Twenty-seven percent in the treatment group and 21.3% in the control group

answered "yes" to being a member of a conservation, wildlife or sporting club or

organization (t = 1.44, p = 0.151). Clubs that respondents are members of are listed in

Appendix F.

 There was no significant difference in the distance of home from Tampa Bay

waterfront between the groups (t = 1.88, p = 0.06). The treatment group had a mean of

14.4 years of education (SD = 2.2) and the control group 14.58 years (SD = 2.4);

(t =.662, p = 0.508). Respondents in the treatment group had lived in Florida for an

average of 31 years (SD = 15.4), in the control group the average was 28.91 years, (SD =

16.6); (t 1.39, p 0.165).

 Boating Activity

 The two groups did not differ in years of boating experience, times boated in

Tampa Bay in the past year, primary activity while boating, and having taken a boating

safety course (Table 2).

Table 2. Comparison of boating experience for treatment and control groups
 Treatment Control Group
 Group
Item mean n SD mean n SD t p df
Years of boating experience 24.96 200 15.5 24.02 296 14.70 -.685 0.49 494


Times boated in Tampa Bay in
 past year (1-5)
 1=>10;5=<50
Taken a boating safety course
 1=yes; 2=no
Primary activity
 1 fishing; 2=sailing;
 3=cruising; 4=recreation;
 5=skiing; 6=commuting;
 7=jet-ski; 8=work-related
Season
 1 summer; 2=winter;
 3=year-round


2.27 202 .827

1.40 201 .492





2.60 199 2.30


2.97 201 .45


2.21 296

1.40 297


0.50 496

0.98 496


2.70 289 2.30 .541 0.60 486


2.86 292 .67 -2.060 0.04* 491