Research Article
Assessing Perceptions and Adaptation Responses to Climate Change among Small-Scale Fishery on the Northern Coastal of Bengkulu, Indonesia
Table 3
Description of the variables.
| Variables | Measurement | Expected sign | Mean | S.D |
| Age | The number of years from birth | +/− | 41.05 | 10.50 | Years of schooling | Total number of years of formal education | +/− | 8.77 | 2.84 | Fishing experience | Total number of years into fishing | +/− | 17.51 | 9.06 | Household size | Size of respondent’s household | +/− | 3.02 | 1.32 | Fishing income | Monthly fishing income in dollars | + | 303.09 | 583.32 | Boat power | Engine size of the boat (horsepower) | + | 24.93 | 10.02 | Perception of climate change | Score | + | 38.94 | 4.28 | Perception of climatic impacts | Score | + | 75.85 | 12.96 | Access to climate information | Dummy (1 = fishers can access climate information, 0 = otherwise) | + | 0.19 | 0.39 | Access to credit | Dummy (1 = fishers can access credit, 0 = otherwise) | + | 0.14 | 0.35 | Fishers’ group membership | Dummy (1 if a fisher belongs to a fishing group and 0 if not) | + | 0.20 | 0.40 |
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