Homeowners’ Opinions on The Practice and Effects of Topping Trees

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Respondents were asked to select the factor that influenced their decision to have their tree topped. Results show that a difference in response exists between the two respondent groups. In fact, no utility respondent marked “more than one” as a response.
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Respondents were asked which statement is most true about topping. This illustrates the point that in general, homeowners do not understand the consequences of topping a tree.
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Respondents were asked to rate their level of satisfaction with the results of topping. These results clearly show that homeowners with utility-topped trees were dissatisfied with topping, while homeowners who allowed their trees to be topped were generally satisfied with the results.
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Crosstab analysis of level of education with level of satisfaction with the results of topping. Weights: 2 < high school, 4 = high school/GED, 6 = associate’s, 8 = bachelor’s, 10 = master’s, 13 = PhD. This figure illustrates that people satisfied with topping had an overall lower level of formal education than those that were dissatisfied or neutral with the results.

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents (n = 271).

Age	Highest level of education	Annual household income (US$)	Estimated property value (US$)	Length of time at current residence (years)
<29 (3%)	<High school (5%)	<20,000 (21%)	<25,000 (3%)	<5 (20%)
30-39 (11%)	High school/GED (48%)	20,001-40,000 (21%)	25,000-49,999 (21%)	5-9.99 (12%)
40-49 (19%)	Associate’s (9%)	40,001-60,000 (22%)	50,000-74,999 (27%)	10-14.99 (8%)
50-59 (13%)	Bachelor’s (16%)	>60,000 (17%)	75,000-99,999 (18%)	15-19.99 (5%)
>60 (44%)	Master’s (9%)	No response (19%)	>100,000 (7%)	20-24.99 (8%)
No response (10%)	PhD (4%)		No response (24%)	>25 (36%)
	No response (9%)			No response (11%)