First check demographics and attention checks

-# who didn’t select “don’t know” for “Don’t know attention check”

-# who didn’t select “somewhat unsupportive” for “Somewhat unsupportive attention check”

-remove those who got both wrong above

## N before Don't know attention check:  2113
## N after Don't know attention check:  2074
## N dropped from attention check:  39

report % Female and % Male in “Gender”

Var1 Freq
Female 49.9750623
Male 47.8304239
Non-binary / third gender 1.3965087
Prefer not to say 0.4987531
Prefer to self-describe 0.2992519

report % Democrat, % Republican, % Independent in “Political Affiliation”

Var1 Freq
Democrat 41.267465
Independent 28.892216
Republican 23.702595
Something else/no party 6.137725

report % $100,000-$149,999 or $150,000 or more in “Income”

Var1 Freq
$100,000-$149,999 15.261845
$150,000 or more 9.975062
$25,000-$49,999 24.039900
$50,000-$74,999 20.249377
$75,000-$99,999 14.513716
Less than $25,000 13.865337
Prefer not to say 2.094763
## [1] 62500
## [1] 83602.9

report % 18-24 years old, % 25-34 years old, and %65+ years old in “Age”

Var1 Freq
18-24 years old 11.82045
25-34 years old 18.25436
35-44 years old 17.20698
45-54 years old 15.66085
55-64 years old 25.23691
65+ years old 11.82045
## 
## Median age:  50
## 
## Mean age:  46.08828

report % Bachelors degree or Graduate or professional degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD, JD, MD, DDS etc.) in “education”

Var1 Freq
Associates or technical degree 12.80
Bachelor’s degree 34.00
Graduate or professional degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD, JD, MD, DDS etc.) 16.25
High school diploma or GED 14.30
Prefer not to say 0.30
Some college, but no degree 21.30
Some high school or less 1.05

-Bar figure with % very or extremely concerned for all the “Concern about….” questions together, preferably with the label just the type of animal

## [1] "Concern about pets"               "Concern about native wildlife"   
## [3] "Concern about invasive wildlife"  "Concern about farmed animals"    
## [5] "Concern about research animals"   "Concern about zoo animals"       
## [7] "Concern about show/rodeo animals"
## Loading required package: viridisLite

mean concern for each of the “Concern about…” questions

## # A tibble: 7 × 4
##   Question           `mean(as.numeric(Response))` ci.lb ci.ub
##   <chr>                                     <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Farmed Animals                             3.48  3.43  3.53
## 2 Invasive Wildlife                          2.75  2.70  2.81
## 3 Native Wildlife                            3.51  3.46  3.56
## 4 Pets                                       3.52  3.46  3.58
## 5 Research Animals                           3.77  3.72  3.82
## 6 Show/Rodeo Animals                         3.76  3.71  3.82
## 7 Zoo Animals                                3.63  3.58  3.68

-Bar figure with % very or extremely important for all the “Importance of” questions together, preferably with the label just the type of animal

## [1] "Importance of programs for pets"              
## [2] "Importance of programs for native wildlife"   
## [3] "Importance of programs for invasive wildlife" 
## [4] "Importance of programs for farmed animals"    
## [5] "Importance of programs for research animals"  
## [6] "Importance of programs for zoo animals"       
## [7] "Importance of programs for show/rodeo animals"

mean importance for each of the “Importance of” questions

## # A tibble: 7 × 4
##   Question                                    mean(as.numeric(Resp…¹ ci.lb ci.ub
##   <chr>                                                        <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 Importance of programs for farmed animals                     3.88  3.84  3.93
## 2 Importance of programs for invasive wildli…                   3.08  3.02  3.14
## 3 Importance of programs for native wildlife                    3.90  3.85  3.95
## 4 Importance of programs for pets                               3.87  3.82  3.92
## 5 Importance of programs for research animals                   4.04  3.99  4.09
## 6 Importance of programs for show/rodeo anim…                   3.98  3.94  4.03
## 7 Importance of programs for zoo animals                        4.01  3.96  4.06
## # ℹ abbreviated name: ¹​`mean(as.numeric(Response))`

