Elaine Falk Katz, Ed.D., APR
HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH, Inc.
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RESEARCH RESULTS
1995 FINAL REPORT
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
GREAT LAKES NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE
BASELINE SURVEY:
EIGHT GREAT LAKES STATES'
PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND OPINIONS
ABOUT GREAT LAKES ISSUES
Prepared for
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION V
GREAT LAKES NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE
BY
Elaine Falk Katz, Ed.D.
with
Susan Schuler, Ph.D.
September, 1995
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TELEPHONE SURVEY: CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
A. KEY FINDINGS/ISSUE ANALYSIS 3
B. RECOMMENDATIONS 15
C. SURVEY METHODOLOGY 18
D. SURVEY FINDINGS:
Analysis by Questions 22
E. RESPONDENT PROFILES:
Action Clusters 74
F. APPENDICES
A—Survey: The questionnaire
B—Sampling Plan
C—Chart of Statistical Significance
D-Chart of Confidence Levels
G.TABLES
A—Basic Tables
1. All Areas
2. Lake Basins—GLNPO counties bordering lakes
3. All States
4. Illinois
B—Cross-Tabulation Tables bv Question
5. Comparison by Personal Concern
6. Comparison by Closest Lake
7. Comparison by Distance to Lake
8. Comparison by Lake Water Quality
9. Comparison by Owned Lake for all but Qs 10-26
10. Special Crosstabs for Qs.21,22,23,24 and 30~by respondents
perceptions:Living inside or outside the Great Lakes basin
11. Special Table: Owned Lake by Nearest Lake
C--Cluster-Discriminant Analysis Table
12. Comparison by Personal Action Ouster Type
GRAPHS-Basic and Cluster
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A. HIGHLIGHTS and KEY FINDINGS
INTRODUCTION
The 1995 study of the knowledge, opinions and attitudes of publics living in
the eight Great Lakes states is baseline research from which the U.S. EPA,
Region 5, GLNPO technical staff, and other interested parties, can draw data for
a variety of programs and projects. The survey questions were carefully
structured to reflect issues and concerns of importance currently, and that would
derive data useful as a basis for program planning and decision-making, for
public information and for lakewide and area-wide action programs.
The survey is based on two firm foundations:
1) The U.S. EPA, GLNPO-sponsored Lake Guardian research, pilot-tested in
1992 and completed in 1993. While initially intended to simply determine the
effectiveness of general public and educator/student tours of the research ship,
Lake Guardian, the survey was extended to include questions about public
perceptions of major Great Lakes issues and problems. The outcomes of the
research findings for the Lake Guardian study became the foundation from
which to consider a full-scale baseline study of the entire eight-state Great Lakes
basin.
2) Given an interest in extending the initial research, it was apparent that
input from the U.S. EPA,Region 5, and GLNPO technical staff was mandatory
to assure information-gathering of consequence to their interests, and thereby
for the public interest and benefit A series of meetings with technical staff was
conducted. A number of new and important questions were included, and
oversight from the public affairs and communications staff resulted in review
and revisions to several survey questions.
The next steps in the presentation of and use of the research findings of this
study are discussed in the recommendations section.
MAJOR ISSUES / FINDINGS
An intense analysis of all the tables of data, is the base from which major
issues and findings are derived. For detailed discussions of each question see
Section D. Key findings are presented in the next section, followed by
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discussions of issues based on findings from this study.
KEY FINDINGS
•Living close to a Great Lake means great likelihood of identifying with that
specific lake, knowing the agencies responsible for monitoring water quality and
environmental conditions in the specific Great Lake and knowing one lives in the
Great Lakes basin.
•There is concern for environmental conditions in the Great Lakes even for
those who know they live outside the Great Lakes basin, but the further from the
border, the less intense the concern and less knowledge of who is responsible for
the Great Lakes overall.
•The U.S. EPA and other governmental agencies are generally considered
responsible for watching out for the Great Lakes; they are expected to enforce
regulations and laws.
•The U.S. EPA is not doing enough about environmental conditions in the Great
Lakes; much more needs to be done about the 12 beneficial use impairments;
little is known about the U.S. EPA role in collaboration with other agencies, and
what it is doing to protect the national environment.
•What concerns people is pollution that is harmful to them, including such things
as pollution that harms fish; but personal pleasures such as the taste of drinking
water and keeping beaches open are not as urgent as public education about the
cause and effects of pollution and potentially harmful environmental conditions.
•The quality of water in a specific Great Lake is generally thought to have
improved over the past ten years, but few think water quality is excellent and
over half think it is fair to poor.
•There is a general belief about how long it might take to clean up the Great
Lakes to an acceptable level; between 10 and 25 years.
•The costs of cleaning up the Great Lakes should be borne by everyone, the
government, the public and those who polluted, but principally it is seen as the
government and everyone's role to clean it up.
•Chemicals are identified as major sources of pollution; this appears to be a
generic recognition, specific items such as pesticides are not named as chemicals.
•Newspapers and TV are major sources of information about the environment.
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Advertising, employers and government are low on the list of information
sources.
•What people see for themselves and what others tell them is another source of
information. What they see are poorly kept beaches, but they are not active in
such things as beach clean-ups.
•Few (7%) persons belong to environmental organizations.
•While few said they actually do something about helping reduce environmental
problems; over half the respondents think they would like to do something.
•Respondents are principally white, suburban, under 45 years of age, with young
children at home, employed in skilled or homemaker jobs, with incomes under
$50,000, educated at high school or some college level..
•Highest urban populations are at the borders; greatest numbers of black,
hispanic and mixed populations are there.
•When analyzed by personal actions taken or belief that they can help improve
the environment of the Great Lakes, the respondents are similar to many
previous studies of the U.S. publics, with two small groups of the very active
and the totally inactive at either extreme, over half in the middle, not quite sure
whether they are environmentally active, or could be, given the right set of
circumstances, which includes education and programs from trusted sources.
ISSUES
1. PERCEPTION: LIVING IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN
The feeling of being part of the Great Lakes basin may open people to
identifying with its potential as a resource, and with this identification may come
an openness to communications about environmental issues affecting the Great
lakes. To find out if the publics, even those living at great distances, can state
their perception about whether they live in the Great Lakes basin, or not,
question 30 of the telephone survey asked: Is your home located in the Great
Lakes basin or is it outside the Great Lakes basin?
The answer is that living closer to a Great Lake equals more belief that they
are part of the Great Lakes basin, but living farther away does not impair a
sense of concern for environmental conditions in the Great Lakes.
Even respondents who know they live outside of the Great Lakes basin show
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concern for environmental conditions of the Great Lakes and a desire for
remedial actions. In question 3, a series of 12 items of environmental action
(beneficial use impairments) were mentioned to respondents who were asked
whether they wanted to see more or less efforts or no change in such actions as
scientific research about the quality of water supply, or reducing pollution that
harms the health of people and/or fish.
It can be seen that in certain cases, respondents who know they live outside
the basin are higher on their desires for beneficial actions than those who know
they live inside. For example, respondents outside the basin are higher than
insiders on wanting to do more about scientific research about the quality of the
water supply, and about improving the taste of drinking water. On all other
items in question.3 the outsiders are just as high or somewhat higher than the
insiders (See Table 9).
Other interesting insights into Great Lakes basin outsiders, also shown in
Table 9, questions 23 and 24: They consider themselves very active or somewhat
active personally in helping to reduce environmental pollution at almost the
identical rate to those inside the Great Lakes basin; they cut back on water use,
write to public officials, join an organization-but understandably, since they live
farther from the Great Lakes, they don't volunteer in beach cleanups as much as
those inside the Great Lakes basin. But they do have a higher rate of believing
there is nothing they can do to help improve lake water quality (question 22).
Follow-up concerns for consideration:
-The circumstances under which the positive attitudes expressed by those
outside the Great Lakes basin can be translated into positive actions on behalf of
Great Lakes environmental programs;
—The benefits of having the total eight-state population define themselves as part
of the Great Lakes basin-not using the strict technical definition of where the
basin begins and ends—but the more general concept of the Great Lakes as a
major resource for fun, for commerce, for enhancement of family values (see
family outings, and activities, question 13).
-Encouraging the border and other basin populations to recognize themselves as
part of the Great Lakes basin. There are 17% who think they are outside and
12% unsure, although they live in counties bordering the basin. By lake basin
(Table 2), there are few differences in perception of being part of the basin- for
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the most part it is well over 70%; but when seen by individual state(Table 3),
there are great differences. Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin populations have
by far the greatest percentages believing they live in the Great Lakes basin. And
it is no surprise that those living closest to the Great Lakes are most likely to
believe themselves part of the basin. Up to 24 miles from a Great Lake, the
percentages are well over 70%-leaving a 30% group yet to identify themselves
as being within the Great Lakes basin.
2. OWNING A GREAT LAKE
You can feel that you own a Great Lake, even if you don't live near it. And
that may be part of the reason why even those who know they are outside the
Great Lakes basin still can feel concerned about conditions in the Great Lakes.
Over half the respondents were able to choose a specific Great Lake.
There are feelings that lead to an answer and there are rational reasons. To
determine both aspects of how respondents perceive a specific Great Lake,
question 8 asked for a feeling or perception: Do you consider one of the Great
Lakes to be your Lake? Which? And question 9 asked for a reason: Why do you
feel that lake ( ) is your lake?
For the specifics there are: question 10: Which one of the Great Lakes do
you live nearest to? Question 11: How far would you have to drive to get to the
nearest Great Lake? Question 12: How long would it take you to drive there?
At the borders of the Great lakes, overall, 83% consider they own a lake; in
other basin areas ownership feelings are 64%; and in the non-basin counties
feelings of ownership of a Great Lake are almost half, 45%.
These are very high percentages but they are even higher if looked at by lake
basin (Table 2), where Ontario and Superior are owned at over 90% rates. By
states (Table 3), the respondents in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are highest
in ownership feelings, with Minnesota, Ohio and Indiana next and New York and
Pennsylvania respondents at less than 50%. Just looking at a map to see how
much of a state's shoreline borders on a lake, and how dense the population is
close to the lake provides part of the answer to feelings of ownership.
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3. PROXIMITY TO AND OWNING A GREAT LAKE
The fact that the lake is closest is the principal reason for feeling ownership;
more than one-quarter of respondents living 100 miles away could choose a
Great Lake because it was closest; as mileage from the lake decreases the
percentage of those able to choose a lake increases dramatically, but such
considerations as prior residence in the area close to the lake, and activities at the
lakes are also stated reasons in response to question 9. The surprisingly good
response from those who live 100 miles or more away, is that 44% say they are
very concerned about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes.
Within the basin, almost 20% of the respondents are five miles or less from a
Great Lake; another 30% are within fifty miles. Looked at by all eight states,
overall, 8% are within five miles or less, and another 20% within fifty miles.
Over half, 57%, of all respondents live more than 100 miles from the nearest
Great Lake. Confirming these distances are the drive times stated by
respondents: There were 67% who said it would take more than an hour to get
to the nearest lake, 24% would have to drive from 11 to 60 minutes and 9% who
have less than a ten minute drive. Of course these drive times change
considerably when looked at within the basin only, where almost 40% of the
respondents live 20 minutes or less from a Great Lake.
4. ACTIVITIES AT THE GREAT LAKES
The closer to the lake, the more activities are reported for respondents. But
even those living more than 100 miles away report some level of activities. That
the Great Lakes are a used resource for individuals and families can be seen in
the responses of those who live in the basin where swimming is reported by
23%, fishing and boating by 19%, walking/jogging, 18%, and family outings,
16%. Fishing is principally a sporting activity for those living in the basin, but
there are 2% who said they fish for food only, and another 7% who fish for
both food and sport.
Most affected by environmental pollution are the respondents living in the
basin, at the borders, who report having seen swim warnings and fish advisories
and "cruddy" beaches. It is the respondents who consider lake water quality poor
and who are very concerned about environmental conditions who both use the
lakes most and see the most realities about the Great Lakes.
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Overall, 63% of respondents say they never go to a Great Lake.
Follow up concerns for consideration:
-The potential for increasing the numbers of persons using the Great Lakes as a
sporting and family resource-even for those who live outside the borders of the
basin itself;
—The possibility of building greater constituencies for the Great Lakes as a
result of increased activities and more realistic approaches to environmental
conditions and needs.
5. MEMBERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Very few respondents, 7%, know of someone in their household who is a
member of an environmental organization. Highest membership rates are for
persons living closest to the Great Lakes, for those who say they are very
concerned about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes, and for those who
think lake water quality is only poor, fair or good. Many, 40%, could not
remember the name of the organization to which someone belonged; for those
that recalled, Greenpeace was most frequently mentioned, followed by Ducks
Unlimited. There were no groups reported that focus on personal health;
principally the groups named have an interest in the planet generally and
conditions that affect flora and fauna.
Follow up concerns for consideration:
-What does it mean in terms of the efforts of the U.S. EPA and GLNPO that
there are such small constituent environmental groups?
-Might a citizens advisory group for the Great Lakes basin be feasible for
educational and programmatic efforts?
6. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE/WATCHES OUT FOR THE GREAT LAKES?
The U.S. EPA comes out at the top of the list, and the Federal government
generally is seen as more responsible than State or local entities; but even the
respondents who live hear a Great Lake do not really know who is watching out
for the Great Lakes. These responses were elicited in question 2, referring to the
Great Lakes generally.
A different approach to the question of responsibility brings out very
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different responses. Question 20 refers specifically to the respondents' nearest
lake, rather than to the Great Lakes in general. Here the answer is that State and
local levels of government are considered most responsible. The respondents
who are very concerned about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes and
who think water quality is poor, believe all entities, State, local and Federal are
responsible for monitoring water quality of the lakes.
Assigning responsibility and knowing what the responsible parties should do
are very different, however, as can be seen in responses to question 26, do you
feel there is anything the government can do to help improve lake water quality?
One-quarter of the respondents don't know; 20% want rules enforced and 17%
want restrictions on industry. Two positive steps, provide funds and education,
are cited at about 6%.
Knowledge of what the U.S. EPA can and does do in regard to the Great
Lakes are specified in questions 25,27,28, and 29. Those living closest to a lake
are more sure that the U.S. EPA is now putting too little emphasis on Great
Lakes environmental activities; the overall response of 46%, doing too little,
appears to be a mandate for program efforts on behalf of the Great Lakes.
However, when asked if they knew about existing programs such as RAPS,
ARCS or LAMPS, the response rate was exceedingly small; only the GLNPO
library had some recognition as a resource.
There is uncertainty about how, if at all, the U.S. EPA works with other
agencies to reduce Great Lakes pollution, and very few respondents could name
an agency that might be appropriate for collaborative efforts. Even the very
concerned respondents and those who live nearest the borders don't know the
answers to these questions. The U.S. EPA receives only a fair rating in general
on the job it is doing for the country, not just for the Great Lakes.
