Recreation and the Environment as Cultural Dimensions in Contemporary American Society

Non‐response bias in internet‐based advertising conversion studies

“…For the post-stratification, weights for each of the three sets of variables were calculated separately based upon the proportion of the total population (i.e., both respondents and nonrespondents) for each variable was divided by the proportion of the respondents for each relevant variable. A single weight, W i , for each individual respondent was then calculated (Cordell, Betz, and Green 2002):…”

Validation of the Greek Version of the Responsible Environmental Behavior Scale and Relationships with Participation in Outdoor Activities

“…With regard to further personal factors, Cordell, Betz and Green (2002) found that participants whose personal beliefs were more pro-environmental tended to have middle to higher incomes and participated in activities such as walking, canoeing, surfing, swimming, skiing and motor boating. Scott & Willits, (1994) supported that persons with higher levels of education expressed greater environmental concern and were more engaged to environmentally responsible behaviors.…”

User fees, equity and the benefits of public outdoor recreation services

“…Previous studies that have estimated conventional income elasticity measures for the private good demand for outdoor recreation facilities categorize recreation as a luxury good (Borcherding & Deaton 1972, Bergstrom & Goodman 1973). More recent studies have shown that at least the use of recreation services seems to be biased towards relatively wealthy people (e.g., Cordell et al 2002). An intuitive explanation is that when there are costs involved in the use of recreation services, e.g.…”