-Histogram of % selected each number for “Rank of animal welfare personal”, with 0/1 being labeled as “least important” and 10 being labeled as “most important”

## Warning: Removed 1 row containing non-finite outside the scale range
## (`stat_bin()`).

-Histogram of % selected each number for “Rank of animal welfare among Americans”, with 0/1 being labeled as “least important” and 10 being labeled as “most important”

## Warning: Removed 1 row containing non-finite outside the scale range
## (`stat_bin()`).

Also means and t-tests comparing the last two above (rank of animal welfare personal vs rank of animal welfare among americans)

mean(d$`Rank of animal welfare among Americans`)
## [1] NA
t.test(x=d$`Rank of animal welfare personal`, y=d$`Rank of animal welfare among Americans`)
## 
##  Welch Two Sample t-test
## 
## data:  d$`Rank of animal welfare personal` and d$`Rank of animal welfare among Americans`
## t = 15.608, df = 4053.6, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true difference in means is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  1.036359 1.334119
## sample estimates:
## mean of x mean of y 
##  5.480463  4.295224

-Table with % not at all knowledgeable, % very or extremely knowledgeable for all three “knowledge…” questions

Question Very.or.extremely.knowledgeable
Knowledge which animals are suffering 12.150434
Knowledge federal laws 8.678881
Knowledge state laws 9.787850

-Table with % somewhat or strongly agree, % somewhat or strongly disagree for all “Belief-” questions

Question Somewhat.or.strongly.Agree
Belief-farmed animals good life 17.30955
Belief- farmed animals strong laws 27.53134
Belief- research animals good life 10.80039
Belief- research animals strong laws 24.05979
Belief- killing wildlife humane 40.54966
Belief- strong laws preventing inhumane hunting 48.21601
Belief- wild animals good life 40.01929
Belief- legal system should give animals rights 68.65959

-Table with % True for all “T/F-” questions

Statement Percent.True
Laws in my state addressing cruelty towards wildlife 86.30005
Limits on the number of carnivores that can be killed 75.25326
Carnivores can be killed in any way 31.98263
Commercial farming of octopus allowed 24.86721
Pigs have room 32.25651

Histograms with % and # selecting all responses for: Support for state law specifying wildlife cruelty is criminal

## [1] "Very supportive"                     "Somewhat supportive"                
## [3] "Neither supportive nor unsupportive" "Very unsupportive"                  
## [5] "Somewhat unsupportive"               NA
## 
## Neither supportive nor unsupportive                 Somewhat supportive 
##                                 108                                 411 
##               Somewhat unsupportive                     Very supportive 
##                                  53                                1414 
##                   Very unsupportive 
##                                  44

Histograms with % and # selecting all responses for: Support for federal law specifying wildlife cruelty is criminal

Histograms with % and # selecting all responses for: US public support for federal law specifying wildlife cruelty is criminal

Also means for each of the above and t-tests comparing the last two above (support for federal law and US public support for federal law)

## 
##  Welch Two Sample t-test
## 
## data:  as.numeric(d$`Support for federal law specifying wildlife cruelty is criminal`) and as.numeric(d$`US public support for federal law specifying wildlife cruelty is criminal`)
## t = 25.275, df = 3986.7, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true difference in means is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  0.7678577 0.8970018
## sample estimates:
## mean of x mean of y 
##  4.471661  3.639231

One bar graph figure with % Strongly agree for each of the “Cruelty Def-” Items together

## [1] "Cruelty Def- Torturing or needlessly mutilating a wild animal"                    
## [2] "Cruelty Def- Capturing a wild animal and depriving it of necessary food and water"
## [3] "Cruelty Def- beating, shocking, or inflicting repeated pain"                      
## [4] "Cruelty Def- Leaving an animal in a trap for more than one day"                   
## [5] "Cruelty Def- Using a motorized vehicle to kill a wild animal"

-Histograms with % and # selecting all responses for:

