Table 3. Percentages of respondents with particular socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in different residential areas: Ruka, Syötekylä, northern Kuusamo, southern Kuusamo, Sarajärvi, and downtown Kuusamo.
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Socioeconomic/demographic characteristic |
Ruka |
Syötekylä |
Northern Kuusamo |
Southern Kuusamo |
Sarajärvi |
Downtown Kuusamo |
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Age |
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20–44 yr |
52.0% |
20.6% |
29.1% |
17.5% |
4.5% |
36.5% |
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45–64 yr |
32.0% |
50.0% |
43.5% |
46.0% |
59.1% |
36.5% |
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65–90 yr |
16.0% |
29.4% |
27.4% |
36.5% |
36.4% |
27.0% |
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Level of education |
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Higher education |
36.0% |
18.8% |
16.7% |
16.4% |
9.3% |
40.6% |
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High school |
40.0% |
43.7% |
16.7% |
24.6% |
37.2% |
25.0% |
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Elementary school |
24.0% |
37.5% |
66.6% |
59.0% |
53.5% |
34.4% |
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Primary occupation |
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Entrepreneur |
28.0% |
17.6% |
21.3% |
19.1% |
15.9% |
7.7% |
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Employee |
44.0% |
35.3% |
26.2% |
23.8% |
15.9% |
52.3% |
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Pensioner |
16.0% |
35.3% |
41.0% |
49.2% |
50.0% |
30.8% |
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Other |
12.0% |
11.8% |
11.5% |
7.9% |
18.2% |
9.2% |
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Gross annual household earnings
in Euros (average 15,504 Euros) |
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Less than 15,000–45,000 |
8.6% |
41.2% |
34.0% |
33.4% |
63.9% |
25.4% |
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45,000–75,000 |
69.8% |
47.1% |
49.0% |
58.3% |
22.2% |
52.4% |
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More than 75,000 |
21.6% |
11.8% |
17.0% |
8.3% |
13.9% |
22.2% |
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Indigenousness |
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Native |
41.7% |
35.3% |
55.6% |
51.6% |
61.4% |
39.1% |
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Returnee |
8.3% |
47.1% |
25.4% |
32.3% |
13.6% |
23.4% |
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Newcomer |
50.0% |
17.6% |
19.0% |
16.1% |
25.0% |
37.5% |
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Land ownership |
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Own land |
50.0% |
58.8% |
77.6% |
96.4% |
23.3% |
46.7% |
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Do not own land |
50.0% |
41.2% |
22.4% |
3.6% |
76.7% |
53.3% |
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Donated land to nature conservation program |
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Donated land |
4.2% |
14.7% |
22.6% |
25.0% |
11.6% |
9.2% |
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Did not donate land |
95.8% |
85.3% |
77.4% |
75.0% |
88.4% |
90.8% |
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Income from tourism |
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Main income from tourism |
37.5% |
18.2% |
6.3% |
3.2% |
2.3% |
4.6% |
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Occasional income from tourism |
29.2% |
15.2% |
20.6% |
12.7% |
6.8% |
10.8% |
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No income from tourism |
33.3% |
66.7% |
73.0% |
84.1% |
90.9% |
84.6% |
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Contact with tourists through work |
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Frequent |
56.6% |
29.0% |
13.5% |
11.7% |
0.0% |
19.4% |
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Infrequent |
21.7% |
35.5% |
39.0% |
26.6% |
18.2% |
38.7% |
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Not at all |
21.7% |
35.5% |
47.5% |
61.7% |
81.8% |
41.9% |
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Effects of nature conservation on household economy |
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Disadvantage |
14.3% |
7.2% |
26.9% |
25.4% |
8.3% |
22.5% |
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No effect |
66.7% |
85.7% |
65.4% |
67.3% |
77.8% |
75.0% |
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Benefit |
19.0% |
7.1% |
7.7% |
7.3% |
13.9% |
2.5% |
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