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National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife ... - All About Birds

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Table D–4. Approximate St<strong>and</strong>ard Errors <strong>and</strong> 95-Percent Confidence Intervals for Selected<strong>Wildlife</strong>-Watching Estimates: 2011Participants <strong>and</strong> expenditures Estimate St<strong>and</strong>ard error Lower 95 percent Upper 95 percentWILDLIFE–WATCHING PARTICIPANTS (thous<strong>and</strong>s)Total .................................................. 71,776 1,196 69,431 74,121Away from home ...................................... . 22,496 762 21,003 23,989Observe wildlife ..................................... 19,808 719 18,398 21,218Photograph wildlife ................................... 12,354 578 11,222 13,486Feed wildlife ....................................... . 5,399 388 4,639 6,159Around the home ....................................... 68,598 1,180 66,284 70,912Observe wildlife ..................................... 45,046 1,020 43,046 47,046Photograph wildlife ................................... 25,370 804 23,795 26,945Feed wildlife ....................................... . 52,817 1,083 50,695 54,939Visit public parks or natural areas ....................... 12,311 577 11,181 13,441Maintain plantings or natural areas ....................... 13,399 600 12,223 14,575DAYS OF PARTICIPATION IN AWAY-FROM-HOMEACTIVITIES (thous<strong>and</strong>s)Total .................................................. 335,625 28,425 279,911 391,339Observe wildlife ....................................... 268,798 24,209 221,349 316,247Photograph wildlife ..................................... 110,459 13,146 84,693 136,225Feed wildlife ......................................... . 59,255 9,604 40,432 78,078Average Days <strong>of</strong> Participation in Away-From-HomeActivitiesTotal .................................................. 14.9 0.98 13.0 16.8Observe wildlife ....................................... 13.6 0.95 11.7 15.4Photograph wildlife ..................................... 8.9 0.83 7.3 10.6Feed wildlife ......................................... . 11.0 1.35 8.3 13.6EXPENDITURES (thous<strong>and</strong>s)Total .................................................. 54,890,272 3,146,979 48,722,193 61,058,351Trip–related, total .................................... . . 17,274,675 1,431,121 14,469,677 20,079,673Food <strong>and</strong> lodging .................................... 9,349,439 822,822 7,736,707 10,962,171Transportation ....................................... 6,006,860 505,292 5,016,488 6,997,232Other trip costs ...................................... 1,918,376 214,540 1,497,879 2,338,873Equipment <strong>and</strong> other, total .............................. . 37,615,597 2,194,526 33,314,326 41,916,868Equipment, total ..................................... 27,150,921 1,544,420 24,123,857 30,177,985<strong>Wildlife</strong> watching equipment ......................... 11,323,179 671,280 10,007,471 12,638,887Auxiliary equipment .............................. . . 1,555,374 207,202 1,149,258 1,961,490Special equipment .................................. 14,272,368 3,249,460 7,903,427 20,641,309Other, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,464,677 739,717 9,014,832 11,914,522Magazines, books, DVDs ............................ 420,395 43,842 334,465 506,325Membership dues <strong>and</strong> contributions .................... 2,163,568 227,318 1,718,024 2,609,112L<strong>and</strong> leasing <strong>and</strong> ownership .......................... 5,676,794 1,723,393 2,298,943 9,054,645Plantings ......................................... 2,203,920 254,626 1,704,853 2,702,987130 2011 <strong>National</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fishing</strong>, <strong>Hunting</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Wildlife</strong>-Associated Recreation U.S. Fish <strong>and</strong> <strong>Wildlife</strong> Service <strong>and</strong> U.S. Census Bureau

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