-Support for state law limiting the numbers of carnivores that can be killed by a hunter in a year -Support for state law restricting hunting season length for carnivores -Support for a federal law requiring limit to carnivores killed -United States public support of federal law requiring limit to numbers of carnivores killed Support for a state law banning wildlife killing contests -Support for a federal law banning wildlife killing contests

# -Histograms with % and # selecting all responses for:
# -Support for state law limiting the numbers of carnivores that can be killed by a hunter in a year
d$support_for_state_law_limiting_the_numbers_of_carnivores = factor(d$`Support for state law limiting the numbers of carnivores that can be killed by a hunter in a year`, levels = support_levels)
make_bar_chart(d, var="support_for_state_law_limiting_the_numbers_of_carnivores", 
               title="Support for state law limiting the numbers of carnivores\nthat can be killed by a hunter in a year")

# -Support for state law restricting hunting season length for carnivores
d$support_for_state_law_restricting_hunting_season_length_for_carnivores = factor(d$`Support for state law restricting hunting season length for carnivores`, levels = support_levels)
make_bar_chart(d, var="support_for_state_law_restricting_hunting_season_length_for_carnivores", 
               title="Support for state law restricting\nhunting season length for carnivores")

# -Support for a federal law requiring limit to carnivores killed
d$support_for_a_federal_law_requiring_limit_to_carnivores_killed = factor(d$`Support for a federal law requiring limit to carnivores killed`, levels = support_levels)
make_bar_chart(d, var="support_for_a_federal_law_requiring_limit_to_carnivores_killed", 
               title="Support for a federal law\nrequiring limit to carnivores killed")

# -United States public support of federal law requiring limit to numbers of carnivores killed  
d$US_support_for_a_federal_law_requiring_limit_to_carnivores_killed = factor(d$`United States public support of federal law requiring limit to numbers of carnivores killed`, levels = support_levels)
make_bar_chart(d, var="US_support_for_a_federal_law_requiring_limit_to_carnivores_killed", 
               title="United States public support of federal law requiring limit to numbers of carnivores killed")

#Support for a state law banning wildlife killing contests
d$support_for_state_ban_wildlife_killing_contests = factor(d$`Support for a state law banning wildlife killing contests`, levels = support_levels)
make_bar_chart(d, var="support_for_state_ban_wildlife_killing_contests", 
               title="Support for a state law banning wildlife killing contests")

# -Support for a federal law banning wildlife killing contests
d$support_for_a_federal_law_banning_wildlife_killing_contests = factor(d$`Support for  a federal law banning wildlife killing contests`, levels = support_levels)
make_bar_chart(d, var="support_for_a_federal_law_banning_wildlife_killing_contests", 
               title="Support for a federal law banning wildlife killing contests")

Also means for each of the above and t-tests comparing -Support for a federal law requiring limit to carnivores killed and United States public support of federal law requiring limit to numbers of carnivores killed

mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_state_law_limiting_the_numbers_of_carnivores, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_state_law_restricting_hunting_season_length_for_carnivores, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_a_federal_law_requiring_limit_to_carnivores_killed, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$US_support_for_a_federal_law_requiring_limit_to_carnivores_killed, na.rm=T)) 
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_state_ban_wildlife_killing_contests, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_a_federal_law_banning_wildlife_killing_contests, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
t.test(x=as.numeric(factor(d$`Support for a federal law requiring limit to carnivores killed`, levels=support_levels)), 
       y=as.numeric(factor(d$`United States public support of federal law requiring limit to numbers of carnivores killed`, levels=support_levels)))
## 
##  Welch Two Sample t-test
## 
## data:  as.numeric(factor(d$`Support for a federal law requiring limit to carnivores killed`, levels = support_levels)) and as.numeric(factor(d$`United States public support of federal law requiring limit to numbers of carnivores killed`, levels = support_levels))
## t = 24.32, df = 4070.9, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true difference in means is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  0.8174487 0.9607996
## sample estimates:
## mean of x mean of y 
##  4.145874  3.256750

-Histograms with % and # selecting all responses for:

