How Family Forest Owners Consider Timber Harvesting, Land Sale, and Conservation Easement Decisions: Insights from Massachusetts, USA
Table 6
Comparison of the explanatory variables and their influence in models estimating family forest owners’ considerations of decisions.
Engaged owners
Unengaged owners
Explanatory variables
Selling timber
Selling land
Selling or donating conservation easement
Selling timber
Selling land
Selling or donating conservation easement
ACRE
0.028
0.091
0.156**
0.164***
−0.028
−0.009
(0.030)
(0.056)
(0.065)
(0.058)
(0.056)
(0.033)
TENURE: 6–10 yrs
−0.057
−0.344**
−0.317
−0.097
−0.026
0.028
(0.179)
(0.069)
(0.188)
(0.144)
(0.147)
(0.098)
TENURE: 11–20 yrs
0.049
−0.018
−0.088
0.041
0.169
0.004
(0.095)
(0.197)
(0.241)
(0.125)
(0.142)
(0.085)
TENURE: >20 yrs
0.056
−0.140
−0.233
0.190
0.229
0.070
(0.136)
(0.208)
(0.231)
(0.109)
(0.124)
(0.082)
ABSENTEE
−0.122
0.149
0.033
0.149
0.003
0.051
(0.109)
(0.135)
(0.143)
(0.089)
(0.099)
(0.065)
AGE: 30–50 yrs
−0.999***
0.998***
−0.996***
−0.409
0.536
0.999***
(0.001)
(0.002)
(0.003)
(0.314)
(0.305)
(0.001)
AGE: 51–65 yrs
−0.999***
1.000***
−1.000***
−0.377
0.510
0.998***
(0.001)
(0.001)
(0.000)
(0.297)
(0.311)
(0.003)
AGE: >65 yrs
−0.998***
0.991***
−0.982***
−0.406
0.478
0.988***
(0.001)
(0.002)
(0.009)
(0.312)
(0.293)
(0.005)
EDU: high school
0.170**
0.116
0.240
0.204
−0.483**
0.009
(0.062)
(0.528)
(0.349)
(0.195)
(0.122)
(0.193)
EDU: some college
0.113
0.184
0.174
0.379
−0.486
0.018
(0.071)
(0.546)
(0.370)
(0.146)
(0.166)
(0.188)
EDU: college graduate
0.225**
0.170
0.313
0.341
−0.470
0.039
(0.102)
(0.520)
(0.332)
(0.180)
(0.199)
(0.195)
EDU: beyond college
0.353
0.015
0.450
0.445**
−0.460
0.050
(0.217)
(0.443)
(0.302)
(0.161)
(0.221)
(0.196)
TRAIL
0.127
−0.039
0.037
0.243***
0.118
0.135**
(0.081)
(0.112)
(0.124)
(0.079)
(0.086)
(0.057)
POST
0.061
0.093
−0.084
0.063
0.034
0.078
(0.055)
(0.115)
(0.121)
(0.086)
(0.091)
(0.056)
COOP
−0.040
0.143
0.338***
0.040
−0.003
0.213***
(0.065)
(0.115)
(0.112)
(0.095)
(0.098)
(0.079)
PROFRES
0.082**
0.024
0.030
−0.003
0.036
0.022
(0.033)
(0.058)
(0.066)
(0.048)
(0.051)
(0.031)
OWNEXP
−0.014
−0.012
0.052
−0.013
−0.062
0.029
(0.029)
(0.053)
(0.056)
(0.038)
(0.041)
(0.027)
FAMFRI
−0.039
−0.021
−0.032
−0.042
0.025
0.017
(0.028)
(0.048)
(0.055)
(0.040)
(0.041)
(0.026)
GREEN
−0.006
−0.055
0.031
−0.006
−0.056
0.064**
(0.041)
(0.078)
(0.090)
(0.050)
(0.055)
(0.034)
LANDPAY
−0.010
0.126**
−0.109
0.002
0.152***
0.049
(0.027)
(0.053)
(0.059)
(0.042)
(0.046)
(0.028)
AMENITY
−0.083**
−0.074**
0.045
0.027
−0.159***
−0.013
(0.041)
(0.058)
(0.071)
(0.051)
(0.054)
(0.032)
INCUSE
0.037
−0.099
0.075
0.234***
−0.086
−0.031
(0.035)
(0.072)
(0.080)
(0.064)
(0.061)
(0.037)
INVEST
0.005
0.135***
0.024
−0.013
0.131***
−0.011
(0.022)
(0.049)
(0.055)
(0.038)
(0.042)
(0.024)
NATURE
−0.022
0.080
0.055
0.032
0.005
0.012
(0.021)
(0.042)
(0.050)
(0.038)
(0.040)
(0.023)
# of observations
131
129
130
204
206
206
LR chi-squared
44.93***
55.46***
42.43**
59.37***
64.04***
44.94***
Pseudo R2
0.3442
0.3277
0.2365
0.2148
0.2273
0.1968
Note: (1) Coefficients are marginal effects; standard errors are in parenthesis. (2) Significant levels are from the logistic regression coefficients; **P < 0.05; ***P < 0.01.
