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Tables
- Table 1
Citizen response to pictorial question 3 “How much damage did this insect do to your trees this year or the last 2 years?” and question 4 “How much damage would you be willing to accept? “
%damage % Responding Question 3* Question 4 WG RP WG RP 0 4 2 30 30 15 18 10 33 30 25 29 24 28 28 50 32 32 4 12 75 5 8 1 0 100 12 24 4 0 ↵1 Significant difference between areas (P<0.05).
WG = West Ghent, RP = Roland Park
- Table 2
Citizen response to question 5 “If the City of Norfolk did not spray, would you hire a professional pest control operator or tree service?”*
% Responding Response WG RP Yes 66 34 No 33 64 Not sure 1 2 and question 6 “How much would you be willing to pay per tree to have a professional spray?”* $/tree 0 34 66 1-50 27 14 51-101 32 16 102-152 3.5 4 >153 3.5 0 Mean ($) 56 21 * significant difference between areas (P<0.001). WG = West Ghent, RP = Roland Park
- Table 4
Citizen response to question 7 “Would you be willing to pay $10 to help control the oakworm with nonchemical or natural control agents?” and question 8 “Do you think the pesticides sprayed on your trees are unsafe?”
Response % Response Question 7* Question 8 WG RP WG RP Yes 89 64 39 38 No 7 26 34 38 Not sure 4 10 27 24 ↵* significant difference between areas (P<0.01).
WG = West Ghent, RP = Roland Park