Table 4. Comanagement performance variables within social capital groups. MEABR = Management and Exploitation Areas for Benthic Resources.


Dimension Variable GROUP 1
(SD)		 GROUP 2
(SD)		 GROUP 3
(SD)		 GROUP 4
(SD)		 H/F
(P)
Livelihood diversification No. of MEABR target species 4.42
(1.93)		 4.43
(3.05)		 3.25
(1.75)		 3.36
(1.42)		 2.579†
(0.461)
No. of value-adding enterprises 1.33a
(0.78)		 0.57 a,b
(0.98)		 0.38 a,b
(0.74)		 0.27b
(0.47)		 11.067†
(0.011)
Social integration Pride in MEABR 3.58
(0.67)		 3.29
(0.95)		 3.00
(0.76)		 3.09
(1.04)		 3.097†
(0.377)
Self-assessed compliance to MEABR rules 1.92
(0.79)		 1.86
(0.38)		 1.75
(0.89)		 2.27
(1.01)		 1.817†
(0.611)
Management capacity Trend in official MEABR TACs -0.33
(0.50)		 0.00
(0.63)		 0.00
(0.00)		 -0.25
(0.46)		 2.334†
(0.506)
Third party assessed “star caletas” 0.50 a
(0.49)		 0.43 a
(0.54)		 0.00 a
(0.00)		 0.00 a
(0.00)		 8.616†
(0.035)
Third party assessed current performance of MEABR 3.33 a
(0.95)		 3.21 a
(1.25)		 2.29 a
(0.95)		 2.26 a
(0.84)		 3.336‡ (0.031)
Third party assessed future projection of MEABR 4.32 a
(0.74)		 3.86 a,b
(1.11)		 3.88 a,b
(0.83)		 3.29 b
(0.70)		 3.005‡
(0.044)
Legend: Superscript letters a and b represent significant differences between groups based on Dunn’s or Tukey multiple pair wise comparisons, depending on normality of data;
†Differences among groups were analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis (statistic corresponds to H);
‡Differences among groups were analyzed using ANOVA (statistic corresponds to F).