In general, the farther from the borders of the lakes, the less the knowledge
of who does, and who should, watch out for the Great Lakes generally and each
specific lake.
Follow up concerns for consideration:
-The types of communications and education programs that might improve the
state of knowledge within the eight Great Lakes states about existing programs
and the potential for activities within such programs;
-New programs and educational efforts that could be infused through public
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school systems, public and other media, to heighten awareness of Great Lakes
remedial programs and such effective programs as the Lake Guardian, etc.
-It would probably be helpful to the U.S. EPA, GLNPO, and local agencies to
collaborate on communicating the extent and nature of their cooperative
activities. The public appears to believe that local agencies are responsible for a
specific lake's environmental condition, but there is confusion or lack of
knowledge about levels of and type of responsibilities.
7. STATUS OF PROBLEMS AND EFFORTS IN THE GREAT LAKES
Two important questions refer to how respondents feel about environmental
actions and problems of the Great Lakes. Question 3 is based on categories of
use impairments; it asks whether there should be more, less or no change in the
current efforts in the Great Lakes. Question 21 asks whether a series of
problems are considered major, minor or not a problem at all.
An amazingly high response to question 3 from all respondents is to do more
about all 12 categories. The highest, 93%, want more done to clean up pollution
harmful to people; closely followed by reducing pollution to fish and wildlife,
91%; and cleaning up polluted areas, 90%. Almost as high are the respondents'
wishes to have more done about preventing new pollution, enforcing regulations
on industry, and educating people about the causes and effects of pollution.
Apparently when asked in general terms about environmental conditions, as
in question 1, respondents may not connect with what that means to them
personally. But when confronted with specifics-such realities as preventing new
pollution and educating themselves about the causes and effects of pollution-then
they can relate to what is being asked and they respond positively, in great
percentages, to doing more.
Of the twelve problems presented in question 21, chemicals washing into the
lakes from cities and industries dumping chemicals into the lakes appear to have
the highest levels of concern, but there are eight problems identified by the
respondents as major. These include sediment pollution, chemicals from all
sources, exotic species and lake fish unsafe to eat It is the very concerned
respondents and those who think lake water quality is poor who identify most of
the problems as major. Those who indicate little concern about environmental
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conditions in the Great Lakes generally think the problems are minor.
Follow up considerations:
-The answers to these two questions appear to point toward a need to be very
specific about potential problems in environmental conditions in the Great
Lakes. Respondents appear to know that pollution is potentially harmful to them
personally, and they place such items as keeping beaches open and improving the
taste of drinking water at far lower levels of effort than education and
prevention.
—Types of programs and communications to educate the eight-State
populations to the realities of problems and current efforts in the Great Lakes;
-Possible action programs to build on increased knowledge
8. PERCEPTION OF INVESTMENT NEEDED FOR GREAT LAKES
CLEAN-UP
Questions 5 and 6 refer specifically to the amount of time needed to clean the
Great Lakes of pollution, bringing it to acceptable levels, and who should pay
for this effort Overall, almost three-quarters of the respondents think it will
take about 25 years. Respondents who are far from the lakes and who are not
very concerned generally about their environmental conditions are least likely to
be optimistic about the time needed for clean up.
Paying for clean up means everyone and the government are responsible,
according to two-thirds of the respondents. The other major categories are
industry and those responsible for polluting, at about one-quarter of the
respondents. These responses hold from the border to more than 100 miles away
from the lakes.
9. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Question 7 asks whether respondents believe they obtain news about
environmental conditions from various media; while question 17 asks how they
find out about the water quality of their Great Lake.
Newspapers top the list for all respondents as a major source of information.
Government is not seen as a major source, which means its role in providing
information to public media is not apparent. TV is a close second to
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newspapers. Magazines, TV news magazines, and radio talk shows are lower,
except that for suburbanites, living 10 to 50 miles from the lakes, radio news
and talk shows rank high, probably indicating the time they spend listening to the
car radio. Advertising and employer based news are not rated high. This is not
unusual, since most research indicates that these are not considered trusted
sources of information.
Most respondents get their news of the water quality in their lake from the
news, but about one-third see for themselves and/or hear from what others tell
them. The closer to the lake, the more respondents see for themselves; they also
obtain information from multiple sources, possibly indicating greater receptivity
to news about the Great Lakes. When probed further, respondents who say they
see for themselves the conditions of the lakes, were able to state such things as a
lack of wildflowers, too many industries near the lakes, or diseased/dead fish.
10. RATING THE WATER QUALITY OF THE LAKES
Wherever they live, respondents say the water quality is only fair overall.
When looked at by specific area, Lake Huron respondents give their lake water
quality the lowest rating for excellence; the percent of no opinion on water
quality increases with distance from the lakes; those who are very concerned
about conditions in the Great Lakes rank lake water quality poorest. These
answers were in response to question 16.
Question 18 asked respondents whether they thought lake water quality had
improved, was worse or was the same over the past ten years. For those who
live nearest, there seems to be a perception of improvement in lake water
quality. As distance from the lakes increases, there is less certainty, more don't
know and less positive response about improvements; Those who are very
concerned about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes apparently see that
the past ten years have brought improvements. There is a small group who
think lake water quality is excellent and they think it is improving far beyond
any other group. Those who think lake water quality is generally poor are
pessimistic; they think it is getting worse.
When asked, in question 19, what are the biggest problems concerning lake
water quality, respondents generally were unable to specify much beyond
contaminants-pollution; or don't know. Items mentioned were ship traffic, dirty
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beaches, Zebra Mussels, and pesticides.
Follow up considerations:
—Making the realities of lake water quality and efforts to improve it apparent to
residents of the eight states;
--Communicating through public and private media about the conditions of the
' Great Lakes and programs underway;
-Identifying media representatives to help them with Great Lakes issues, so they
can place these on the public agenda in responsible ways.
11. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIONS OF THE PUBLIC
To question 22, is there anything respondents felt they could do to help
improve the lake water quality, the answer by half the respondents was NO.
When added to "don't know" it's 65% with that helpless response. What they
could think of was recycling and waste disposal, and to some extent increase of
public awareness. But the actions of writing to Congressmen, beach clean-ups or
joining an environmental group are very low. Clearly, the eight State publics
need feasible ideas of how to help improve environmental conditions in the
Great Lakes.
The following two questions, 23 and 24, were used as the basis for
respondent profiles, or action clusters. See Section E for complete delineation of
the demographic and environmental profiles of respondents.
To question 23, how active have you, personally, been in helping to reduce
environmental problems, almost half said not very active, 40% said somewhat
and 10% said they were very active. There was little difference across all areas
from border to 100 miles away in the amount of activity.
When asked in question 24 whether they had done something specific from a
list of possible items, 56% said they cut back on water use, 10% said they
volunteered for beach clean-ups. There was little difference in response by area.
There is no doubt that respondents do not know what they can do, how best to
participate in pollution reduction or environmental improvements, and that
programmatic efforts are needed, targeted by specific public (See Section E).
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B. RECOMMENDATIONS
Special Tables and Analytical Studies
The following special tables and analyses that were not part of this research
effort, are recommended, and can be part of a follow-on effort:
^Individual State tablcs-from the data base it will be possible to replicate the
type of information shown in Table 4, Illinois, for all seven other Great Lakes
States. It is important to note that while the confidence level for the overall data
for an individual State is close enough to +/-5 to be acceptable, it is not
acceptable to use data from the three areas: basin: border/non-border and non-
basin, separately.
The general information from the State tables may be useful to the
governmental organizations with which GLNPO has working affiliations. The
data may also be useful to local environmental organizations. It can also be used
for public information programs.
Should the States wish to obtain more detailed data about the environmental
knowledge, opinions and awareness of their citizens it will be necessary to
survey at least 400 persons within each individual State, dividing the population
into geographic zones by distance from the nearest Great Lake.
2 *The following special tables and analyses are recommended for follow-up for
Questions 8 and 9: Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be vour Lake?
Why do you feel that Lake is your lake?
a)All questions by lake ownership
b)Lake ownership by nearest lake by all questions
c)By lake: don't own a lake; own closest lake; own other than expected lake
d)By lake, by reasons; by other than expected lake, by reasons
e)By lake basin, by owned lake, by reasons
The analyses from the above tables are close to qualitative data of the type
obtainable in focus groups, and therefore are appropriate for a follow-up to this
study.
Qualitative questions and issues that could not be incorporated into this
baseline survey include: beliefs, fears, knowledge of health problems resulting
from environmental conditions within the Great Lakes; trusted sources of
information and education by various publics.
3 •Qualitative Studies of Publics: Respondent Profiles
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The cluster-discriminant analysis, based on questions within the survey,
provides segmentation information about the respondent publics. Using the 1995
baseline survey responses, much is learned through the cluster methodology,
about the respondents and their beliefs and actions. To obtain additional
information such as a more in-depth set of personal beliefs regarding issues
pertinent to the Great Lakes, but not covered in this survey, additional studies
are needed, or in some cases, data can be purchased. For example, such aspects
as political beliefs or buying habits, may be available in a data base from
specialty agencies.
Four cluster types: Active, Unaware, Sympathizer, and Inactive, are profiled:
The Actives are 14% of the respondent population. The Unaware are 23% of
the population. The Sympathizers are 37%, and the Inactive are 27%. Almost
three-quarters of the respondents are, or think they are to some extent,
environmentally active.
Many polls and studies have focused on profiles of the U.S. publics. Such
studies are done to provide direction for reaching the publics with targeted
messages to help position the marketing or image of a corporation or agency
with publics. Findings of this study for the U.S. EPA resemble many previous
study findings. For example, Roper1 study findings are supported by this
U.S. EPA research: Roper found a core of environmental activists with a profile
similar to the Active cluster; they found a "swing" group in the middle on most
issues and behaviors, who can go either pro-or-anti-environment The swing
group profile is similar to the Unaware and Sympathizer clusters. Roper's least
affluent group, little if at all, involved in environmental behaviors, is similar to
the Inactive cluster. Analysis of the four clusters appears in Section E.
Recommendation: That plans for programs and communication themes to
reach these groups be developed; the research team from Health Education
Research, Inc. (HER) can be of assistance in refining and focusing such plans.
4. Additional Research Recommended
The baseline study will need up-dating every three to four years to obtain
comparative data, and to incorporate needed new questions. It is recommended
'The Environment Public Attitudes and Individual Behavior. The Roper Organization for S.C. Johnson & Son.
Inc.. July 1990.
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that an advisory body be assembled to work with the U.S. EPA, Region 5 and
GLNPO communications and technical teams to consider what the overall
research needs are for the Great Lakes basin, including the individual states and
Canada. Possible items to consider environmental beliefs and lifestyle changes in
the relevant populations; (a population/belief audit) the influence and impact of
media and their messages (a communications audit); the impact and influence of
opinion leaders (an issues audit).
S.Use of The 1995 Baseline Research Studv-
For Programs
-Activities in which the publics can participate as a means of expressing their
interest and using their energies to the betterment of their Great Lake(s) are an
important outcome of this study. There are already 14% of the respondents who
are active environmentalists; but an additional 60% are potentially interested in
the Great Lakes and water quality issues.
•-Communications to publics in the eight-State Great Lakes basin area can
carry action plans and educational information of the type noted in this study as
being what various publics would like to see emanate from the U.S. EPA. (See
above, cluster analysis; and below, press conference.)
For Dissemination of Data
-Present findings to U.S. EPA and GLNPO teams: Environmental
Monitoring and Indicators; Habitat; Sediment; Pollution Prevention;
Communications and all others—disseminating copies of the report and charts.
The research team from HER, Inc, can prepare a presentation similar to the
program that introduced findings of the Lake Guardian study to EPA and
GLNPO staffs; and stands ready to work with staff to assist in research data
applications to develop program plans based on the outcomes and findings of this
research project
-Present findings to other governmental agencies and environmental
organizations engaged in work specific to the Great Lake. The following
presentation programs are recommended:
- To be hosted by U.S. EPA Region 5 and GLNPO staffs, a program for
environmental groups that have expressed interest in the outcomes of this study.
- Presentation meetings for State governmental agency leadership, focusing on
currently available findings by State and potential for further research by States.
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-Press conference for public and governmental media, especially members
of the press involved in reporting on environmental issues. There is a
discrepancy between some current trends regarding legal/political bases for
maintaining clean water and clean air and other environmental initiatives—and
the public's determination to do more about specific problems, as seen in this
research. There is much research on the formation of public attitudes and
opinions about environmental issues, including recent research2 on the
relationship between public attitudes regarding pollution, and the media's role in
agenda-setting, validating our conclusions that the public needs (1) real-world
contact with specific environmental programs, such as identification with the
Great Lakes basin and the condition of the water as it affects humans, fish and
other fauna and flora that depend upon the lakes; (2) the public needs the media
to tell them what the problems and programs are and how important
environmental issues are to themselves, their families and communities. The
media themselves are not adept at detecting what is important in this regard
from real-world cues; therefore it is recommended that press kits and a
conference give the media such required background as this 1995 baseline study
to enable them to present Great Lakes environmental issues to the public.
-Presentation of findings at academic conferences; preparation of publishable
papers for refereed journals. HER, Inc. participates in such conferences, has
presented findings from the Lake Guardian study, and recommends that similar
efforts be made for this research.
C. TELEPHONE SURVEY: METHODOLOGY -1995
This section includes:
•The sampling plan—how the entire Great Lakes Basin was divided into segments
to provide a rational and economic approach to the total population;
•Projection of the sample to the total population;
•Confidence levels of the survey outcomes;
•Statistical significance outcomes.
•Cluster analysis methodology
2A Longitudinal Study of Agenda Setting for the Issue of Environmental Pollution. Journalism A M^
Communication? Quarterly. Summer 1995
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THE SAMPLING PLAN - Each Great Lakes State was divided into three
segments for the sampling plan. The segments were based on the concept of the
Lake Basin population vs. non-Lake Basin populations. Each Great Lake Basin
was divided into border counties vs. non-border counties within the Basin. The
rationale for this sampling plan was based on the knowledge derived from the
Lake Guardian research study (1993 U.S. EPA/Great Lakes National Program
Office, Region 5, research study to determine effectiveness of presenting the
work of the research scientists aboard the Lake Guardian to the public and to
educators and students). This research focused entirely on the populations
bordering the Great Lakes. Results of the Lake Guardian study snowed a
population profile of persons especially concerned about the Lake, and about the
environment. These were individuals who had responded to Lake Guardian
publicity by coming aboard the ship. In contrast, the randomly called population
in the same border communities, provided a profile of distinctly different
demographic and far less environmentally concerned belief patterns.
