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Characteristics Numberz Percentagey Gender Male 318 47.5 Female 351 52.5 Total 669 Age 19–25 16 2.4 26–35 74 11.0 36–45 126 18.7 46–55 150 22.2 56–65 101 15.0 66–75 116 17.2 76 and over 92 13.6 Total 675 Ownership Own 560 83.5 Rent 107 15.9 Other 4 0.6 Total 671 Building type House 567 84.8 Apartment 66 9.9 Condominium 23 3.4 Other 13 1.9 Total 669 Length of occupancy Less than 1 year 30 4.5 1–3 years 134 20.0 4–10 years 149 22.3 More than 10 years 355 53.1 Total 668 Education Grade school 3 0.4 High school 57 8.4 Business/trade school 40 5.9 College degree 176 26.1 Post-graduate 399 59.1 Total 675 - Table 2.
Evaluation of positive features of street trees in State College, Pennsylvania, comparing tree vs. no tree in front of residence (independent samples t-test).
Tree planted directly in front of house Numberz Mean t-test py Give shade Yes 567 2.50 3.105 .002* No 106 2.18 Pleasing to the eye Yes 565 2.86 2.126 .036* No 103 2.70 Flowers on tree Yes 550 1.20 −4.274 .000* No 103 1.75 Fall color Yes 562 2.53 −0.414 .679 No 106 2.57 Neighborhood more livable Yes 560 2.75 2.723 .007* No 105 2.51 Reduce noise Yes 548 1.93 0.378 .706 No 102 1.89 Cool building in summer Yes 559 1.90 0.483 .629 No 104 1.85 Increase privacy Yes 563 1.85 −0.978 .328 No 104 1.96 Improve environment Yes 560 2.73 1.474 .143 No 105 2.61 Attract birds Yes 563 2.22 0.476 .634 No 105 2.17 Increase property value Yes 548 2.31 3.136 .002* No 102 2.00 - Table 3.
Evaluation of negative features of street trees in State College, Pennsylvania, comparing tree vs. no tree in front of residence (independent samples t-test).
Tree planted directly in front of house Numberz Mean t-test py Attract animal problems Yes 555 0.58 −0.499 .618 No 105 0.62 Insects/diseases in tree Yes 556 0.81 −1.422 .156 No 105 0.93 Branches break power lines in storms Yes 561 0.85 −2.112 .037* No 105 1.08 Sidewalk damaged Yes 565 1.23 2.506 .012* No 105 0.95 Branches fall Yes 558 1.03 0.632 .528 No 105 0.98 Leaves fall Yes 558 1.22 1.178 .239 No 105 1.10 Flowers/seeds fall Yes 555 0.99 1.163 .245 No 102 0.87 Block the sun Yes 560 0.63 −0.681 .496 No 104 0.68 Darken street at night Yes 557 0.60 −0.342 .733 No 105 0.63 Cause allergies Yes 555 0.59 −1.306 .192 No 103 0.70 Block visibility Yes 556 0.48 −3.209 .002* No 105 0.77 Response Tree planted in front of house No tree planted in front of house Total responses Of great importance Number 515 91 606 Percentage 92.8 85.8 91.6 Of moderate importance Number 38 12 50 Percentage 6.8 11.3 7.6 Not important Number 2 3 5 Percentage 0.4 2.8 .8 Total number 555 106 661z Percentage 100.0 100.0 100.0 Chi-square = 10.000
Df = 2
Significance = .007 (at the .05 level)
↵zSome questions were left unanswered on questionnaires; hence, not all totals are equal to 676.
- Table 5.
Willingness to volunteer with help maintaining street trees in State College, Pennsylvania.
Response Tree planted in front of house No tree planted in front of house Total responses Yes Number 343 59 402 Percentage 62.3 57.8 61.6 No Number 208 43 251 Percentage 37.7 42.2 38.4 Total number 551 102 653z Percentage 100.0 100.0 100.0 Chi-square = .707
Df = 1
Significance = .401 (at the .05 level)
↵zSome questions were left unanswered on questionnaires; hence, not all totals are equal to 676.
- Table 6.
Willingness of State College, Pennsylvania, residents to contribute money to care for street trees.
Response Tree planted in front of house No tree planted in front of house Total responses Yes Number 203 35 238 Percentage 37.0 33.3 36.4 No Number 254 41 295 Percentage 46.4 39.0 45.2 No opinion Number 91 29 120 Percentage 16.6 27.6 18.4 Total number 548 105 653z Percentage 100.0 100.0 100.0 Chi-square = 7.625
Df = 1
Significance = .054 (at the .05 level)
↵zSome questions were left unanswered on questionnaires; hence, not all totals are equal to 676.