-Support for state law requiring pig space
-Support for federal law requiring pig space
-United States general public Support for federal law requiring pig space
-Support for state law banning the sale of pork coming from confinement -Support for state law requiring labeling of pork coming from confinement

Also means for each of the above and t-tests comparing –Support for federal law requiring pig space -United States general public Support for federal law requiring pig space

mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_state_law_requiring_pig_space, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_federal_law_requiring_pig_space, na.rm=T)) 
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$US_public_support_for_federal_law_requiring_pig_space, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_state_law_banning_pork_from_confinement, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_state_law_requiring_labeling_pork_from_confinement, na.rm=T))
## [1] NA
t.test(x=as.numeric(d$support_for_federal_law_requiring_pig_space), 
       y=as.numeric(d$US_public_support_for_federal_law_requiring_pig_space))
## 
##  Welch Two Sample t-test
## 
## data:  as.numeric(d$support_for_federal_law_requiring_pig_space) and as.numeric(d$US_public_support_for_federal_law_requiring_pig_space)
## t = 25.977, df = 3962.4, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true difference in means is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  0.7527120 0.8756066
## sample estimates:
## mean of x mean of y 
##  4.530482  3.716323

–Histograms with % and # selecting all responses for:

-Support for state law banning eggs from confinement -Support for federal law banning eggs from confinement

mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_state_law_banning_eggs_from_confinement), na.rm=T)
## [1] 4.390256
mean(as.numeric(d$support_for_federal_law_banning_eggs_from_confinement), na.rm=T)
## [1] 4.329562

Histograms with % and # selecting all responses for:

-Support for state law banning octopus farming -Support for state law banning importation of farmed octopuses -Support for a federal law banning octopus farming -United States general public support for federal law banning octopus farming

-Also means for each of the above and t-tests comparing -Support for a federal law banning octopus farming -United States general public support for federal law banning octopus farming

## [1] 4.110674
## [1] 4.038367
## [1] 4.026096
## [1] 3.240905
## 
##  Welch Two Sample t-test
## 
## data:  as.numeric(d$support_for_a_federal_law_banning_octopus_farming) and as.numeric(d$US_support_for_a_federal_law_banning_octopus_farming)
## t = 20.99, df = 4043.8, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true difference in means is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  0.7118495 0.8585322
## sample estimates:
## mean of x mean of y 
##  4.026096  3.240905

Histogram with % and # selecting all responses for Support for NOAA speed restrictions. Mean as well.

## [1] 4.466995

-Histograms with % and # selecting all responses to “Pet owernship” and “Visited zoo/wildlife sanctuary” and “Frequency of wildlife viewing”

Table with % Yes for the following:

Trait Percent.Yes
Identify as animal activist 35.437376
Have friends who are farmers or ranchers 38.648783
Have made an effort to reduce consumption of meat and or animal products 47.193244
Have friends who hunt or fish 69.085487
Vegan or vegetarian 8.449304
Hunt or fish 18.439364
Farmer or rancher 7.848982
Friends family generally share my views on animal welfare 61.679921
Have friends who are vegan or vegetarian 63.735718

Regression analyses

“Rank of animal welfare personal”