The sampling plan, therefore, was designed to provide a baseline description
of the entire Great Lakes Basin, for each of the eight States and to describe
populations by proximity to or location relative to the basin of each Great Lake
Border counties are those which border on lakes and/or channels. "Other"
non-border counties are those which lie at least partially within the boundary of
the Great Lake Basin. Non-basin counties lie entirely outside the basin. The
quota of completed interviews for the entire study was 2,000, with 250 to be
obtained from each State, and 83-84 from each of the border, other and non-
basin areas within each State. Two states were exceptions to this rule. Illinois
has no "other" basin counties, therefore the non-basin quota was increased to
167. Michigan has no non-basin land area, therefore its "other" basin quota was
increased to 167. Overall, an equal number of border, other basin and non-
basin interviews were accomplished as planned.
(See Appendix B, Sampling Plan)
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Surveys were completed from random-digit dial samples, as follows:
AREA CALLS POPULATION
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
253
250
254
251
258
254
267
247
11,431,000
5,544,000
9,302,000
4,375,000
17,990,000
10,847,000
11,882,000
4,891,000
TOTAL 2,034 76,261,000
BASIN COUNTIES
Border 662 18,501,000
Other 678 11,568,000
NON-BASIN
COUNTIES 694 46,093,000
CONFIDENCE LEVELS-SAMPLE PROJECTIONS - A table of confidence
levels appears in Appendix D. This table has been prepared to reflect the sample
sizes most often appearing in the tables for this research.
STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE -A table for the derivation of statistical
significance appears in Appendix C Statistical significance shows the strength of
relationships between variables; it shows whether the strength of a relationship is
such that randomness is decreased. For example at the .05 level, which is
considered significant, the observed relationships between the variables would
occur only 5% of the time if the variables were independent, which means that
95% of the time the relationships do not happen by chance.
SPECIAL TABLES - To analyze the data by important characteristics, a
number of special tables have been developed. These tables have been divided
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into three major groupings: Tables A provide overall sets of data; Tables B
analyze the basic data set by specific questions from the survey. Tables C
present cluster/discriminant analyses of the respondents by environmental
consciousness.
TABLES A
Table 1 ~ All areas. This table presents the data by counties at the borders of
the Great Lakes, other Lake basin counties, total basin data, non-basin counties,
and grand total.
Table 2 — By border counties within a Lake Basin; providing a comparison
of Lake Basins regardless of the State.
Table 3 - By all states, giving the total for each one, including basin and
non-basin counties
Table 4 - A sample of one individual State, Illinois, by basin and non-basin
counties in total. Note that the statistical confidence level for an individual State,
in total, is slightly below (+/- 6.3) the acceptable level of +/- 5, but provides
useful data. However, the confidence level for basin/non-basin data is far too
low to be acceptably used and is therefore not shown.
TABLES B
The following tables provide data cross-tabulated by an individual question from
the survey, by all other questions.
Table 5 — Question 1 - how concerned are you about environmental
conditions in the Great Lakes?
Table 6 - Question 10 - which Great Lake do you live nearest to?
Table 7 — Question 11— distance to nearest Lake in miles
Table 8 - Question 16 - rating of lake water quality
Table 9 - Question 8 — owned lake, for questions 1 through 10 and
27 through 42
Table lO-.Question 30 - questions 21,22,23,24 by living in or out of basin
Table 11—A special table showing the difference between owned lake and
nearest lake
In all tables, responses are weighted to reflect the actual population of the area
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represented. This procedure is followed to provide an understanding of the
census populations represented in each breakdown of the data.
TABLE C - CLUSTER ANALYSIS
Although it was not the focus of this study, questions concerning
environmental self-perception and actual personal behavior were included in the
set of questions (questions number 23 and 24). Using these data, a segmentation
analysis was performed to define an underlying structure with respect to these
issues.
The K-Means clustering procedure (nearest centroid clustering) was used to
define the clusters and assign each case in the file to one of the four clusters.
This algorithm is appropriate for files with a large number of cases (more than
200), but it requires the analyst to specify the number of clusters to be defined.
To define the clusters (groups), factor analysis was used. This procedure
reduces a large number of variables to the smaller number of factors. The
regression method of factor analysis was used in this study, and the results
indicated that four basic groups existed in the data. Therefore the cluster
analysis was specified to produce four clusters from the data. See Section E,
respondent profiles.
D. SURVEY FINDINGS: ANALYSES BY QUESTIONS
The survey questionnaire appears in Appendix A. Instructions to the
telephone survey personnel are included with the questions so that it is easy to
see whether the questions have been structured, or open to free responses.
In the following analyses each question is examined individually as it appears
in sequence in the survey, using Table 1 as the data base. Where applicable,
results from Special Tables, for example, Table 5, which provides cross-
tabulated data for Q. 1. "How concerned are you, personally, about
environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?** with all other questions, are
reported with each of the question analyses.
Analysis by cluster groups appears at the conclusion of the analyses by
questions.
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QUESTION 1: How concerned arc vou personally, about environmental
conditions in the Great Lakes?
Overall (table 1) 79% of respondents indicate they are either somewhat or
very concerned. Concern, 90%, is greatest at the at the border, 85% at other
basin counties, and 74% outside the basin
The basin respondents.at the border are most likely to say they are very
concerned, 47%; at other basin counties, 41%; and then a great drop-off to 25%
at non-basin counties. This calls into question the non-basin response of 49%
somewhat concerned, an answer that could be interpreted as possibly just feeling
a need to indicate some type of concern.
Few respondents indicated they are not very concerned, which at the border
is 9%, at other basin counties, goes up to 13% and outside the basin is highest, at
17%.
That most respondents do have concerns about the Great Lakes, can be seen
in the don't know response, which was low overall, (table 1), from 2% for the
border to a high of only 6% for non-basin counties. Table 6, closest lake, shows
both Lakes Erie and Ontario at 6% don't know. By State, Table 3, PA. has the
highest, 9%, don't know, while Minnesota, and Wisconsin are lowest, 1%.
Lake Huron respondents are by far highest in responding that they are very
concerned, personally, about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes,(table
6).
It is surprising that Lake Erie respondents, (table 6), are the least of the very
concerned and highest for not very concerned. This result might be explained
by Table 3, where both Ohio, with the predominant counties in the Lake Erie
Basin, Pennsylvania and New York, show low levels of concern. All three states
have major population centers over 100 miles from the Great Lakes.
It can be seen (table 7), that when populations are, for the most part, not in
the Lake Basin, their level of concern diminishes. There is a high level of very
concerned, 49%, from respondents who live less than 5 miles, and it remains
high all the way to respondents who live from 50 to 75 miles from their nearest
Great Lake. As might be expected, the level of not very concerned is highest,
21%, for those living beyond 100 miles from their nearest Great Lake.
Another surprise awaits in Table 7, where respondents who live from 25 to
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49 miles away from their nearest Great Lake, have the highest overall level of
concern, 95%, and the highest level, 51%, of being very concerned. It is clear
that this group believes they live in the basin, 52%; they are part of the large,
young, suburban population of the U.S, well educated, and the highest Caucasian
group, 93%. Also showing high levels of concern about the Great Lakes
environment, are those who live from 10 to 24 miles from their nearest Great
Lake, with 77% believing they live within the basin. This group, too, is part of
the vast, young, suburban population, more mixed racially than the previously
noted group, and also highly educated.
QUESTION 2: Who do you think is watching out for the environment of the
Great Lakes?
While the EPA comes out on the top of all lists, even the respondents who
live near a Great Lake do not really know who is watching out for the Great
Lakes: 41% of persons at the border (table 1), and 42% of respondents for non-
border basin counties (table 1) say they don't know.
Over half, 52%, of non-basin respondents don't know who watches out for
the Great Lake environment (table 1).
When they do guess who is responsible, it is principally the Federal level of
government that comes out much higher than State or local entities: 26% border
and other basin and 25% non-basin (table 1), with the EPA mentioned most
often by the border (16%) and non-basin (15%) respondents. Conservation
organizations garner 7% of the guesses, while the whole community including
business gets about 5%. The Department qf Natural Resources gets 5% of the
border, 7% of other basin and only 1% of nonbasin respondents.
Lake Huron respondents appear to be more sure of their answers to this
question, with don't know responses only 38% (table 6); while the respondents
who say they live closest to Lake Ontario have an extremely high, 65% (table 6)
don't know response. However, when the respondents in the Lake Ontario basin
are polled, only 39% (table 2), don't know. This extreme skew is due not only
to great variance in population numbers, but also to the large numbers of
respondents who, although they live closest to Ontario, still may be great
distances away in miles and perceptions.
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Ohio, 25% and IL, 22%, are highest (table 3) in thinking it's the EPA that is
responsible; while Pennsylvania,57%, and New York,55%, are highest for don't
know responses. It is not surprising that the respondents who are not very
concerned about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes (Q.I, table 5) have
a 61% don't know response when asked who watches out for the Great Lakes
environment. Those who are very concerned give the EPA and Federal
government the highest vote of all other groups, 30%, and they have higher
percentages in naming all categories of potential lake-watchers than do the
respondents who are only somewhat or not concerned.
QUESTION 3: For each of the following environmental actions, please tell me
whether you would like to sec more efforts, less efforts, or no change in current
efforts in the Great Lake.fCategories of beneficial use impairments)
An amazing response shows that all respondents, regardless of concern about
the Great Lakes environment, want to do more about beneficial use impairments.
Even individuals who report being not very concerned or only somewhat
concerned about the Great Lake environment, see that it is very important to do
more. This is shown in the cross-tabulation of Q. 3 by Q. 1, Table 5. Example:
81% of all those who said they were not very concerned, personally, about the
Great Lakes environmental conditions, said it was important to do more about
cleaning up polluted areas; 83% want to do more about preventing new
pollution; 82% want to do more about educating people about the causes of
pollution; 84% want to do more about reducing pollution that harms the health
of fish; 85% want to do more about reducing pollution that harms the health of
people; and these are just the respondents who said they were not very
concerned.
The mandate to do more about the Great Lakes environment as stated in
Table 5, Q.3, beneficial use impairments, is stronger for those who are
somewhat concerned, and, of course, strongest for those who are very
concerned. But even the respondents who said they didn't know the answer to Q
1, whether they are, personally, concerned with Great Lake environmental
conditions, for the most part give very high ratings to do more about all items in
Q.3.
Why might individuals who say they don't know whether they are concerned
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say they want to do more about the items listed in Q.3? Evidently, when asked
in general terms about their concerns with environmental conditions, as in Ql,
people may shrug off such thoughts, and perhaps not know what the question
really means to them. But when they are confronted with such realities as
reducing pollution harmful to people and to fish and wildlife, cleaning up
polluted areas and preventing new pollution—then they know specifically what is
being asked and how to answer. And they answer in big percentage numbers in
favor of doing more.
This favorable response holds true across all tables (1 through 8).
The greatest response (table 1) 93%, was to do more to clean up pollution
harmful to people, followed closely by the related items of reducing pollution
harmful to fish and wildlife, 91% and cleaning up polluted areas, 90%. The
next group of responses were for preventing new pollution, 89%; enforcing
regulations on industry, 87%; and educating people about the causes and effects
of pollution, 86%. Restoring fish and wildlife habitats, 83%, is higher than
organizing volunteers to clean up pollution, 81%. Scientific research about the
quality of the water supply is only 76%; while the more personal items of
keeping the beaches open, 70% and improving the taste of drinking water, 61%,
are lowest on the rating scale.
When looked at by states (table 3) there are interesting sidelights, such as the
states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, where the respondents are highest on no
change and presumably know about local programs for such actions as reducing
pollution that harms the health of people, fish and wildlife, or improving the
taste of drinking water, etc. Another interesting response is from the states of
New York and Pennsylvania, which are highest on wanting to do more about
educational programs, cleaning up polluted areas, enforcing regulations, and
reducing harmful pollution, including cleaning up beaches to keep them open to
the public - even though these two states have practically no beaches on the
Great Lakes.
QUESTION 4: Is there anv environmental action I haven't named that you
would like to see get more attention?
Very few could name an additional action to get more attention. The basin
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population (table 1) has slightly more ideas, beyond enforcement of existing
anti-pollution laws, such as protecting lands and endangered flora and fauna,
3%. Mentioned, too, by all groups, is education, 2%. Minnesota respondents
are unusually high, 10%, in wanting pollution enforcement (table 3), it is the
very concerned respondents (table 4) who most want pollution enforcement, 8%;
and education, 3%. Those who live closest to Lake Superior, (table 6) want
enforcement of pollution laws, 11%.
Education,4% is most important to those living near Lake Ontario Protecting
endangered lands, flora and fauna is chiefly a concern for those living near
Lakes Michigan and Huron. Enforcement of pollution laws is the highest
concern of persons living up to ten miles from their nearest Great Lake, 9%,
(table 7); and it is principally those (table 8) who think the water quality is fair
or poor who want some actions.
QUESTION 5: How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are
cleaned of pollution to an acceptable level?
Respondents who are either somewhat or very concerned (table 5) believe it
will take from less than 5 years to 25 years to clean up pollution in the Great
Lakes to an acceptable level. However, for those who think it will be over 100
years, it's the not very concerned and the don't knows who predominate
indicating that the less one knows or cares about the environment, the less likely
one is to be optimistic about the time frame for clean-up. It's the respondents
who live from 50 to 100 miles from the nearest Great Lakes (table 7) who either
don't know or think it will take over 100 years to clean up acceptably.
In all areas, (table 1), 73% believe acceptable clean-up will take place within
25 years. Only 8% think it will take longer. The non-basin respondents give the
highest, don't know answer, 22%, to this question. As might be expected, Ohio
and New York, states with large non-basin populations, (table 3) have the highest
don't know response, 22% and 24%. Lake Huron respondents (table 6), the
smallest population group, have the least don't know group,8%. Lake Superior,
also a small population group is highest, 13%, for those who believe it will take
less than 5 years.
Of the very small group of respondents who believe water quality is excellent
(table 8), 73% think that it will be within 25 years to clean up pollution
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acceptably. While almost one-third of that group think it could happen within 5
years or less, somewhat more than one-third don't know when it will happen.
The largest groups, those with fair to poor judgment of water quality, tend to
think it won't take place within 5 years, but more likely within 25 years.
QUESTION 6: Who should oav for this cleanup?
There is a good base of unanimity about who is responsible for paying to
clean up Great Lakes pollution. Half the basin population (table 1) believe
everyone should pay for the cleanup — it's just a bit less, 46%, for the non-basin
respondents. Adding everyone and government as jointly spreading the
responsibility for paying, the basin goes up to 68%, non-basin 64%. The two
other major categories of payers mentioned are industry and persons responsible
for polluting. Adding these together gives a 25% response for the basin; and
31% for the non-basin. An interesting difference by State (table 3) shows
Indiana, where the steel mill and manufacturing counties along the lakefront
have been termed among the worst in the nation for air and water pollution,
highest, 30%, in believing industry should pay. But in differences by Great
Lakes, it is Lake Ontario respondents (table 10) who think, 32%, that industry
should pay; Michigan is 25% and Lake Erie respondents only 21%. The small
group (table 8) who rate lake water as excellent, are the lowest, 13%, in
believing industry should pay.
