Table 1 Sample characteristics of all participants and for the different forest ownership types small-scale privately owned forests (SPF) (< 20 ha), medium-scale privately owned forests (MPF) (20–100 ha), large-scale privately owned forests (LPF) (> 100 ha), corporate forests (CF), and state forests (SF)
| Â | Total | Forest ownership type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | SPF | MPF | LPF | CF | SF | |
Gender | ||||||
  Male | 93.0% | 91.1% | 94.4% | 95.7% | 95.0% | 94.2% |
  Female | 7.0% | 8.9% | 5.6% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 5.8% |
Age | ||||||
  < 30 | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
  30–39 | 9.6% | 9.9% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 8.4% | 10.7% |
  40–49 | 20.3% | 19.8% | 22.2% | 20.2% | 20.2% | 21.4% |
  50–59 | 40.1% | 32.5% | 38.9% | 37.1% | 53.7% | 48.8% |
  > 59 | 27.2% | 34.9% | 26.4% | 32.6% | 14.3% | 15.5% |
Function (multiple answers possible) | ||||||
  Owner | 60.7% | 95.0% | 91.7% | 52.7% | 8.3% | 0.0% |
  Operations manager | 15.9% | 11.9% | 25.0% | 34.4% | 15.8% | 10.3% |
  Forest ranger | 26.4% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 21.5% | 66.7% | 78.2% |
  Other | 7.8% | 4.0% | 8.4% | 12.9% | 11.3% | 12.6% |
Forestry education | ||||||
  No forestry-related education | 54.9% | 88.2% | 62.5% | 28.3% | 15.2% | 2.3% |
  Vocational training | 6.2% | 4.2% | 27.8% | 13.0% | 3.0% | 1.2% |
  Academic education | 38.9% | 7.6% | 9.7% | 58.7% | 81.8% | 96.5% |
  Forest business part of a management cooperative | 46.2% | 47.7% | 83.3% | 80.6% | 43.5% | 74.7% |