Toward Understanding Recreation Fees: Impacts on People with Extremely Low Income Levels
Toward Understanding Recreation Fees: Impacts on People with Extremely Low Income Levels
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了解娱乐费用：对收入水平极低的人的影响
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2006
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A. Graefe
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R. Burns;A. Graefe
本文建立并扩展了More和Stevens（2000）在他们的文章标题中提出的问题的分析，“用户费用是否将低收入者排除在基于资源的娱乐活动之外？”我们的分析与More和Stevens早期的论文不同，我们将年收入低于1万美元的极低收入受访者的反应隔离开来，并关注收入对与国家森林娱乐使用相关的各种态度和行为变量的影响。数据是通过对太平洋西北部两个州的人口进行电话调查收集的。结果表明，最低收入人群对国家森林的态度和利用方式存在较大差异。然而，收入与森林利用之间的关系是复杂和非线性的。与之前的研究一致，所有收入的大多数人普遍接受森林娱乐收费计划，宁愿看到收费，也不愿看到减少服务或关闭娱乐区域的替代方案。在这项研究中，受访者表示支持允许人们在一个网站做志愿者时获得免费通行证的政策。如果公共土地机构希望与不断变化的美国人口保持联系，他们需要做的不仅仅是调整他们的收费计划。
This paper builds on and extends analysis of the question posed by More and Stevens (2000) in the title of their article, “Do user fees exclude low-income people from resource-based recreation?” Our analysis differs from More and Stevens’ earlier paper by isolating responses of very low-income respondents (those earning less than $10,000) per year and by focusing on the effects of income on a variety of attitudinal and behavioral variables related to National Forest recreation use. Data were collected through a telephone survey of the population in two Pacific Northwest states. Results showed that the lowest-income individuals were quite distinct in their attitudes toward and uses of the national forests. However, the relationship between income and forest use was complex and non-linear. Consistent with previous studies, most people of all incomes generally accept forest recreation fee programs and would rather see the fees than the alternative of reduced services or closed recreation areas. Respondents in this study showed support for policies that allow people to receive a free pass in turn for volunteering at a site. If public land agencies wish to remain relevant to the changing population of America, they will need to do more than adjust their fee programs.