Linking Culture and the Environment

88 Tourism, Sustainability and the Social Milieux
groups among the participants with respect to their attitudes towards tourism
in the region.
Results and Discussion
Background
This section focuses on the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of participants’
views, feelings and attitudes towards tourism and tourism development
on Lake Superior’s north shore and islands, collected during the
forums. Three forms of reporting follow:
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a description of the demographic and social characteristics of participants;
a discussion based upon the responses to the attitudinal questions; and
a discussion of the themes and issues voiced by participants during the
forums.
Demographic and social characteristics of the participants
There were 95 participants at the meetings, 92 of whom completed the survey.
As Table 5.1 shows, the majority were male (72%). Furthermore, most of
the respondents were 35 years or older with more than half between the ages
Table 5.1. Socio-demographic characteristics
of forum participants (N = 92).
Socio-demographic variables n (%)
Gender
Male 66 (72)
Female 26 (28)
Age
19–24 1 (1)
25–34 4 (4)
35–44 26 (28)
45–54 24 (26)
55–64 18 (20)
65–74 12 (13)
75+ 7 (8)
Years lived in region
0–10 10 (11)
11–20 8 (9)
21–30 13 (14)
31–40 8 (9)
41–50 18 (20)
51+ 32 (35)