The more concerned (table 5) respondents are somewhat higher on industry
and lower on wanting government to pay for clean up. But overall, including
the huge group living more than 100 miles from the nearest Great Lakes (table
7), there is a comfortable unanimity between border, basin, non-basin
populations about spreading the cost of pollution clean-up between industry,
government, and everyone.
QUESTION 7. People get information about the environment from many
different sources. Please tell me if each of the following is a major, minor, or
not a source at all for you personally.
Newspapers top the list for everyone (table 1) at 62% as a major source of
information; TV is a close second, 60%. A drop-off for magazines, 42%, and
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TV news magazine shows, 38%, is followed by another drop to radio news, 29%
and environmental newsletters, 24%. Radio talk shows and advertisements tie at
19%. GLNPO is next as a source of information, 14% *(see below); followed
by government and employers, 13% and lastly computer/internet at 7%.
*When GLNPO and their library were mentioned as a major source of
information, an extra question, "how did you hear about them?", was posed by
one of the phone surveyors, to get some insight into this response. Of the 22
persons so questioned, published newspaper articles were mentioned most often.
Other sources were: school and public library, TV and PBS, wildlife books,
hunters, fishermen, friends, and the Great Lakes Indian Agency. One individual
was a natural resource person for 30 years; and two persons said they learned
about the library just then through the survey.
To reach Minnesota respondents try TV first, since they give it a high, 71 %,
rating as a major source (table 3).but they also read newspapers a lot, 68%.
Reach the very concerned (table 5) through newspapers which they rate as a
major source 69%; the large group of somewhat concemeds follow the overall
pattern of reading and watching all sources. It might be worth finding out what
magazines the Lake Huron respondents rely on (table 6) since they give this
source a very high rating, 52%. Working suburbanites (table 7) living 10 to 50
miles from the nearest Great Lakes, may listen to car radios a lot since they rank
both radio news and talk shows very highly as sources of information. Two
groups ranking advertisements unusually high as a major source of information
are those who live 5 to 9 miles from a Great Lakes and those who are 75 to 100
miles from their nearest Great Lake. Respondents who rate the quality of lake
water excellent (table 8), are unusual for radio news and talk shows and
government including GLNPO, which they rate very high as major sources of
information; employers they generally rate as not being a source at all
QUESTION 8: Do vou consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake? Which?
To obtain data that reflects as accurately as possible the knowledge and
opinions of the respondents about a specific Great Lake, two questions were
needed: Q.8, which gives the "feeling" about a specific lake; Q.9 explicates that
feeling; and Q. 10, which gives the "rational" response of precisely which is the
nearest lake, thus giving the respondents a platform from which they could all
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talk about the issues in the survey from the same starting point—the lake nearest
where they live now. Therefore, all of the questions are analyzed in terms of
Q.10, nearest lake.
For 57% of the respondents, a specific Great Lake was felt to be their lake.
Of those, 64% said it was chosen because it was the closest lake (table 1) Table
11 shows the intersection of "your lake" by "nearest lake". It shows the actual
numbers and the weighted numbers of respondents who live near a specific lake,
but chose to respond with a different lake when asked which was their lake; or
who chose no lake, in addition to those who chose a specific lake. Also see table
3, Q.10, for insight into how respondents differed even in choosing the closest
lake. Example: Minnesota respondents chose Lake Superior 87%, Lake Michigan
11%, and Lakes Erie and Ontario, 1% each, as being the closest Great Lakes.
See table 9 for responses to Q.8; answers are provided for questions 1
through 9, and 27 through 42 since these are accurate in reflecting total data.
Data for answers to Q.10 through Q.26 are available on disk, if needed. These
questions were posed in terms of the closest lake, but there is, as noted,
considerable overlap between "my lake" and the closest lake. See the section on
recommendations regarding a possible follow-up for data analysis having to do
with Qs 8 and 9.
QUESTION 9: Whv do you feel that lake ( ) is vour lake?
Closest lake accounts for 41% of the answers to why a particular lake was
chosen as their own. For 6% of respondents, having grown up near the lake or
having lived there at one time provides their attachment to a Great Lake.
Activities of fishing, swimming, boating and family outings are the next set of
reasons given (table 1).
There are differences by Great Lake (table 6): Michigan is highest, 50%, as
the Great Lake closest, Huron is highest, 11%, for recall of growing up or
having lived there; fishing is highest for Lakes Huron and Ontario; swimming
seems unusually high, 13%, for Huron compared to Michigan, 6%, and all other
lakes at about 3%.
The differences by State (table 3), reflect the distance from shoreline and
influence of a Great Lake, with New York, 27%, and Pennsylvania, 30%, lowest
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in responding closest as the reason for choosing a lake. Activities including
fishing and swimming are given as reasons for choosing a lake throughout all
eight states. Michigan has an unusually high, 12%, who mention swimming as
the principal reason for choosing the lake.
Even for those living more than 100 miles away (table 7), 27% of
respondents could choose a Great Lake because it was closest; and only 2% were
unsure. The percentages increase dramatically as mileage from the lake
decreases: 60% of those living from 5 to 50 miles away could choose a closest
Great Lake; 71% living less than 5 miles chose their closest Great Lake. About
6% said they grew up near the lake, and they chose it, even if they now live 5 to
100 miles away. For the border respondents, 10% said they grew up near the
lake.
Those who are not very concerned (table 5) hardly ever name fishing or
swimming as activities, but they do name family outings, 11%, and boating, 4%,
as reasons for choosing a lake. The concerned respondents are high on all
activities, especially fishing, 13%. In terms of their opinion about lake water
quality (table 8), respondents who believe it is excellent, 52%, are the highest in
saying their lake is the closest Great Lake. It is interesting to note that those
who believe lake water quality is poor, or fair, give the highest response to
fishing and swimming as their reason for choosing a lake.
Lakes Erie, 80%, and Michigan, 74%, (table 9) have the greatest numbers
choosing a Great Lake because it is closest. Lakes Superior, 17%, and Huron,
16%, are highest on "grew up there, used to live there". There are differences
by Great Lake for not only fishing, swimming and other activities, but even in
perception of beauty, where Lake Superior is chosen, 6%; Huron is next at 3%
and Erie is lowest for beauty at less than half of one percent. The oddities are
Erie and Ontario which are chosen most often for fishing; Huron chosen most
for swimming; Ontario and Superior chosen most for family outings. These are
perceptual, emotional responses about why this is "my" lake.
QUESTION 10. Which one of the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
Over half the border respondents and 26% of the non-basin respondents said
Lake Michigan (table 1), was nearest. Lake Erie was next with 34% basin and
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45% non-basin; Lakes Huron and Ontario each had 8% basin, but Ontario was
19% non-basin, while Huron was less than half of 1% non-basin. Lake Superior
was 4% basin and 8% non-basin.
When seen by all states (table 3) each State shows multiple choices of closest
lake. For example, Wisconsin respondents chose Lake Superior,13%, Lake
MichiganJ58%, and less than 1% each for Huron and Erie. Ohio shows 94%
for Lake Erie and 6% for Lake Michigan. Pennsylvania, is 89% Erie, 9%
Ontario and 1% Michigan. New York and Michigan respondents name all five
lakes: for New York: 3% Superior, 1% Huron, 3% Michigan, 37% Erie, 56%
Ontario. For Michigan: 5% Superior, 27% Huron, 44% Michigan, 23% Erie,
1% Ontario. Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota each name four lakes: Indiana; 1%
each for Superior and Ontario, 91% Michigan, 8% Erie; Illinois: 2% Superior,
1% Huron, 97% Michigan and 1% Erie; Minnesota: 87% Superior, 11%
Michigan, 1% each Erie and Ontario.
In comparing responses to closest lake by distance to lake (table 7), Lake
Michigan, of course, with its lengthy shore borders, has 51% of all respondents
who say they live less than 5 miles from their nearest lake; 55% of all who live
from 5 to 9 miles, 50% of those who live 10 to 24 miles, 56% of persons living
25 to 49 miles, 40% from 50 to 75 miles, 34% from 75 to 100 miles, and 25%
of those who live more than 100 miles. In contrast, Lake Superior has 9% who
live within 5 miles, and 25% living 50 to more than 100 miles away. Lake
Ontario, too, has 8% at less than 5 miles, 19% at more than 100 miles and 31%
between 10 to 100 miles away. Lake Huron has only 5% less than 5 miles from
its borders, and 29% from 10 to 100 miles away. Lake Erie has 28% at 5 miles
or less from its border, and from 30% to 40% at greater distances from the
lake.
Among those respondents who are not very concerned about the Great Lakes
environmental conditions, the fewest respondents (1/10 of 1%) live close to Lake
Huron (table 5), and the largest number say Lake Erie is their closest lake, 45%.
But Lake Erie also accounts for 41% of the somewhat concerned respondents
and 34% of the very concerned respondents. Lake Michigan comprises the
most, 41%, of the very concerned, but fewer, 33%, of the somewhat concerned
and only 29% of the not very concerned.
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Not surprisingly, Lake Erie comprises the largest group, 46%, who think the
lake water quality is poor. Lake Michigan is not far behind, with 40% of those
who think the lake water quality is poor, but Lake Michigan comprises 43% of
those who think it is excellent and 34% of those who think it is good. Persons
living closest to Superior, Huron and Ontario are prominently represented
among those who rate the closest lake excellent and good for water quality.
However, 16% of fair ratings are for Lake Ontario, two to three times higher
than Superior and Huron
QUESTION 11: How far would you have to drive to the nearest Great Lake?
Within the eight states bordering the Great Lakes, (table 1) there are 8% of
respondents who live less than 5 miles, 12% who live from 5 to 25 miles from a
lake, 22% who live from 25 to 75 miles and 55% who live more than 100 miles
away. When compared by responses to nearest lake (table 6), the proportion
who live more than 100 miles away is: Lake Ontario, 72%; Superior, 67%; Erie
63%; Michigan 41%, and Huron 19%.
Comparing just the lake basin/border responses (table 1) shows close to half
that population lives within 10 miles of the Great Lakes, the other half living 10
to 50 miles from the Great Lakes and small percentages all the way up to over
100 miles away.
When looked at by State (table 3) most heavy concentrations of population
are readily seen to be in large cities bordering the lakes. Example, Illinois, has
15% of its population within 5 miles and half the population within 50 miles of
the nearest Great Lake. Indiana, however, has 5% within 5 miles and 15%
within 50 miles of the nearest lake; Minnesota has 3% within 5 miles and only
6% within 50 miles.
In the way concern is expressed (table 5), it is not a surprise that 71% of
those who say they are not very concerned and 66% of those who don't know
whether they are, or are not, concerned, live more than 100 miles from their
nearest lake. But the good news is that also living 100 or more miles away are
44% of the very concerned and 57% of the somewhat concerned. The other half
of the population who are very concerned and somewhat concerned live from
less than 5 miles to 100 miles from the nearest lake, with a small higher
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percentage at less than 5 miles.
Respondents who rate the nearest lake's water quality as excellent (table 8),
are most likely to live within 5 miles of it, 17%, compared to respondents rating
lake water quality lower. Persons who don't know about water quality are
primarily more than 100 miles from a lake, 80%.
QUESTION 12: How long would it take you to drive there?
Comparing Q.ll with Q.I2 (table 7), shows that 32% of all respondents
living within 100 miles of their nearest lake say it takes one hour or less to drive
there; 66% who live from 10 to more than 100 miles away say it takes more
than one hour. The perception of length of drive-time over one hour begins
with respondents who live 10 to 50 miles,5%; beyond 50 miles the perception of
long drive times increases dramatically, up to 99% for those who live beyond
100 miles.
From 5 to 30 minutes is the most anyone near the border (table 1) of the
closest lake has to drive; 50% of respondents near Lakes Huron and Superior say
it*s just 5 minutes to the lake.
Only 45% of the respondents living within the basin, but away from the
borders, can drive to the lake in less than one hour. The other 55% have to
drive more than one hour. It takes 92% of the non-basin respondents more than
one hour to drive to the lake, which supports their estimates of distances of more
than 100 miles to the closest lake.
Looking at the total populations by closest lake (table 6), shows Lakes
Superior and Ontario, 80%, and Erie, 73% as having the largest groups who
have to drive one hour or more to get to the lake; only 32% of all respondents
say it takes less than one hour to drive there.
By State (table 3), Minnesota and Pennsylvania tie with 92% of respondents
saying it takes more than one hour to drive to their closest lake. Next are New
York, 77%; Indiana, 74% and Ohio, 63%. The shortest drive times are for
Wisconsin, 9%; Michigan, 8%; and Illinois, 6%, with less than a five minute
drive.
Among those who are not'very concerned about Great Lakes environmental
conditions and those who don't know, 80% and 78% respectively, live more than
one hour from their nearest lake.(table 5). But again, the good news is that
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among these who are very concerned, and somewhat concerned, 68% and 55%
respectively live more than one hour from their nearest lake.
Among respondents who feel that lake water quality is excellent, 50% live
one hour or less from their nearest lake.(table 8) For those who rate water
quality as good, fair or poor, only 40% live less than an hour from a lake, and
among those that have no opinion, only 13% are within an hour of a lake.
QUESTION 13: What activities have you and your family done at the lake in the
past 12 months?
It is not surprising that 76% of respondents who do not live in the Great
Lakes basin (table 1) say they don't go to the lake, yet multiple activities at a
Great Lake are reported for this group. These include fishing highest at 9%;
boating 8%; swimming 7%; family outings, 6%; walking/jogging, 5%; camping,
4% and other shore activities 3%. Within the Great Lakes basin (table 1)
swimming goes up to 23%; fishing and boating, 19%; walking/jogging, 18%;
family outings, 16%; other shore activities, 7%; camping, 6%.
Looked at by State (table 3), Michigan is the big winner for swimming, 26%;
fishing, 23%; and boating, 22%. Minnesota and Wisconsin are highest for
walking/jogging, family outings, camping.and other shore activities.
Among those that say they are very concerned (table 5), 49% say they haven't
gone to the Great Lakes in the past year, but this group reports far higher levels
of activity than those who are only somewhat or not very concerned. Example:
the very concerned report fishing, 21%; the somewhat concerned, 11%; the not
very concerned, 5%. The very concerned constitute 33% of all respondents.
The same type of gradations occur for water quality ratings (table 8). The
25% of respondents who graded water quality excellent or good— report far
higher percentages of activities at the Great Lakes, and of course show the
lowest percentages for not going to the Great Lakes~37% and 47%. The 75%
who graded water fair, poor, or don't know, report not going to the Great Lakes
55%, 57%, and 94% respectively. If respondents don't see or go to the Great
Lakes, they can't grade the environment and quality of what is being done or
should be done. But there are activities reported by those who grade water
quality poor, such as a very high, 21% for fishing, 17% for swimming, and 14%
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for boating.