term estimate std.error statistic p.value
(Intercept) 3.1136128 0.7749183 4.0179885 0.0000609
Pet owernshipYes I have had a pet before but do not currently own a pet 0.5007085 0.2320028 2.1582006 0.0310346
Pet owernshipYes I currently own a pet 1.4576338 0.2189228 6.6582087 0.0000000
Visited zoo/wildlife sanctuaryYes -0.3448243 0.1593474 -2.1639783 0.0305878
Frequency of wildlife viewingSeveral times a year -0.2770078 0.5858901 -0.4727982 0.6364104
Frequency of wildlife viewingA few times a month -0.2442450 0.5817518 -0.4198439 0.6746460
Frequency of wildlife viewingWeekly -0.5495816 0.5714827 -0.9616767 0.3363320
Frequency of wildlife viewingDaily -0.2674282 0.5588667 -0.4785188 0.6323350
Identify as animal activistNot Sure 0.9105502 0.1416399 6.4286261 0.0000000
Identify as animal activistYes 1.9594272 0.1266619 15.4697443 0.0000000
Have friends who are farmers or ranchersNot Sure -0.0481850 0.3279376 -0.1469334 0.8831999
Have friends who are farmers or ranchersYes -0.1494300 0.1185292 -1.2607018 0.2075680
Have made an effort to reduce consumption of meat and/or animal productsNot Sure 0.3784351 0.3017317 1.2542107 0.2099166
Have made an effort to reduce consumption of meat and/or animal productsYes 0.6275729 0.1181470 5.3117952 0.0000001
Have friends who hunt or fishNot Sure 0.2459871 0.3427602 0.7176655 0.4730500
Have friends who hunt or fishYes -0.3408771 0.1269657 -2.6847958 0.0073192
Vegan or vegetarianNot Sure -0.1597750 0.4000385 -0.3993992 0.6896431
Vegan or vegetarianYes 0.4010928 0.1937509 2.0701473 0.0385707
Hunt or fishNot Sure 0.3351066 0.5576786 0.6008957 0.5479797
Hunt or fishYes -0.1802431 0.1431291 -1.2593046 0.2080719
Farmer or rancherNot Sure -0.0206901 0.7818395 -0.0264633 0.9788905
Farmer or rancherYes -0.0076504 0.1988950 -0.0384645 0.9693213
Friends/family generally share my views on animal welfareNot Sure -0.4182722 0.1727260 -2.4215943 0.0155438
Friends/family generally share my views on animal welfareYes -0.1185782 0.1512669 -0.7839005 0.4331942
Have friends who are vegan or vegetarianNot Sure 0.6801046 0.2574772 2.6414168 0.0083223
Have friends who are vegan or vegetarianYes 0.2791611 0.1189256 2.3473587 0.0190071
Spanish, Hispanic, or LatinoYes 0.1454112 0.1698829 0.8559494 0.3921315
RaceMixed race -0.0020788 0.4802540 -0.0043285 0.9965468
RaceAsian 0.5480856 0.4884307 1.1221359 0.2619436
RaceBlack or African American 0.7047342 0.4636906 1.5198371 0.1287150
RaceNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4.8131745 2.2907158 2.1011661 0.0357552
RaceOther 0.2457423 0.5136615 0.4784130 0.6324102
RacePrefer not to say 0.3975605 0.7162929 0.5550250 0.5789416
RaceWhite or Caucasian 0.3267136 0.4432772 0.7370412 0.4611865
EducationBachelor’s degree -0.3472134 0.1678906 -2.0680930 0.0387636
EducationGraduate or professional degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD, JD, MD, DDS etc.) -0.3531497 0.1953382 -1.8078891 0.0707787
EducationHigh school diploma or GED 0.1611012 0.1979144 0.8139943 0.4157482
EducationPrefer not to say -0.5156422 1.0801851 -0.4773647 0.6331563
EducationSome college, but no degree -0.2910467 0.1790007 -1.6259529 0.1041222
EducationSome high school or less -0.5326996 0.5190970 -1.0262044 0.3049233
Income$150,000 or more 0.0147494 0.2059786 0.0716064 0.9429225
Income$25,000-$49,999 0.5708191 0.1727237 3.3048104 0.0009677
Income$50,000-$74,999 0.3330570 0.1740639 1.9134186 0.0558416
Income$75,000-$99,999 0.2620112 0.1861917 1.4072121 0.1595248
IncomeLess than $25,000 0.5445305 0.1968105 2.7667752 0.0057151
IncomePrefer not to say 0.7081987 0.4053172 1.7472702 0.0807488
Age25-34 years old 0.0348439 0.1929692 0.1805671 0.8567262
Age35-44 years old 0.5796609 0.1986396 2.9181538 0.0035617
Age45-54 years old 0.5249789 0.2022529 2.5956556 0.0095123
Age55-64 years old 0.6232933 0.1876634 3.3213356 0.0009125
Age65+ years old 0.7269481 0.2214568 3.2825734 0.0010469
GenderMale -0.2586481 0.1068416 -2.4208561 0.0155753
GenderNon-binary / third gender -0.4928663 0.4349760 -1.1330887 0.2573171
GenderPrefer not to say 0.1431126 0.7806324 0.1833291 0.8545590
GenderPrefer to self-describe 0.6145771 0.9217356 0.6667606 0.5050044
Political affiliationIndependent 0.1756733 0.1250380 1.4049591 0.1601936
Political affiliationRepublican 0.0535648 0.1386141 0.3864315 0.6992195
Political affiliationSomething else/no party 0.4026381 0.2231952 1.8039733 0.0713906

