Results of ordinal logistic regression exploring factors associated with arborists’ perspectives that clients’ opinions about trees should be challenged, particularly when a client’s opinion contradicts their own experience. The odds ratio represents the odds of answering “Always” or “Often” versus “Sometimes”. CI (confidence intervals).
| Variable | Clients should be challenged “Always” or “Often” vs “Sometimes” |
|---|---|
| Gender | Proportional odds ratio (95% CI) |
| Women | 0.91 (0.27 - 3.17) |
| Years worked in industry | |
| Continuous | 1.04 (0.97 - 1.11) |
| Higher education | |
| College or higher | 1.08 (0.49 - 2.36) |
| Company size | |
| 5 or more people | 0.90 (0.39 - 2.05) |
| ETW certification | |
| Yes | 1.09 (0.50 - 2.41) |
| Touch trees daily | |
| Yes | 0.93 (0.33 - 2.56) |