Overall, 63% never go to a lake, and the remainder report multiple activities
at a Great Lake. For (table 6) Lakes Ontario and Erie, with almost 55% of all
respondents, 72% and 71% say they never go to the lake. Lake Huron, with 4%
of all respondents, has only 39% who say they don't go to the lake, and by far
the highest levels of activities reported except for family outings and camping.
The remaining 42% of respondents, principally for Lake Michigan, but also for
Superior, show more than half never go to the lake, but when they do there are
very high levels of all activities.
Among the 55% of all respondents (table 7) who live 100 or more miles
from a Great Lake, 80% report that they never go there. Yet even in this group
all activities are reported, albeit at low levels. For the 8% who live less than 5
miles from a Great Lake, only 20% report not going to the lake, and all
activities are reported at the highest levels, with walking/jogging at the peak of
39%. Even those who live 5 to 9 miles away report 18% and those who live 10
to 24 miles away report 19% for walking/jogging. Swimming, fishing and
boating top the activities lists overall.
QUESTION 14: Have you or vour family gone fishing at the Great Lakes in the
past year? Do you fish for food or for soort?
When asked directly about fishing as an activity,(table 1) recall improves a
bit, so the total for all respondents who say they have fished, is 15%, not 13% as
reported for Q.13 (table 1). Fishing is done principally by those in the Great
Lakes basin, 24%; where it is mostly for sport, 15%; or both food and sport,
7%; 2% fish for food only. Outside the basin,(table 1) fishing is reported as a
sporting activity only, 7%; for food only 1%; and for both food and sport, 1%.
Only one State, Michigan, (table 3) reports a high amount, 21%, of sport
fishing. All other states report an average of 10% for sport fishing and above
80% for no fishing at all. Wisconsin respondents are highest in fishing for food;
8% reporting both food and sport, 3% food only.
As might be expected, living closer to the Great Lakes means more fishing
(table 7). Respondents living less than 5 miles report sport fishing at 25%; it
dips to 15% at 5 to 9 miles, and beyond 100 miles, drops to 5%.
Lake Huron respondents (table 6) have the highest, 21%, amount of sport
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fishing plus 8% fishing for food and sport; but Lake Superior respondents are
highest, 6%, in reporting fishing for food only. Lakes Michigan and Erie, with
the greatest population, 74%, report almost identical fishing patterns: a minimal,
1%, for food; 4% for food and sport; and about 10% for sport only.
Respondents who are very concerned about the environment (table 5) report
highest on sport fishing, 20%, and fishing both for food and sport, 6%. Those
who are somewhat concerned fish for sport, 7%, and for both food and sport,
3%; whereas the not concerned group appear to be uninterested in fishing, with
only 4% reporting any fishing.
The same type of response (table 8) is shown for respondents who think lake
water quality is excellent vs. those who consider it good to poor. The better the
water quality, the more fishing is done, with two exceptions: the category of
fishing both for food and sport, where the good water quality respondents report
6% and all the rest report 4%; and in fishing for sport, the excellent respondents
report 22%, good 15%, fair 12%, and poor 16%.
QUESTION 15: Has environmental pollution ever caused you to stop anv of
your lake activities?
Overall, the general categories of pollution were swim / beach warnings,
11% and fish advisories 7%. Respondents also mentioned "cruddy" or dirty
beaches and waste visible in the water, less than 1% each.
Respondents living in a Great Lakes border county (table 1) are most affected
by pollution. Swim/beach warnings are 22% at the border; 9% elsewhere in the
basin and 8% in the non-basin. Rsh advisories are 12% at the border; 9% other
basin and 4% non-basin. Similarly, closer to the lake means higher reported
swim/beach advisories and fish advisories (table 7), except for respondents living
25 to 49 miles away, who report as high fish advisories, 14%, as those living less
than 5 miles from the lake, while those 5 to 24 miles distant report about 11%.
Respondents living closest to Lake Michigan report the most swim/beach
warnings, 16%; while Lake Superior is lowest at 7%. Lake Huron respondents
give the highest report on fish advisories, 14%; and Lake Ontario is lowest at
3%.
The very concerned (table 5) report highest swim/beach warnings, 15%; fish
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advisories, 13%; while the somewhat and not very concerned report 11% and
5% for swim and 5% and less than 1/2 of 1% for fish advisories.
However the trend is opposite when considered by lake water quality. Those
who consider lake water quality (table 8) poor, report the most swim/beach
warnings, 18%. The percentages drop down to 10% for those who think water
quality is good and 11% for excellent. The same is true for fish advisories,
those who think the water is excellent or good report 2% and 5% while those
who think the water is fair or poor report 11% and 12% fish advisories.
NOTE: Qs 16 through 26 refer to "nearest" lake.
QUESTION 16:How would you rate the water quality in Lake ? Would vou
sav it is Excellent. Good.Fair. or Poor?
Whether respondents live at the border or out of the basin,(table 1) the
answers are consistent: The water is considered fair by most respondents, 43%
at the border and 30% out of the basin; good is the next highest response, 30% at
the border and 19% out of the basin; poor is third, 17% at the border and 12%
out of the basin. Excellent is only 4% for all basin respondents and 2% for non-
basin respondents.
The overall total rating for the eight-State region is: excellent 3%; poor,
13%; good, 23%; fair, 35%.
The same trend, holds for water quality ratings by distance from a Great
Lake (table 7). The closer to the lake, the higher the responses in all categories,
with fair, good and poor predominant. Excellent gets the highest response of
6% from respondents living 5 to 9 miles from the lake; the lowest excellent
response is less than 1/2 of 1% for those living 75 to 100 miles, and 2% for
respondents 100 or more miles away. The percent with no opinion on water
quality increases with distance from the nearest lake.
Lake Huron respondents give their lake water quality (table 6) the lowest
rating for excellence, 1%; while Lake Superior gets 5% excellent; Michigan and
Ontario, 3%; and Erie, 2%.
By State (table 3), Michigan is highest, 5%; and Pennsylvania lowest, 1%, for
excellent ratings. Actually, Pennsylvania respondents don't give much by way of
ratings, as 42% have no opinion. New York and Minnesota are lowest for poor
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ratings. On good ratings, Minnesota is very high, 43%; Michigan and Wisconsin
are also high at 33% and 31%, but the other states are all much lower.
Those who are very concerned about the Great Lakes environment water
quality are highest on poor, 21%, and fair, 38%, and tied with the somewhat
concerned at 25% for good ratings." The not very concerned rate water quality
excellent, 4%; the very concerned 3% and the somewhats concerned 2%. The
no opinion category increases as stated concern decreases.
QUESTION 17: How do you find out about the water Quality in Lake ?
Most respondents get their information from the news, 46%. But what they
see for themselves, 30% and what others tell them, 21%, are also major sources
(table 1). Not unexpectedly, the border respondents, 48%, are most likely to see
for themselves, compared to other basin respondents at 34%. Non-basin
respondents are less likely to see for themselves, 22%, but also rely more, 22%,
on what others tell them. The basin respondents rely on others for information,
19%. Everyone relies on the news sources to about the same degree, 46%.
States with large populations away from the borders of the Great Lakes:
Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Ohio, are lowest on what they see for
themselves (table 3).
Lake Huron is highest, 41% for what respondents see themselves, as well as
getting their information from the news, 50%. Lakes Erie and Ontario are
lowest for what respondents see themselves, 24%, and 22% (table 6).
By distance to the nearest lake, as expected, what they see themselves, shows a
high of 54% at less than five miles, and a low of 20% - which actually does not
seem very low-for respondents who live 100 or more miles from their nearest
lake. The closer to the lake, perhaps the more interested in the conditions there,
since respondents less than five miles from the lake report a high 4% that they
get their information from multiple sources (table 7)
The very concerned (table 5) say they see a lot more for themselves, 36%,
than do the somewhat concerned 31% and the not very concerned, 21%. The
very concerned are more likely to cite any source of information than the other
respondents.
The small group who think lake water quality is excellent say they see the
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most, 58%, for themselves and also get the most, 3%, from multiple sources.
Respondents who think lake water quality is good, are also higher on what they
see for themselves,43%. But respondents who think water quality is fair or
poor, get most of their information from the news, 50% and 40% respectively.
QUESTION 17A. What additional information can vou provide regarding what
you see in the environment?
This probe, produced further information from 28% (weighted) of
respondents who had stated that their information about lake water quality came
from their own observations. They saw many things in the Great Lakes
environment, mentioning lack of wildflowers, too many industries, diseased/dead
fish and starving deer.
. One of the major statements they volunteered was that the water seemed to
them to be improving 32%, but this is a statement principally from the non-
basin, 36%; whereas the basin respondents saw improvement, 28%. What the
border respondents really saw for themselves was pollution, garbage on the
shores and in the water, 30%; water that was murky and had a bad odor, 21%,
and cruddy beaches, 10%. The other basin county respondents saw the same
things, but just responded fractionally less.
Perhaps the non-basin respondents, not being directly involved with seeing
for themselves what the lake shores are like, can say more readily that things are
improving-and this may be a hopeful statement; they'd like things to be
improving. They, too, see murky water, pollution and garbage on the shores,
but then they say, encourage involvement, 12%. The other basin counties
outside the border say the same thing, encourage involvement, 12%. But the
border respondents only have 6% who say encourage involvement. They may
be more realistic about what can be done by personal involvement. Perhaps the
ones who live farther away think "let the border people do it". These are
questions needing further analysis, and some of it is provided by looking at the
succeeding tables. But encouraging involvement is a direct statement to agencies
the respondents believe are "watching out** for and responsible for the Great
Lakes.
Seen on a State by State basis, (table 3), Minnesota, 61% and New York, 42%
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show the highest responses for the water apparently improving. Indiana is
lowest, 21%, and Illinois,22%. Where pollution and garbage on shores and in
the water are noticed most are: Indiana, 37%, Illinois, 31% and Wisconsin, 29%.
Ohio respondents, 28%, are most likely to point to bad odor and murky water.
Cruddy beaches are seen most by Illinois, 13% and Indiana, 11%. As for
"encourage involvement", it's way out of proportion in Pennsylvania, 27%;
Ohio, Minnesota, New York, Illinois, say the same thing but at about 9%; and
the remainder are at about 6%.
The specific lakes (table 6) where respondents say the water seems to be
improving, are Superior, 63%; and Ontario, 53%. Lakes Erie and Huron are
next at 30% and 29%, but Michigan respondents are lowest at 22%. Lake
Michigan respondents see garbage on shores and in the water, 33%, but Huron
sees even more, 37%. Lake Huron respondents also see more murky water,
27%.Respondents near Lake Erie, 24% cite murky water and bad odor 24% and
those near Lake Michigan, 21%. Lake Michigan shows the highest, 10% report
for cruddy beaches, followed by 9% for Lake Superior. Respondents from
Lakes Erie and Ontario say encourage involvement 14% and 11%; Lake
Michigan, 8%; others 5%.
By actual mileage distance from the Great Lakes (table 7), there is
concordance between those who live farthest away and those who live closest to
the Great Lakes, in the statement that water seems to be improving. At less than
5 miles, it's 34%; from 50 to more than 100 miles, it's well over 33%. Between
5 to 49 miles, it's about 25% average, and thus it's not surprising that the same
group says they see more pollution and garbage in the water, more murky
water, and cruddy beaches. Encouraging involvement is principally from
respondents 75 to 100 miles away, 18%; or more than 100 miles away, 12%, and
then 9% for those living less than 5 miles away.
When comparing these data to respondents' statements about personal concern
(table 5), those who are not very concerned are highest, 48%, in seeing
improvement in the water; whereas only 26% of the very concerned think it's
improving. Respondents who are very concerned see more pollution and
garbage on shores and in the water, 29%; murky water, 22%, and cruddy
beaches, 8%. They see more of this than do the not very concerned or the
somewhat concerned. But they are lowest on "encourage involvement", 8%;
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whereas the somewhats are 11% and the not very are 10%.
There is no doubt that respondents who think lake water quality (table 8) is
excellent, also think, 68%, that it is improving. So do those who think lake
water quality is good, 65%. But among respondents who think lake water
quality is just fair, only 16% think of improvement, and clearly this group sees
more pollution on shores and in the water, 37%, more murky water, 23%, and
more cruddy beaches, 11%. Also they are fairly high on encouraging
involvement, 8%. But the respondents who think water quality is poor are high
when it comes to seeing pollution in the water, 31%; and they are highest on
murky, bad odor water, 49%; and they see cruddy beaches, 7%, but are lowest
on encouraging involvement, 4%. It's those who see excellent lake water quality
who encourage action, 12%.
QUESTION 18: Over the past ten years, would you sav that the water quality of
Lake is improving, is it getting worse, or is it staving about the same?
Overall, improvement seems to be seen for the individual lakes by those who
live nearest them. Improvement in total is 30%, getting worse is 22%. And it is
the respondents who live closest, at the border counties, who see the
improvement most, 38%; while the non-basin respondents only see it at 25%;
and they are the large group who don't know, 29%, clearly a target public for
communications.
Ohioans, 52%, give the highest response by State (table 3) for improvement
in lake water quality. Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana are next at 31%, 29%,
and 28%. New York is lowest at 23%. Michigan is highest, 27%, on thinking
it's getting worse. But in general there are no big surprises in the averages of
27% about the same, and 22% getting worse.
By distance from the Great Lakes,(table 7), the closer they are to the lake, the
more sure respondents are about improvements: 47% at less than 5 miles; 42%
at 5 to 9 miles; and 45% at 10 to 24 miles. But at 75 miles and over, it's down
to 23% for improvements and up to 30% who don't know. Only 3% don't know
at less than 5 miles.
Those who are very concerned (table 5) are the most inclined, 35%, to think
the past ten years have brought improvement to the lake water quality. But the
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same very concerned group also see that it might be getting worse, 27%, and
staying the same, 26%. In other words, the very concerned have very much
more in the way of ideas about the water. Those who are not very concerned,
not only don't think it's improving, 22%; they also just don't know, 35%. While
the mid-group of somewhats concerned are indeed in the middle on what they
think about water improvements.
The small group who think lake water quality is excellent are way-out on
thinking lake water is improving, 69%; compared to all others, but especially
those who think lake water quality is poor, where only 19% think it's
improving. This group is really pessimistic, as can be seen also in their
unusually high, 45%, response on lake water quality as getting worse. The good
and fair groups stay in the middle on responses, except that the good group of
respondents aren't inclined to say lake water is getting worse, 12%; but they are
not as low on this as are the excellent group, 3%.
QUESTION 19: What do vou think are the biggest problems concerning Lake
water quality?
This is an open-ended question. That is, there was no prompting of ideas.
