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Table 2 Summary statistics for all independent and dependent variables for raw data before imputing missing values

From: Assessing community-based conservation projects: A systematic review and multilevel analysis of attitudinal, behavioral, ecological, and economic outcomes

National context

 

Min

Max

Mean (SD)

 

NA

Governance

−2.32

2.93

0.001 (1.01)

--

9

Rights

−1.01

2.68

0.01 (1.01)

--

0

HDI

0.26

0.87

0.61 (0.14)

--

7

Gini

29.80

70.70

45.93 (8.73)

--

9

Project Design (number of responses for each coding category)

Impetus

No community 98

--

Joint/Complete community 29

--

NA 9

Establishment

No community 51

Some community 43

Joint/Complete community 32

--

10

Decision-making

No community 22

Some community 45

Joint/Complete community 65

--

4

Approach local culture

Conflict 16

Mixed 21

Engaged 48

--

51

Approach local institutions

Conflict 11

Mixed 15

Engaged 56

--

54

Protectionism

SNR/NP 43

Other/no park 57

--

--

36

Resource use

Protected 42

Regulated 75

Unregulated 6

--

13

Intervention benefits

Ecotourism 37

CBC 21

Compensation/ substitution 53

Enhancement 24

1

Elite capture

Yes 31

No 104

--

--

1

Benefit distribution

Yes 49

No 87

--

--

0

Social capital

No 92

Yes 44

--

--

0

Capacity skill

No 65

Yes 66

--

--

5

Capacity institutions

No 92

Yes 44

--

--

0

Environmental education

No 80

Yes 54

--

--

2

Community characteristics (number of responses for each coding category)

Market integration

Low 24

Moderate 49

High 28

--

35

Threat

Low 13

Moderate 30

High 45

--

48

Supportive local culture

Unsupportive 19

Mixed 32

Supportive 29

--

56

Effective local government

Ineffective 18

Mixed 26

Effective 39

--

53

Tenure

No community 30

Mixed 49

Total community 41

--

16

Charisma

No 116

Yes 20

--

--

0

Ethnic heterogeneity

Low 46

High 43

--

--

47

Population

High 22

Mod 33

Low 47

--

4

Controls

Ecoregion status

Critically endangered 60

Vulnerable 39

Relatively stable 14

--

23

Author discipline

Biological Sci. 17

Interdisciplinary 17

NGO 38

Social Sci. 35

29

Years project running

Min 0

Max 28

Mean (st. dev.) 7.68 (5.10)

--

10

Outcomes (number of responses for each coding category)

 

Success

Limited Success

Failure

  

Attitudinal

39

33

23

--

41

Behavioral

44

26

31

--

36

Ecological

45

13

19

--

59

Economic

29

36

53

--

18