Mean of ““Concern about….” questions

term estimate std.error statistic p.value
(Intercept) 3.0415232 0.2729187 11.1444277 0.0000000
Pet owernshipYes I have had a pet before but do not currently own a pet 0.1542250 0.0817091 1.8874878 0.0592440
Pet owernshipYes I currently own a pet 0.3818787 0.0771025 4.9528698 0.0000008
Visited zoo/wildlife sanctuaryYes -0.0676666 0.0561206 -1.2057355 0.2280666
Frequency of wildlife viewingSeveral times a year -0.3070517 0.2063448 -1.4880514 0.1368999
Frequency of wildlife viewingA few times a month -0.0863321 0.2048873 -0.4213640 0.6735360
Frequency of wildlife viewingWeekly -0.2356561 0.2012707 -1.1708415 0.2418064
Frequency of wildlife viewingDaily -0.0935544 0.1968275 -0.4753116 0.6346184
Identify as animal activistNot Sure 0.3101938 0.0498842 6.2182754 0.0000000
Identify as animal activistYes 0.5680551 0.0446091 12.7340645 0.0000000
Have friends who are farmers or ranchersNot Sure -0.0504901 0.1154964 -0.4371570 0.6620462
Have friends who are farmers or ranchersYes -0.0233263 0.0417449 -0.5587827 0.5763746
Have made an effort to reduce consumption of meat and/or animal productsNot Sure 0.0815811 0.1062670 0.7676996 0.4427591
Have made an effort to reduce consumption of meat and/or animal productsYes 0.3157321 0.0416102 7.5878439 0.0000000
Have friends who hunt or fishNot Sure -0.0505482 0.1207168 -0.4187339 0.6754570
Have friends who hunt or fishYes -0.0523628 0.0447161 -1.1710046 0.2417408
Vegan or vegetarianNot Sure 0.0544864 0.1408897 0.3867307 0.6989981
Vegan or vegetarianYes 0.1021187 0.0682372 1.4965253 0.1346796
Hunt or fishNot Sure 0.0189249 0.1964090 0.0963544 0.9232490
Hunt or fishYes -0.1316336 0.0504087 -2.6113275 0.0090887
Farmer or rancherNot Sure -0.0704477 0.2753563 -0.2558419 0.7981000
Farmer or rancherYes -0.0854676 0.0700489 -1.2201135 0.2225702
Friends/family generally share my views on animal welfareNot Sure 0.0055983 0.0608324 0.0920290 0.9266845
Friends/family generally share my views on animal welfareYes 0.1051237 0.0532747 1.9732364 0.0486105
Have friends who are vegan or vegetarianNot Sure 0.2385963 0.0906810 2.6311613 0.0085768
Have friends who are vegan or vegetarianYes 0.1054432 0.0418845 2.5174774 0.0118999
