Research Article

Econometric Analysis of Landscape Preferences in Canterbury, New Zealand

Table 2

Summary statistics.

VariableTotalRuralUrbanDifference
MeanStd. dev.MeanStd. dev.MeanStd. dev.

MaleDummy0.490.500.510.500.470.50
AgeYears50.3114.7151.2013.7449.8615.16
Non-Māori NZ’erDummy0.830.380.860.350.820.39
Māori NZDummy0.050.210.0330.180.0510.22
Other ethnicityDummy0.110.320.110.310.120.32
Canterbury residencyYears31.1519.203119.6531.2818.98
Farm householdDummy0.0810.270.170.380.0340.19 ***
Outdoors activitiesDummy0.810.390.890.310.770.42 ***

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Notes: rural-urban differences: ***significant at 1% level; **significant at 5% level; *significant at 10% level.