This means the responses are just what the respondents were thinking about
halfway into the survey. At this point, they've been focused for about five
minutes rather intensively on issues about the Great Lakes. The across-all-
groups answer, and by far the highest response is contaminants/pollution, at 62%
overall; 58% in the. non-basin; 68% in the basin. No other response was given
more than 4% of the time. The next highest response is don't know, 26%. Ship
traffic is at 4% overall and 5% in the border counties. Next are dirty beaches,
the item that "bugged" respondents in question 17A; with 4% overall, and 6% in
border counties. Also mentioned are Zebra Mussels and pesticides, 3% each;
acid rain and oil spills, 2% each. Interestingly enough, at the border counties,
2% said "there are no problems". People's behavior was brought up as an issue,
by 2% of respondents at counties in the basin, but not at the border.Finally, a
variety of ideas are given by a few respondents (less than 1%), most at the
border.
By State,(table 3), Indiana.residents are highest, 72%, on naming
contaminants/pollution in the lake. Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin are not far
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behind, with 69% and 68%. New York is lowest at, 53%. Somehow, Minnesota
and Michigan respondents believe, 10%, and 7%, that ship traffic is a problem.
All other states are at 2% to 4%. Illinois respondents see more dirty beaches,
7%, as the problem. Ohioans and Minnesotans see Zebra mussels, 7% and 6%,
as the problem. All other states are from 1 % to 4%. Pesticides look worst to
Michigan, 5%; acid rain and oil spills to New York and Pennsylvania, 4%, and
3%. Indiana, respondents are the only ones that didn't say, "there are no
problems". The highest on that is 2% for Michigan, Minnesota, and
Pennsylvania. People's attitudes and behavior "bug" Wisconsin, Illinois and New
York respondents,2 to 3%; while Pennsylvania doesn't mention it, and Indiana is
about 1/2 of 1%. Highest on the "don't know" response were New York and
Pennsylvania, 34% and 31%.
By the closest lake, Lake Michigan (table 6) respondents are highest, 66%, in
thinking it's contaminants/pollution in their lake water that's the biggest
problem. For other lakes figures are: Lake Huron, 65%; Lake Erie, 61%; Lake
Superior, 59%; and least, Lake Ontario, 57%. Ship traffic is what bothers Lake
Huron and Superior residents, 11% and 9%;while Ontario respondents are at
only 2%. Dirty beaches, 6%, are Lake Michigan residents' idea of a problem
while the other lakes are at about 3%. Lakes Superior and Erie, 6% and 5%,
are where the highest response came for Zebra Mussels as a problem.
Pesticides are the problem for Lake Huron, 6%, but Lake Ontario residents
see it as not even worth 1/2 of 1% concern, although they do rate acid rain at
6%, much higher than any other lake group. For example, Lake Michigan is 1/2
of 1% concerned about acid rain. Lake Huron residents don't mention oil spills
and Lake Ontario residents are the only ones that don't mention "there are no
problems". Across all lakes people's behavior/attitudes are mentioned as
somewhat of a problem. Those who said they don't know how to answer what
the biggest problems concerning lake water quality are: Lake Superior, 30%;
Erie and Ontario, 28%; Michigan, 23%; Huron 22%.
Residents who live farthest from their nearest lake (table 7) are highest on
don't know what the biggest problems are: 33% for those who live more than
100 miles away, 15% for those who live less than 5 miles from the lake. The
contaminants/pollution response is high, 68% to 74% until the respondents reach
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75 or more miles, when it drops to 62%; and to 56% for 100 miles or more.
Ship traffic, 8%, most bothers respondents who live 25 to 49 miles from the
nearest lake. Dirty beaches are at 7% for people 5 to 9 miles from the lake;
almost all others are at 3% or 4%. Zebra mussels are at 7% for those who are 5
to 9 miles from the lake; 6% at 10 to 50 miles and 75 to 100 miles. Zebra
mussels are mentioned least 2%, by those more than 100 miles away, but almost
as low 3% at 5 miles or less. Pesticides are at 7% for the group 25 to 49 miles
away; 6% for those less than 5 miles; 5% for those 10 to 24 miles; and very low
for all others. They are not even mentioned by those living 5 to 9 miles away.
Acid rain is most mentioned by those at 75+ miles, 3%. Oil spills are also
mostly on the minds of those living 100 miles or more, 2%. Saying "there are
no problems" are three groups at 3%, less than 5 miles, 5 to 9 miles and 75 to
100 miles. People's attitudes/behavior isn't mentioned by those living less than 5
miles from the lake, but they do see, 2%, a problem with harm to fish/wildlife.
Those who are very concerned about the environment (table 5) mention
contaminants/pollution at 74%. In contrast the not very concerned give this
response only 51% of the time, and the somewhat concerned 59%. The
somewhat concerned group are about equal to the very concerned group about
such things as ship traffic, dirty beaches, Zebra mussels, acid rain, people's
behavior and there are no problems. But the somewhat concerned, 2% and the
not very concerned group 1% are lower in responding that pesticides are a
problem than the very concerned, 4%. It is no surprise that the not very
concerned don't know and can not name problems concerning lake water quality,
40%, the somewhat concerned say don't know at 27%, and the very concerned
are lowest at 15%.
Those who are most likely to mention contaminants/pollution, at 83%, are
respondents who also say they think (table 8) lake water quality is poor. Those
who think lake water quality is excellent only find contaminants a problem at
40%; while those who think it's good are at 60%; and at fair, 72%. Ship traffic
appears to be a problem for everyone. Dirty beaches,. 10%,and Zebra mussels,
9% are a bigger problem for those who consider lake water quality excellent
than for other respondents. The idea of pesticides as a problem almost doesn't
appear at all for those who think lake water quality is excellent,* 1%, but it does
to respondents who think it's fair or poor, 4 to 5%. The group that says "there
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are no problems", are primarily respondents who say lake water quality is
excellent. No other group, proportionately, throughout the tables, is that
positive in making that statement. Those who think water quality is poor don't
even mention that there may not be problems; those who rate it good, 3%; fair,
•2%. It's the group that thinks the water quality is just good who are highest in
answering they don't know what the biggest problems concerning water quality
are, 26%; but the respondents who think water quality is poor think they know
what the problems are, they only say they don't know at 10%.
QUESTION 20: Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the water quality
of Lake ?
Like Q.I9, this is an open-ended question; no hints or structured answers
were given. Q.20 is very different from Q.2, which asked respondents about
who is watching out for the entire Great Lakes environment. Here, a specific
lake, the nearest, is the referent point. In Q.2, the EPA and the Federal level of
government were the principal responses. In Q. 20, it is the State, 25% and
local levels of government, 19%, that are considered responsible for monitoring
the water quality of the individual lakes. The EPA is mentioned next, by 18%;
then the U.S. Federal Government, by 12%; and the Department of Natural
Resources, by 9%. Important responses are that everyone is responsible,7%;
from communities to corporations, 4% and industries, 3%. Other groups
mentioned are: Environment Canada, 2%; the Coast Guard 1%, and
environmental organizations, 1%.
By individual state (table 3), there are variations in the beliefs about who is
responsible. Pennsylvania,30%, Wisconsin, 29%, and Michigan, 28% are at the
high end of a belief in State government responsibility; Minnesota, 20% is
lowest. Believing in the responsibility of local government is Illinois, 27%.
Only Pennsylvania respondents come close, 22%, to this assignment of
responsibility to local government All others range from 14% to 18%. Highest
in believing in the EPA's responsibility is Ohio, 26%; Indiana, 21%; Illinois, and
Pennsylvania, 20%, are next highest. Wisconsin is lowest at 8%. The rest are in
the 12% to 14% range. The U.S.Federal government gets its lowest rating, 7%,
from Ohio; the highest from Indiana, 18%. All others range from 10% to 13%.
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The DNR gets high responsibility ratings from Wisconsin, 23%; Michigan, 20%;
and Minnesota, 15%. The other states are low; Illinois, 2%; Pennsylvania, 3%;
Indiana,4%; and New York and Ohio, 7%. When it comes to assigning
responsibility to everyone, from communities to industries, there's little
variation across the states. Environment Canada gets most of its respondents
from New York, 7%; with minor responses from all other states.
By closest lake, Lake Erie respondents(table 6), 28%, believe in State
government responsibility, while Lake Superior, 17% is at the low end of that
continuum, with Huron, 21%; Ontario, 23%; and Michigan, 25% each for State
government. When it comes to local government responsibility, Lake Michigan
residents are at the high end, 22%; and Huron is at the low end, 10%. Superior
and Ontario are at 13% and Lake Erie respondents, 19%. The EPA is
represented as responsible by about 17%, with Lake Erie responding at the high
end, 20%; and Lake Superior at the low, 13%.
There's almost no variation in the assignment of responsibility to the U.S.
Federal Government, 12%(table 6, cont'd.). But the DNR goes from a high,
19% for Lake Superior respondents, to a low from Erie, 6%, Ontario 8%,
Michigan, 9%; Huron, 14%. Everyone from communities to industries is given
about the same percentages for responsibility across all Great Lakes.
Environment Canada gets a high percentage of assigned responsibility from
Lakes Ontario, 9% and Huron, 3%. Lake Huron respondents are least likely to
say they don't know a low of 18%, compared to 26 to 29% for other lakes.
By distance from the nearest lake (table 7), those assigning responsibility to
the State government ranges from a low of 19% for those living 5 to 9 miles
from the lake, to a high of 31% for the suburbanites living 10 to 49 miles from
the lake. The rest fall into the average 26%. Making local government
responsible hits a high of 30% for those living 10 to 24 miles away. The lowest,
11% is for respondents 50 to 75 miles away; rising to 15% for 75 to 100 miles;
and to 17% for those living 100 or more miles from the lake. The EPA's
responsibility is lowest, 12% at 75 to 100 miles from the lake; and highest, 19%
at 25 to 49 miles and more than 100 miles from the lake.
The U.S. Federal Government shows a high of 17% at 75 to 100 miles; and a
low of 10% at 5 to 9 miles from the lake. The DNR has a high of 15% at 50 to
75 miles; and a low of 7% at both 10 to 24 miles and more than 100 miles from
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the lake. It is interesting that assignment of responsibility to industries is lowest,
below 1%, for respondents 5 to 9 miles from the lake. Environment Canada
gets 3% recognition from people living 5 to 9 miles and more than 100 miles
from the lake. Those who don't know who is responsible are highest, 30%, at
100 or more miles from the lake; and lowest for the suburbanites, 10 to 24
miles, 16%; and 25 to 49 miles, 18%.
For the very concerned about the environment of the Great Lakes (table 5),
every entity is responsible: State, local, EPA, U.S. Federal, and DNR, at levels
above those who are somewhat or not very concerned. As an example, the very
concerned believe the EPA is responsible, at 21%; the somewhat concerned are
at 18%; and the not very concerned, at 15%. However, when it comes to
"everyone" being responsible, the not very concerned are elevated at 6%;
compared to the somewhat concerned at 2%; the very concerned, at 5%.It's the
very concerned who say, 3%, that Environment Canada is responsible. The not
very concerned, not unexpectedly, are highest on don't know, 36%, compared
with the very concerned, at 20%; and the somewhat concerned at 28%.
As the belief in the poor quality of the water in the Great Lakes increases
(table 8), so does the percentage of belief that the state, local and U.S. Federal
governmental entities are responsible for monitoring the water quality of the
lake. Example: State government is considered responsible by 29% of those who
think lake water quality is poor, but only by 20% of those who think it is
excellent. The EPA and DNR, however, reverse that trend,as does the idea of
everyone being responsible. Example, DNR is assigned responsibility, by 21%
of those who think lake water quality is excellent and by only 8% of those who
think it is poor. The respondents who think lake water quality is excellent have
a high, 30%, rate of don't know who is responsible; but those who think it's
poor think they know where to assign responsibility for monitoring: their don't
know response is only 21%.
QUESTION 21: Of the following list of environmental problems, please state
whether you consider it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a
problem at all.
Twelve problems are identified (table 1). For eight of the problems, the
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trend is for respondents to think it is a major problem: highest for the border
respondents; lower for the respondents living in counties in the basin but away
from the border; and lowest for the non-basin respondents. These problems are
sediment pollution, chemicals washing into the lakes from cities, from the air
and from industries, PCBs, DDT, exotic species, and lake fish unsafe to eat. One
problem, acid rain, reverses that trend, with non-basin respondents believing it
to be more of a major problem than the other groups. The remaining three
problems are fairly even between all groups: chemicals washing into the lake
from farms, lake unsafe for swimming, and unsafe for drinking water. Overall
the level of concern is highest for chemicals washing into the lakes from cities
and industries dumping chemicals into the lakes; concern is lowest for lakes
unsafe for swimming.
By State, (table 3) Indiana is very concerned, at 88%, about industries
dumping chemicals in the lake, while Minnesota is only at 70% on this issue.
The reverse is true for those two states regarding Zebra Mussels and other
exotic species, with Minnesota at 48% and Indiana at 29%.
By closest lake (table 6) there are clear differences between lakes. Lake
Michigan respondents are least concerned about acid rain, 35%. Lake Ontario is
highest at 49%. Lake Huron respondents are most concerned, 56%, about
sediment pollution but Lake Superior is only 37%. Lake Huron respondents are
most concerned about chemicals washing into the lake from cities, 79%; while
Lake Superior is lowest at 57%. Lake Superior respondents are also least
worried about chemicals washing into the lake from the air, 38% and from
industries dumping chemicals, 69%; Lake Huron respondents are the most
worried about the chemicals from the air, 54%; and from industries, 80%. Lake
Michigan respondents are most concerned about the lake not being safe for
swimming, 24%, while Lake Superior respondents are lowest at 14%.
By distance to nearest lake (table 7) there are some variations: the
respondents less than 5 miles from the lake are lower on the concern scale for all
twelve problems, not often by much, but consistently. There is a slight rise in
concern, consistently, for those living 10 to 24 and 25 to 49 miles, especially for
chemicals washing into the lakes from cities, industries dumping chemicals into
the lakes, and exotic species. That the lake is unsafe for swimming is of most
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concern, 29%, for those living 5 to 9 miles from the lake, and least for those
living 50 to 75 miles away, 11%. The same group, 5 to 9 miles from the lake, is
most concerned about the lake not being safe for drinking water, 44%; while
those living less than 5 miles from the lake are the least concerned about this,
27%.
Comparing respondents by their level of concern (table 5) for the general
environmental conditions in the Great Lakes, we find a completely consistent
pattern throughout. Each of the twelve problems is seen as a major problem at
the greatest percentage by respondents who are very concerned, and there is a
consistent drop of ten or more percentage points to those who are somewhat
concerned, and another ten percent to those who are not very concerned. The
not very concerned think the following are minor problems: acid rain, exotic
species, lake fish unsafe to eat, and lake unsafe for swimming. The not very
concerned consistently are highest on the don't know response to each of the
twelve problems.