Spanish, Hispanic, or LatinoYes -0.0317829 0.0598311 -0.5312101 0.5953341
RaceMixed race -0.2883229 0.1691408 -1.7046320 0.0884233
RaceAsian -0.2656244 0.1720206 -1.5441429 0.1227169
RaceBlack or African American -0.1134295 0.1633074 -0.6945768 0.4874038
RaceNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.0640366 0.8067680 0.0793743 0.9367431
RaceOther -0.0744214 0.1809066 -0.4113802 0.6808392
RacePrefer not to say -0.4790879 0.2522715 -1.8990967 0.0577001
RaceWhite or Caucasian -0.1663328 0.1561180 -1.0654302 0.2868139
EducationBachelor’s degree -0.0897660 0.0591294 -1.5181272 0.1291454
EducationGraduate or professional degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD, JD, MD, DDS etc.) -0.0967583 0.0687962 -1.4064484 0.1597513
EducationHigh school diploma or GED -0.0110706 0.0697036 -0.1588245 0.8738237
EducationPrefer not to say 0.3587381 0.3804308 0.9429786 0.3458093
EducationSome college, but no degree -0.1321341 0.0630423 -2.0959594 0.0362151
EducationSome high school or less -0.1209706 0.1828209 -0.6616889 0.5082492
Income$150,000 or more -0.0168113 0.0725437 -0.2317409 0.8167637
Income$25,000-$49,999 0.1844887 0.0608316 3.0327756 0.0024553
Income$50,000-$74,999 0.1033961 0.0613036 1.6866240 0.0918365
Income$75,000-$99,999 0.0829473 0.0655749 1.2649244 0.2060504
IncomeLess than $25,000 0.1769113 0.0693148 2.5522883 0.0107779
IncomePrefer not to say -0.0101058 0.1427488 -0.0707942 0.9435688
Age25-34 years old 0.0434215 0.0679619 0.6389092 0.5229575
Age35-44 years old 0.1517956 0.0699590 2.1697809 0.0301445
Age45-54 years old 0.2428533 0.0712315 3.4093508 0.0006645
Age55-64 years old 0.1151795 0.0660933 1.7426814 0.0815478
Age65+ years old -0.0072127 0.0779949 -0.0924771 0.9263285
GenderMale -0.1241364 0.0376286 -3.2989927 0.0009879
GenderNon-binary / third gender -0.2062202 0.1531943 -1.3461345 0.1784165
GenderPrefer not to say 0.1580687 0.2749312 0.5749390 0.5653993
GenderPrefer to self-describe -0.3564010 0.3246264 -1.0978806 0.2723929
Political affiliationIndependent -0.0649587 0.0440372 -1.4750876 0.1403514
Political affiliationRepublican -0.1328895 0.0488185 -2.7221116 0.0065447
Political affiliationSomething else/no party 0.0417286 0.0786072 0.5308493 0.5955840

