Alpha
PC 1: PROFRES
Advice from a forester or other professional
3.33 (1.16)
0.75
0.80
Consultation of my land management plan
2.58 (1.31)
0.74
Research from written materials
2.88 (1.12)
0.85
Online research
2.39 (1.17)
0.80
My own knowledge and experience
3.50 (1.10)
0.03
Retained as unique variable
Advice from a family member or friend
2.98 (1.21)
0.30
Retained as unique variable
Eigenvalue
2.56
Variance explained
0.43
* Item scale: 1 = not at all important, 5 = extremely important.