For another completely consistent pattern, examine the responses (table 8)
from those who express an opinion about the quality of lake water. Each of the
twelve problems is highest as a major problem for those who think lake water is
"poor" and it reduces greatly among those who think lake water quality is
excellent. For example, acid rain is considered a major problem, by 52% of
those who consider lake water poor; but by only 8% of those who think it is
excellent — rather 41% of these think acid rain is a minor problem. The other
consistent finding is that those who think lake water quality is poor have few
don't know responses, the scale goes up with each gradation of consideration
about lake water quality, to the excellent group which is always highest on don't
know. This last group considers the following to be minor problems: acid rain,
sediment pollution, chemicals from farms and from the air, PCBs, DDT, exotic
species, lake fish unsafe to eat, and lake unsafe for swimming. Also they are
about even on whether lake unsafe for drinking water is a major or minor
problem.
QUESTION 22: Do you feel there is anything you can do to help improve lake
water quality?
Respondents living far from the Great Lakes (table 1) give more no and don't
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know responses, and fewer of them can name ways they can help. In the non-
basin, 54% said no; while only 39% of the border respondents said no.
The two suggestions made most often were proper waste disposal, 10%; and
increase public awareness, 8%.
By states (table 3) the responses are consistent at close to half of respondents
saying no, except in Michigan, where 37% said no. Michigan respondents also
are high on increasing public awareness, 11%, vs. a low of 4% for Indiana.
Compared by closest lake (table 6), respondents from Lake Ontario are high,
55%, in saying "no"; whereas Lake Huron respondents are more able to think of
doing things and they say no only 42%-what they say they can do is proper
waste disposal, 18%, and they say increase public awareness 12%, both far
higher than any other group.
The rate of saying "no" about helping to improve lake water quality, is just
slightly higher for those living 100 miles or more from a Great Lake (table 7),
but as usual, the suburban group, 10 to 24 and 25 to 49 miles have a different
concept of how to answer they are much lower on the "no", 36% and 30% and
much higher on such things as proper waste disposal, increasing public
awareness, recycling, and even beach clean-ups.
It's not surprising that, throughout, on responses concerning things they can
do to help improve lake water quality (table 5) those who are very concerned
are more inclined, usually twice as much, to think of ways to help. Example: on
proper waste disposal, 7% of the not very concerned might do this, compared to
10% of the somewhat concerned, and 13% of the very concerned. When it
comes to saying no the not very concerned are up to 70%, the somewhat
concerned, 49%, and the very concerned, 38%. But they are all at about 15%
on don't know how to help improve lake water quality.
The same trend holds for a comparison by rating of lake water quality (table
8). Among those who think lake water is poor only 38% say no, when asked if
there is something they can do. Those who think lake water quality is excellent
say no at 52%, but they are more likely to name things they can do than the
other groups. For example: 15% of them say proper waste disposal, compared
to only 11% of the poor group. There is one important difference. The group
that thinks water quality is poor is for increasing public awareness, 12%; vs.
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those who think it excellent, 4%.
QUESTION 23: How active would you sav you have been personally in helping
to reduce environmental pollution?
There is little difference (table 1) across all areas in the amount of activity;
respondents say they are mostly, 48%, not very active. It is noteworthy that at
the border they say they are most, 52%, inactive.
Differences by State (table 3) are also small. In Wisconsin, 18% say they are
very active,vs. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, with 7% very active.
By closest lake (table 6) 14% of respondents near Lakes Ontario and Huron
say they are very active, Lake Michigan is at 11%; and Lakes Erie and Superior
are lowest at 8%.
Comparing by distance to the nearest Great Lakes (table 7), we find that
being close to the lake does not mean respondents think they are very active: less
than 5 miles, 7%; 5 to 9 miles 8%; more than 100 miles, 10%. Highest on the
very active scale are respondents living 50 to 75 miles from a Great Lake, 14%.
The amount of concern about the Great Lakes environment (table 5) is a good
predictor of how active respondents think they are: the very concerned are very
active, 17%, or somewhat active, 42%. The not very concerned are not very
active 64%; very active only 8%. The somewhat concerned are in the middle on
activities, too, they are highest on somewhat active, 44% and high on not very
active, 48%.
But there is little difference on any level among the respondents who rate
water quality from excellent to poor (table 8) in terms of perceptions of their
activity to reduce environmental pollution.
QUESTION 24: Have vou done anv of the following to help reduce water
pollution?
For all types of activities, there is little difference whether respondents lived
at the Great Lakes basin border, non-border or non-basin (table 1). Over half,
56% have cut back on water use, almost 10% say they volunteered in beach
clean-ups, or wrote to a public official; and 7% say they joined an organization.
Some volunteered other activities such as recycling, about 1% and proper waste
disposal.
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Minnesota and New York (table 3) are highest, 62%, on saying they cut back
on water use and Minnesota respondents are highest, 13%, in saying they joined
an organization. There is little major difference between states otherwise.
Respondents living close to Lake Ontario (table 6) are highest, 61%, in saying
they cut back on water use, but they are lowest, 4% on volunteering for beach
clean-ups. Lake Michigan is lowest, 50% in cutting back on water use, and Lake
Huron is highest, 13% on volunteering for beach clean-ups. Lake Superior has
the greatest number, 10% who say they joined an organization, Lake Erie is
lowest, 6%.
There is little difference between respondents by distance from a Great Lake
(table 7) with a few exceptions. Those living less than 5 miles from a lake are
were more inclined to join an organization, 12%, and are far higher on
volunteering for beach clean-ups, 23%; than those living farther away.
There are no surprises (table 5) when it comes to those who are very
concerned about the Great lakes environment-they report cutting back on water
use, at 62% vs. the somewhat concerned, at 54% and the not very concerned, at
46%. And the very concerned are higher throughout on what they say they have
done to help reduce water pollution.
Respondents who think water quality is poor (table 8), were highest, 63%, in
saying they cut back on water use; while among those who think it's excellent
only 53% say they cut back. But when it comes to volunteering for beach clean-
ups, it's the excellent group, at 19%, versus the poor at only 9%. The excellent
group is also highest on writing to a public official, 17%, and joining an
organization, 7%; vs. the poor group at 12%, and 4%.
QUESTION 25: Have vou participated with any local organization that helps
with RAPS/ARCS/LAMPS:
The response percentages here are very small, half of 1% for each program
(table 1). However with a weighted base of over 76 million persons in the eight
states, even these fractional figures can yield an estimate of over 300,000
persons participating in a program. However, given the unweighted figure of
2,034, a total of 81 persons active in such GLNPO programs as RAPS, ARCS,
or LAMPS, appears to be realistic. It is interesting to note that if the U.S. EPA,
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Region 5, GLNPO, were to activate eight-State programs, even very minimal
responses of 1% would bring a satisfyingly large number of persons into the
programs.
Only the Great Lakes Remedial Action Plan (RAPS) gets a 1.1% and a .6%
response at the border and non-border counties within the basin. The response
to the ARCS program is less than half of 1% in both the basin and non-basin and
there is a miniscule response by the non-basin area to the Lakewide Management
Plans, LAMPS.
Illinois (table 3) is the only State that has responses to all three programs;
Minnesota has no responses.
Respondents living near (table 6) Lake Michigan respond to all three
programs, Lake Erie and Superior to two, Ontario to 1 and Huron, to none.
Out of six million persons (table 7) living 10 to 24 miles from the nearest
Great Lake, 3.1% say they have participated in RAPS; about half of 1% who live
less than 5 miles and from 25 to 49 miles; and •!% who live more than 100
miles away claim to have participated with RAPS. The ARCS program has
1.5% of respondents in the 10 to 24 mile area, and •!% of those less than 5
miles; «4% of those more than 100 miles away. The LAMPS program responses
are all from 50 to more than 100 miles away.
It's the somewhat concerned (table 8) that report participants in all three
programs. The very concerned report 1.1% RAPS and «4% ARCS. Even the
not very concerned report a »3% participation in LAMPS.
Respondents (table 8) who say they think water quality is excellent report
participating in all three programs, principally LAMPS. The good and fair
respondents report participation in RAPS and ARCS. The poor water quality
respondents participate only in RAPS.
QUESTION 26: Do you feel there is anything the government can do to help
improve Lake water quality? What?
There is a small response, 10% no (table 1), and a 25% don't know response.
Better rule enforcement, 20%, and more restrictions on industry, 17%, are by
far most often mentioned. Provide funds and education are two positive steps,
6% and 5%. Fine polluters and promulgate more laws,6% and 4%, are also
suggested, as are restrictions on chemicals, 2%. There is a very small response
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on research, 1%, and small responses on activities in which the public can
participate.
By State (table 3) the no response to whether the government can do
something to help improve lake water quality ranges from Minnesota 6%, to
New York 13%. Minnesota is highest on better rule enforcement, 27%, and fines
for polluters, 11%, but lowest on more restriction on industry, 9%. Indiana
wants industry restrictions most, 22%.
There seems to be no pattern (table 7) in the responses by distance from the
nearest lake. The lowest no answer is the group from 10 to 24 miles distant,
6%; the highest, 15%, is for the group 50 to 75 miles away. They all want
better rule enforcement, more restrictions on industry, fines for polluters,etc.
By closest lake (table 6) there are few differences except in the response for
more restrictions on industry, where Lake Erie is high at 21%, and Lake
Superior is low at 12%. This is reversed for fining polluters, with Superior
high at 9% and Erie lowest at 4%.
Those who are very concerned about the environment (table 5) are lowest,
7%, in saying no about the government doing something; those who are not very
concerned say no at 13% and the same group doesn't know, at 37%, if there is
anything the government can do to help improve the lake. The very concerned
want more rule enforcement, 24%; and more restrictions on industry, 19%, but
only 4% want more funds. The not very concerned are only 13% for more rule
enforcement, and restrictions on industry; but they go up to 6% for provide
more funds. The somewhat concerned stay right in the middle on all issues,
including what the government can do.
The respondents who think water quality is poor or fair (table 8) are less
inclined to say no 10%, 9%. When asked if there is anything the government
can do to help improve the lake; they again say don't know, 17%, 20%, less than
the other two groups. The excellent and good groups are lower on rule
enforcement and restrictions on industry. The excellent group does not mention
laws or research, but is high on the percent who want clean-up activities.
QUESTION 27: Is it vour impression that the U.S. EPA at the Federal level is
putting too much emohasis on Great Lakes environmental activities, too little, or
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about the right amount?
Overall, the response is 46% that the U.S. EPA is now putting too little
emphasis on the Great Lakes activities. The border counties are highest, at 54%,
other basin counties, are at 49%, and non-basin counties, are at 42%. The don't
know factor is highest at the nonbasin counties, 27%, and low for the basin
counties, 14%. About one-third of all respondents think the emphasis is about
right.
By State (table 3), it is Michigan, at 59%, which is highest in reporting too
little emphasis. New York, at 39% and Minnesota, at 40% are lowest.
By closest lake (table 6), Lake Huron respondents are not only highest, 53%,
on too little, they are highest, 38% on about right and by far lowest, 9% on
don't know. And not one respondent mentioned too much emphasis. Lake
Superior respondents are highest, 3%, on too much and lowest on too little,
37%.
There is no effect on the too little response by distance from nearest lake
(table 7),until you reach those living 100 miles from a Great Lake. This group
has the lowest, 41%, too little response and the highest don't know, 27%,
response.
The very concerned are, as usual, far greater in response to environmental
issues; in this case there is a 60% response that the U.S. EPA is putting too little
emphasis on Great Lakes environmental activities. The not very concerned are
at half that, 30%; and they are highest for too much emphasis, 6%, and for don't
know, 33%. The somewhat concerned are in the middle, at 42%, for too little
emphasis.
The respondents who think lake water quality is excellent are by far the
highest, 9%, in responding that the U.S. EPA is putting "too much" emphasis on
Great Lakes environmental activities. The same group is also highest on about
right, 38%, and don't* know, 23%. Thinking there is too little emphasis, the
good, and fair, respondents are as usual, like the somewhat concerned group in
table 5, in the middle—with the poor water quality group at the very highest
response, 67% for the U.S EPA putting too little emphasis on Great Lakes
environmental activities.
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QUESTION 28: As far as you know, does the U.S. EPA at the Federal level
work with other agencies and organizations to reduce Great Lakes pollution?
Which?
There is much uncertainty about how, if at all, the U.S. EPA does work with
other agencies. The biggest response to this question is don't know, 54%;
followed by yes but unable to name a specific agency, 22%; and closely followed
by no at 20%. The agency named most often is the State EPA, 3%; with a
variety of governmental and environmental organizations mentioned at very
minor levels: Greenpeace, city or county, OSHA and the Coast Guard. There is
little difference for this question by area of basin or nonbasin.
By State (table 3), Minnesota shows up lowest, 11%, on the no, highest, 60%,
on the don't know, and highest, 7%, in naming the State EPA as the cooperating
agency. Also naming the State EPA are Ohio, 6%; Indiana, 4%; and Illinois and
Wisconsin, 2%. The DNR is named by Wisconsin, 4%; Michigan, 3%,
Minnesota and Ohio, 1%.
By lake (table 6), Lake Superior shows up as highest on don't know, 59%,
and is by far lowest on no, 10%, while Lake Huron is highest at 28% for no and
lowest at 47% for don't know. The State EPA is named by Lakes Superior, 6%;
Erie, 4%; and Michigan 2%. DNR named by Superior, 4%, and Michigan 2%.
Canada is named by 2% of Lake Huron respondents as a cooperating body.
By distance from nearest lake, there is no specific trend (table 7) in the
responses to no and don't know —or yes, but could not name. There are two low
responses to no; one at 10 to 24 miles, 17%; another at 75 to 100 miles, 16%;
while the highest no is for those living 5 to 9 miles from the lake, 27%. The
State EPA gets mentioned across all distances; highest, 5% at the 50 to 75 mile
distance, lowest at 1% for the 5 to 9 mile distance. The DNR is mentioned most
often at less than 5 miles from the lake, 3%.
Even among the very concerned (table 5) 51% don't know. Don't know is at
61% of the not .very concerned, and 53% of the somewhat concerned. The same
trend holds for no and yes- but could not name. The very concerned are highest
on no, 21%, and on yes, 23%. The not very concerned are at 18% no; and 20%
yes, but could not name. It is the somewhat and very groups that name the State
EPA, 3%. Both groups name the DNR; the somewhat group names Canada and
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the Coast Guard, but after that it's only the very concerned that names any
agency at all.
Comparing based on rating of water quality both the excellent and poor
group (table 8) are highest on no at 28% and 25%; while the excellent group is
low on don't know, 43%; and the good group is highest, at 56% don't know.
The excellent name both the State EPA and the DNR. They are highest in
naming the State EPA, 4%, while the poor group is 2%. It is the fair and good
groups that are able to name many agencies, even though at small percentages.
QUESTION 29: How would vou rate the U.S. EPA at the Federal level overall
on the job it is doing for our country?