Mean of “Importance of…” questions

term estimate std.error statistic p.value
(Intercept) 3.1536357 0.2766451 11.3995701 0.0000000
Pet owernshipYes I have had a pet before but do not currently own a pet 0.2289080 0.0828248 2.7637617 0.0057679
Pet owernshipYes I currently own a pet 0.4193200 0.0781553 5.3652186 0.0000001
Visited zoo/wildlife sanctuaryYes -0.0057080 0.0568869 -0.1003397 0.9200850
Frequency of wildlife viewingSeveral times a year -0.3621265 0.2091622 -1.7313186 0.0835540
Frequency of wildlife viewingA few times a month -0.1772652 0.2076849 -0.8535295 0.3934712
Frequency of wildlife viewingWeekly -0.2847684 0.2040188 -1.3957950 0.1629360
Frequency of wildlife viewingDaily -0.1030340 0.1995149 -0.5164227 0.6056181
Identify as animal activistNot Sure 0.3850559 0.0505653 7.6150175 0.0000000
Identify as animal activistYes 0.5400912 0.0452182 11.9441151 0.0000000
Have friends who are farmers or ranchersNot Sure -0.1550340 0.1170734 -1.3242461 0.1855774
Have friends who are farmers or ranchersYes -0.0379727 0.0423148 -0.8973851 0.3696249
Have made an effort to reduce consumption of meat and/or animal productsNot Sure 0.0461095 0.1077179 0.4280580 0.6686564
Have made an effort to reduce consumption of meat and/or animal productsYes 0.2908343 0.0421784 6.8953381 0.0000000
Have friends who hunt or fishNot Sure 0.0584625 0.1223651 0.4777713 0.6328668
Have friends who hunt or fishYes -0.0300786 0.0453267 -0.6635969 0.5070272
Vegan or vegetarianNot Sure -0.0377313 0.1428134 -0.2642002 0.7916538
Vegan or vegetarianYes 0.0197584 0.0691689 0.2856550 0.7751729
Hunt or fishNot Sure 0.1043471 0.1990907 0.5241180 0.6002564
Hunt or fishYes -0.0794803 0.0510969 -1.5554797 0.1199951
Farmer or rancherNot Sure -0.3486581 0.2791160 -1.2491512 0.2117606
Farmer or rancherYes -0.2043208 0.0710053 -2.8775411 0.0040517
Friends/family generally share my views on animal welfareNot Sure 0.0490288 0.0616630 0.7951082 0.4266479
Friends/family generally share my views on animal welfareYes 0.1370864 0.0540022 2.5385353 0.0112094
Have friends who are vegan or vegetarianNot Sure 0.3291223 0.0919191 3.5805635 0.0003513
Have friends who are vegan or vegetarianYes 0.1421231 0.0424563 3.3475120 0.0008310
Spanish, Hispanic, or LatinoYes 0.0982177 0.0606480 1.6194693 0.1055089
RaceMixed race -0.0790372 0.1714503 -0.4609918 0.6448562
RaceAsian -0.0526378 0.1743693 -0.3018751 0.7627797
RaceBlack or African American 0.1057755 0.1655371 0.6389834 0.5229092
RaceNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.3901677 0.8177835 0.4771039 0.6333419
RaceOther 0.0294234 0.1833767 0.1604531 0.8725409
RacePrefer not to say -0.1979679 0.2557159 -0.7741713 0.4389239
RaceWhite or Caucasian 0.0185425 0.1582496 0.1171724 0.9067356
EducationBachelor’s degree -0.1708248 0.0599368 -2.8500830 0.0044170
EducationGraduate or professional degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD, JD, MD, DDS etc.) -0.1159631 0.0697355 -1.6628985 0.0964944
EducationHigh school diploma or GED -0.0088269 0.0706553 -0.1249285 0.9005931
EducationPrefer not to say -0.2403088 0.3856251 -0.6231669 0.5332482
EducationSome college, but no degree -0.1235807 0.0639031 -1.9338778 0.0532735
EducationSome high school or less 0.0997861 0.1853172 0.5384611 0.5903206
Income$150,000 or more 0.0435596 0.0735342 0.5923718 0.5536707
Income$25,000-$49,999 0.1505283 0.0616622 2.4411764 0.0147284
Income$50,000-$74,999 0.0709029 0.0621406 1.1410075 0.2540077
Income$75,000-$99,999 0.0529182 0.0664703 0.7961179 0.4260610
IncomeLess than $25,000 0.1668544 0.0702612 2.3747740 0.0176565
IncomePrefer not to say 0.1173896 0.1446979 0.8112735 0.4173082
Age25-34 years old 0.0515964 0.0688898 0.7489697 0.4539663
Age35-44 years old 0.1628157 0.0709142 2.2959548 0.0217847
Age45-54 years old 0.1899635 0.0722041 2.6309239 0.0085828
Age55-64 years old 0.0744429 0.0669957 1.1111596 0.2666374
Age65+ years old -0.0462056 0.0790599 -0.5844382 0.5589935
GenderMale -0.1471629 0.0381424 -3.8582554 0.0001179
GenderNon-binary / third gender -0.0386636 0.1552860 -0.2489829 0.8034004
GenderPrefer not to say 0.0640800 0.2786851 0.2299369 0.8181651
GenderPrefer to self-describe -0.2908489 0.3290588 -0.8838813 0.3768699
Political affiliationIndependent -0.1156857 0.0446385 -2.5916150 0.0096244
Political affiliationRepublican -0.2230218 0.0494851 -4.5068479 0.0000070
Political affiliationSomething else/no party -0.0158919 0.0796805 -0.1994455 0.8419352