Table 3 . --Participation in selected activities before and after matching Blacks and 

 Whites on socioeconomic characteristics and area of residence 





Percentage of each 



group participating 



Activity 



Before 



matching 



After 



matching ^ 













White 

 (N-3,583) 



Black 

 (N=315) 



White 

 (N=170) 



Black 

 (N=170) 



Developed camping 



37 



2l4 



35 



2l5 



Primitive camping 



26 



2 9 



26 



2ll 



Fishing 



56 



49 



57 



55 



Other boating 



39 



2l9 



37 



221 



Hiking, backpacking 



35 



220 



31 



21 



Off-road vehicles 



zo 



Zo 



Z / 



Zo 



Picnicking 



75 



73 



78 



77 



Sightseeing 



68 



248 



71 



252 



Driving for pleasure 



71 



66 



' 75 



77 



■^Blacks and Whites were matched by region and rural-urban residence, grouped in- 

 come, grouped age, grouped education, and sex. 



2significant at 0.01 level by Chi-square, 1 degree of freedom. 



Analysis of the factors that both groups perceive as inhibiting their participa- 

 tion in wildland outdoor recreation in general further clarifies the issue (table 4) . 

 Interestingly, factors the Black group perceives as frustrations and on which they dif- 

 fer significantly from the White group are those reflecting problems usually associated 

 with the management of local or neighborhood parks in depressed urban areas, as, for 

 example, poor maintenance and personal safety. The Black group, however, is no more 

 hampered by cost factors than the White group. "Lack of transportation" is the only 

 reported barrier for the Black group that is consistent with the marginality perspec- 

 tive. It does seem clear that transportation to wildland recreation settings is a con- 

 straint for Blacks, though the data did not allow a direct measurement of the extent 

 that this barrier accounts for lower participation by Blacks in specific activities. 



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