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| Variable name | Description | Mean (Std. Dev.) |
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| ACRE | Continuous-log of acres of forestland owned | 3.60 (0.97) |
| TENURE | Ordinal-four categories: 1 if 1–5 yrs, 2 if 6–10 yrs, 3 if 11–20 yrs, 4 if >20 yrs | 3.12 (1.08) |
| ABSENTEE | Binary-1 if a respondent was an absentee owner; 0 otherwise | 0.27 (0.44) |
| AGE | Ordinal-four categories: 1 if <30 yrs, 2 if 30–50 yrs, 3 if 51–65 yrs, 4 if >65 yrs | 2.96 (0.74) |
| EDU | Ordinal-five categories: 1 if some high school, 2 if high school, 3 if some college, 4 if college graduate, 5 if beyond college | 3.74 (1.18) |
| TRAIL | Binary-1 if a respondent considered putting a trail through his/her land in the past five yrs; 0 otherwise | 0.44 (0.50) |
| POST | Binary-1 if a respondent considered posting land and denying public access in the past five yrs; 0 otherwise | 0.46 (0.50) |
| COOP | Binary-1 if a respondent considered cooperation with neighboring landowners or was contacted by a neighbor in the past five yrs; 0 otherwise | 0.33 (0.47) |
| PROFRES | Continuous-higher value indicates higher importance of professional advice and research in landowner decision making (PC loadings, Table 2) | 0.00 (1.00) |
| OWNEXP | Ordinal-five categories: higher values indicates higher importance of “own knowledge and experience” in landowner decision making | 3.50 (1.11) |
| FAMFRI | Ordinal-five categories: higher values indicates higher importance of “advice from a family member or friend” in landowner decision making | 2.96 (1.21) |
| GREEN | Continuous-higher value indicates a stronger environmentally and socially responsible attitude towards forestland (PC loadings, Table 1) | 0.00 (1.00) |
| LANDPAY | Ordinal-five categories: 1 if strongly disagree with the statement “land must provide a return to cover the expenses associated with ownership,” 2 if disagree, 3 if neutral, 4 if agree, 5 if strongly agree | 2.98 (1.18) |
| AMENITY | Continuous-higher value indicates amenity-oriented reasons for owning forestland (PC loadings, Table 3) | 0.00 (1.00) |
| INCUSE | Continuous-higher value indicates forest income and products-oriented reasons for owning forestland (PC loadings, Table 3) | 0.00 (1.00) |
| INVEST | Ordinal-five categories: higher values indicates higher importance of financial investment as a reason for owning forestland | 2.87 (1.28) |
| NATURE | Ordinal-five categories: higher values indicates higher importance of leaving land unmanaged and letting nature take its course as a reason for owning forestland | 2.75 (1.32) |
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