The Social Benefits of Resident Involvement in Tree Planting

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Figure 1.
Overall opinion of tree according to each respondent group.

Table 1.

Return rate by mailing and category of respondent.

Questionnaire	Total	TF	non-TF
Initial mailing	153	67	86
Undeliverable	9	1	8
Total delivered	144	66	78
Returned first mailing	67	31	36
Returned second mailing	33	20	13
Returned after cut-off	2	2	0
Total returns	102	53	49
(% returns)	(71%)	(80%)	(63%)

Table 2.

Participation in planting tree and satisfaction.

	Degree of saiisraction (1-5) Participated Did not in planting participate
Item	(n=29)	(n=65)	X²	df	P
Tree staked	4.4	3.9	4.3	1	.05
Tree location	4.5	4.0	7.3	2	.05
Quality of maintenance	4.4	3.7	8.9	2	.02
Tree improves block	4.9	4.3	9.3	1	.01
Overall opinion of tree	4.4	3.5	11.9	2	.01
Desire to remove tree	1.3	2.2	1.4	1	.001
Desire for different tree	2.2	3.1	4.3	1	.05
Satisfaction with neighborhood:
Open space	4.0	4.1	0.9	2	NS
Quiet	3.7	3.9	0.8	2	NS
Place to raise
children	4.2	3.6	4.6	2	NS
Greenery	4.0	3.7	3.4	2	NS
Friendliness	4.6	3.9	11.3	2	.01
Safety	3.7	3.1	3.5	2	NS
Attractiveness	4.1	3.7	2.1	2	NS
Privacy	4.1	3.7	3.7	2	NS