Research Article
Exploring the Factors That Influence Stakeholder Participation in Decision-Making for the Moat System Restoration Project in Tianchang City, China
Table 1
Participant characteristics.
| Attributes | Description | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Gender | Male | 240 | 50.7 | Female | 233 | 49.3 |
| Age | 18–25 | 105 | 22.2 | 26–35 | 173 | 36.6 | 36–45 | 81 | 17.1 | 46–55 | 86 | 18.2 | 55+ | 28 | 5.9 |
| Education level | Primary school | 95 | 20.1 | Secondary school | 95 | 20.1 | Bachelor’s degree | 178 | 37.6 | Master’s degree | 85 | 18.0 | PhD+ | 20 | 4.2 |
| Employment status | Civil servant | 188 | 39.7 | Self-employed | 85 | 18.0 | Scholar | 8 | 1.7 | Worker | 87 | 18.4 | Others | 105 | 22.2 |
| Years | Less than 1 year | 94 | 19.9 | 2–7 years | 100 | 21.1 | 8–13 years | 88 | 18.6 | 14–19 years | 87 | 18.4 | More than 20 years | 104 | 22.0 |
| Familiarity with participation in decision-making | Not at all familiar | 83 | 17.5 | Slightly familiar | 105 | 22.2 | Moderately familiar | 92 | 19.5 | Very familiar | 96 | 20.3 | Extremely familiar | 97 | 20.5 |
| Flood management as a restoration priority | Approve | 86 | 18.2 | Strongly approve | 113 | 23.9 | Neutral | 78 | 16.5 | Disapprove | 91 | 19.2 | Strongly disapprove | 105 | 22.2 |
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