2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated ...

Appendix A.
Defi nitions
Annual household income—Total
2006 income of household members
before taxes and other deductions.
Around-the-home wildlife
watching—Activity within 1 mile of
home with one of six primary purposes:
(1) taking special interest in or trying
to identify birds or other wildlife; (2)
photographing wildlife; (3) feeding
birds or other wildlife; (4) maintaining
natural areas of at least 1/4 acre for
the benefit of wildlife; (5) maintaining
plantings (such as shrubs and agricultural
crops) for the benefit of wildlife;
and (6) visiting public land to observe,
photograph, or feed wildlife.
Auxiliary equipment—Equipment
owned primarily for wildlife- associated
recreation. For the sportspersons
section, these include sleeping bags,
packs, duffel bags, tents, binoculars
and field glasses, special fishing and
hunting clothing, foul weather gear,
boots and waders, maintenance and
repair of equipment, and processing
and taxidermy costs. For the wildlifewatching
section, these include tents,
tarps, frame packs, backpacking and
other camping equipment, and blinds.
Away-from-home wildlife watching—
Trips or outings at least 1 mile from
home for the primary purpose of
observing, photographing, or feeding
wildlife. Trips to zoos, circuses, aquariums,
and museums are not included.
Big game—Bear, deer, elk, moose,
wild turkey, and similar large animals
that are hunted.
Census Divisions
East North Central
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
East South Central
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Mountain
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
New England
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Pacific
Alaska
California
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington
South Atlantic
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
West North Central
Kansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Day—Any part of a day spent participating
in a given activity. For example,
if someone hunted two hours one day
and three hours another day, it would
be reported as two days of hunting.
If someone hunted two hours in the
morning and three hours in the afternoon
of the same day, it would be
considered one day of hunting.
Education—The highest completed
grade of school or year of college.
Expenditures—Money spent in 2006
for wildlife-related recreation trips
in the United States, wildlife-related
recreational equipment purchased in
the United States, and other items. The
“other items” were books and magazines,
membership dues and contributions,
land leasing or owning, hunting
and fishing licenses, and plantings,
all for the purpose of wildlife-related
recreation. Expenditures included
both money spent by participants for
themselves and the value of gifts they
received.
Fishing—The sport of catching or
attempting to catch fish with a hook
and line, bow and arrow, or spear; it
also includes catching or gathering
shellfish (clams, crabs, etc.); and the
noncommercial seining or netting
of fish, unless the fish are for use as
bait. For example, seining for smelt is
fishing, but seining for bait minnows is
not included as fishing.
118 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service