Overall the U.S. EPA receives only a fair rating. The fair ranking is highest
at 48%; good is 23%; poor 15% and excellent is a 29%. Ratings are similar,
with only minor differences for border, other basin, and non-basin respondents.
By State/table 3) there is a consistency in responses, except that there are no
responses from Wisconsin for the U.S. EPA performing excellently; and less
than 1% in Indiana, but in Illinois, it is 5% excellent.
The responses by nearest lake (table 6) are marked by no specific trends but
rather "blips" in that Lake Superior is highest for excellent, 6%; but also highest
on don't know 16%, vs.Lake Huron, 1% excellent and 11% don't know. The
good ratings are in the 20% ranges except for Lake Ontario, 17%. Lake Huron,
again, is higher on poor ratings, 55% while the others are in the 47% range; and
Huron and Superior are low on poor ratings, 7% and 9%. The others are in the
15% range.
There is also little difference by distance from the nearest lake (table 7). The
excellent response is low at less than 5 miles and from 10 to 24 miles, 2% and
1%; whereas those living 5 to 9 miles and 50 to 75 miles are at 6% excellent
The highest ranking for poor is at 75 to 100 miles, 20%, while at less than 5
miles it is 11%.
The comparison by amount of concern for the Great Lakes environment
(table 5) continues to show interesting patterns of response. The very concerned
are highest, 3% on excellent; highest on poor, 17%; and lowest on don't know,
8%. The not very concerned are very high on don't know, 20%. The middle
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group-somewhat concerned, are highest on fair, 53%; and lowest on poor, 12%.
By their opinions about water quality (table 8) there is another interesting
pattern of responses: Those who think water quality is "excellent", rate the U.S.
EPA highest, 10%, as doing an excellent job and a good job, 45%. While those
who rate water quality poor also rate the EPA an above average 4% as doing an
excellent job, they are lowest in rating, 16%, that the EPA is doing a good job.
Those who think water quality is good or fair rate the EPA lowest, 3% and 1%
on excellent job. They are also lowest on the poor job ratings.
QUESTION 30: Is vour home located in the Great Lake basin or is it outside the
Great Lake basin?
The respondents living at the border counties (table 1) know, 72%, that they
are in the Great Lake basin. But those in non-border basin counties were far
less sure, 34%. We must note that because we assigned non-border basin states
to counties with any part of their land area in the basin, some of these
respondents are, in fact, not in the basin. Those who are nonbasin respondents,
know they are not in the Great Lake basin; only 8% thought they were inside. It
is puzzling that among the border respondents, 17% think they are outside the
Great Lake basin and 12% are unsure. Almost half, 48%, of the other basin
respondents think they are outside the basin and 18% are unsure. Among those
who live outside the basin, there are 9% who are not sure whether they are in or
out and 82% who know they are outside the Great Lake basin.
Looked at by State (table 3),we find that residents of some states have a more
accurate perception of their basin status than others. The least accurate is
Michigan, where 100% of the State is actually in the basin, but 27% of residents
believe they are not in the basin. Other states with lower than actual perception
of being in the basin include Ohio, actual 47% in the basin versus perceived 24%
and 14% unsure, and Wisconsin actual 66% in the basin versus perceived 41%
and 18% unsure. Two states have a higher than actual perception of basin
residence. These are Minnesota, with 7% actual versus perceived 10% plus 18%
unsure, and Pennsylvania with only 3% actual but 8% perceived plus 5% unsure.
the remaining three states can be considered fairly accurate. Illinois has 49% of
its residents in the basin and 51% out and they perceive themselves to be in the
44% of the time, out 43% and unsure 13%. Indiana residents are 31% in the
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basin, 69% out, and they perceive themselves to be in 24%, out 64% and unsure
12%. New York Residents are in, 25%, out 75% and they perceive they are in
18%, out 75% and unsure 7%.
Respondents from Lake Huron (table 6) are extremely high, 62%, in
believing they are inside the Great Lakes basin-those from Lake Ontario are
lowest, 14%; Lake Superior is next at 16%; Lake Erie, 22% and Lake Michigan,
39%. Lake Ontario respondents are highest in believing they are outside the
basin, 80%; and they are also least unsure, 7%. The Lake Huron respondents
are lowest in believing they live outside the basin, 23%. Respondents near Lake
Erie, 70% and Lake Superior, 65%, believe they are outside the Great Lakes
basin.
By distance (table 7) it is quite clear that as the distance increases from the
lake, respondents are more sure they live outside the basin, and of course, closer
means more who think they were inside the basin. The way it works out: up to
24 miles from the lake the response is above 73% who know they are in the
basin, with the highest of all being 86% among those who live less than 5 miles
from the lake. From 25 miles to 49 miles only 52% think they are in the basin.
After that it drops to 37% who live from 50 to 75 miles; half of that, 14% who
live from 75 to 100 miles; and half again, only 7% of those live more than 100
miles away who think they are in the basin. The groups that are least sure of
whether they are in or out of the basin, are those who live 25 to 49 miles, 20%
and 50 to 75 miles, 25%, away from the nearest lake; closer and farther there is
a drop off in being unsure, down to 8%.
There are few who are unsure of their basin status among respondents who
express any level of concern about Great Lakes environmental conditions (table
5). But the trends are very clear about who thinks they*re in or out: 40% of the
very concerned; 26% of the somewhat concerned; and 12% of the not very
concerned believe they are inside the Great Lakes basin. Regarding their
perception of being outside the basin, 77% of the not very concerned; 62% of
the somewhat concerned; and 50% of the very concerned. This last number is
exceedingly interesting since half of this large group who are very concerned
persons do not even believe they live within the basin.
Comparing respondents by their perception of water quality (table 8)
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provides interesting results: There are very small proportions who are unsure
whether they live in or out of the Great Lakes basin at both ends of the
continuum, with the poor water quality respondents at 6% and the excellent at
4%. Those who are unsure are those who perceive the good 11%, and fair 13%
water quality. Well over half of the small group who believe water quality is
excellent, 55%, believe they are in the Great Lakes basin. The number who think
they live in the basin diminishes with the scale of belief about water quality:
good, 36%; fair 32%; except that poor is up to 37%. Over half of the poor,
57%; fair, 55%; and good 54% on water quality are sure they live outside the
Great Lakes basin; while only 41% of those who think lake water quality is
excellent believe they are outside the basin.
QUESTION 31: Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban
area, or a suburban area?
There is little doubt that the geo/demographic face of the U.S. is suburban
and the Great Lakes states are no exception. A plurality, 41%, of all
respondents say they live in suburbia; while 33% say they are rural; and 23%
urban. The border counties have the highest percentages of both urban, 29%
and suburban, 46% residents. The other basin county respondents are more
rural, 46%. Among non basin respondents, 33% say they are in rural areas.
By states (table 3) only Wisconsin gives a low, 25%, response to living in
suburbia; all other states report from 35% to 47% suburban. Those with low
urban area populations include Indiana, 15% Michigan, 18% and Pennsylvania,
18%. Most rural responses are from Indiana, 46%; Wisconsin, and 44%. The
lowest rural responses are in New York, 26%, and Illinois, 30%. All the rest are
between 33 and 35%.
By nearest lake, (table 6) three lakes have high suburban populations Ontario,
49%, Erie,45%, and Huron, 44%. Michigan and Superior have 35% of their
populations in suburban areas. Lake Michigan residents are the most urban,
26%; and Ontario is least, 19%. The most rural areas are near Lake Superior,
38% and Lake Michigan, 37%.
The least rural populations are found within 50 miles from the nearest lake
(table 7), with about 28% rural, but at 10 to 24 miles it goes way down to 16%
rural. From 50 miles to 75 miles away, the rural population is reported as
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43%;at 76 to 100 miles it is 36%; and at 100 or more miles it is 35% rural.
There is little difference on this demographic factor when compared by
concern about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes. The very concerned
are slightly more, 45%, suburban, and less, 21%, urban, compared to the not
very concerned who are 38% suburban and 26% urban.
Respondents who think water quality of the Great Lakes generally is poor
(table 8), tend to be suburban, 46%, or rural, 37%, rather than urban , 17%.
The other three groups are also more suburban and rural, rather than urban, but
not as pronounced as for the poor quality group.
QUESTION 32: Is vour age:
The largest age groups were 26 to 35 years of age, 24%; and 36 to 45,25%.
The next largest were 46 to 55, 14%; 25 and under, 12%; 55 to 65, 10% 66 to
75, 10%; and 76 and over, 4%.Very small differences occur between basin and
nonbasin respondents. In general, the basin population, especially at the border,
is slightly older than the non-basin population.
There is little variation in age groupings by State (table 3).
By closest lake (table 6) there are minor variations. Slightly younger
populations are found relative to Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, and Lake
Michigan has the most residents aged 66 and over.
Populations within 10 miles of the nearest lake (table 7) tend to be older; with
more residents over 66 and fewer under 45 than average.
Those who are very concerned about the Great Lakes environmental
condition (table 5) are concentrated in age ranges from 36 to 65; with only 7%
in the 25 and under group. The somewhat and not very concerned have more in
the 35 and under group. The not very concerned group is more likely to be
seniors, 66 and over. The somewhat concerned group is most similar to the
overall age distribution. The don't knows on concern are quite elevated in the
66 to 75 age group.
Among respondents who think water quality is excellent almost none are in
the 25 and under age group, 2%;but 10% are over 75 years of age. Those who
think water is good or fair are most similar to the overall age distribution.
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Those who rate water quality as poor are concentrated is the 36 to 45 age group
and are less likely than average to be over 55 years of age. Those with no
opinion on water quality are somewhat more likely to be over 65 years of age.
QUESTION 33: Including yourself, how many people currently live in your
household?
Two-person households comprise 30% of all respondents; three-persons,
19%; 1 and 4-persons, 17% each; 5-person, 10%; 6+person, 4%.
There are very few differences by area (table 1).
By State (table 3), 1-person households are highest in Michigan, 20%. The
2-person households are highest in Indiana 34% and Wisconsin 34%.
By nearest lake (table 6), Lake Huron reports 27% 1-person households,
whereas Ontario has 12% and the others are in the 17% range. Huron is low on
3-person households, 14%, vs. the average of over 19%.
Within 10 miles of the lakes, households tend to be more smaller than
average (table 7) with 1-person households particularly high, 24%, in the 5 to 9
mile band. The largest households tend to be found 50 or more miles from the
lakes.
The not very concerned (table 5) respondents have more 1 and 2-person
households; and slightly fewer 3 and 4-person households than the very
concerned.The differences throughout are very small.
There is a great increase in the number of 1-person, 32%, and 5-person,
19%, households reported for respondents who think Great Lakes water quality
is excellent-with a corresponding decrease in two-person households. All other
groups have households fairly similar to the overall distribution.
QUESTION 34: How many children under the age of 18 currently live with
you?
Well over half of respondents, 56% have no children living with them; 16%
each have one or two children currently living with them; 7% have three
children; 2% have four children. There is little difference across all areas.(table
1)
By State (table 3), there are very minor differences in the numbers of
children in the home.
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By nearest lake (table 6) Lake Huron is highest, 62% reporting no children in
the home; and is lowest for having one child, 11%. Lake Superior respondents
report more two-child families, 23%. Almost all of the house holds with 5 or
more children live nearest to Lake Michigan.
The number of households with children increases with distance from the
nearest lake (table 7). One-child households average 16%, but are reported at
only 10% from 5 to 9 miles, versus 24% at 75 to 100 miles from the nearest
lake. Three children households average 7%, but are only reported at 4% less
than 5 miles from the lake.
There are few differences in the numbers of children reported based on
concern for the environment of the Great Lakes.(table 5)
The persons who think lake water quality is excellent have more 3-child
households and fewer one-child households than average. Those who report
good or fair water quality have more one-child households than those who
report excellent or poor (table 8).
QUESTION 35: Is anyone in vour household a member of an environmental
organization?
Only 7% of the total population surveyed say there is a member of an
environmental organization in the household; with little difference between all
areas.(table 1)
The highest yes answers by State (table 3) are Minnesota, 14%, Wisconsin,
11%, and Illinois, 10%.
Lake Superior, 11%, and Lake Huron, 10% are highest for membership in an
environmental organization by closest lake (table 6). Lowest is Lake Erie,5%.
The lowest response for membership in an environmental organization comes
from the farthest distances, 6% for 75 miles or more from the lake (table 7).
Highest membership rates are closest to the lake, 9% at less than 5 miles and 10
to 24 miles.
Those who are very concerned about the Great Lakes environment (table 5)
show high tendency to join organizations, 12%
There is little difference in membership rates (table 8) by opinion of lake
water quality.
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QUESTION 35A: If vcs.which one:
Among respondents who report environmental organization membership,
Greenpeace is the most frequent organization mentioned overall, 14%; and is
highest at the border counties, 19%. Ducks Unlimited is next highest, 8%, with
10% at the border. The National Wildlife Federation, Cousteau Society, and
Sierra Club are next at 6%, with 8% at the border for Sierra Club. The Nature
Conservancy is 5%. Also mentioned are the Long Island Water Campaign; and
the World Wildlife Fund, 3% each,the Wilderness Society, 2%; and generic
national environmentalist group 2%. Many, 40%, could not recall the name of
the organization.
By State (table 3) there are differences: Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania
report fewest groups in which there are memberships. Illinois reports 9 groups;
Michigan, 8, Minnesota, 7, Ohio and Wisconsin, 6 each. Almost three quarters
of Indiana organization members could not recall the name of the group. The
rest named either Ducks Unlimited, 17%, or National Wildlife Federation, 10%,
Half of New York and Pennsylvania members couldn't name the organization.
New Yorkers were elevated on the Cousteau Society, 16%, and the Long Island
Water Campaign, 16%. Pennsylvania residents tended to be non specific.
Illinois is high for Greenpeace, 26%, Ducks Unlimited, 14% and the Nature
Conservancy, 11%, and has fewest who cannot name the group, 23%. Michigan
shows 18% Greenpeace and 40% don't know. Minnesota has 32% Greenpeace
and 35% don't know. Ohio is high for the National Wildlife Federation, 14%
and 42% don't know. Wisconsin is high for the Sierra Club, 18% and has 37%
don't know.
Greenpeace has members reported by closest lake (table 6) for every lake,
highest for Lake Superior and Michigan. No members reported for the
following: Audubon Society near Lakes Huron and Ontario; Cousteau Society
for Lakes Superior and Erie; Ducks Unlimited for Lakes Huron and Ontario;
National Wildlife, Lake Huron; Nature Conservancy, Sierra Gub, and
Wilderness Society, Lakes Huron and Ontario; World Wildlife Fund, Lakes
Huron, Erie and Ontario. Local activities groups are reported for Lake
Michigan only. Wildlife Association, and the Boy Scouts, Lake Ontario only.
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By distance from the lakes (table 7), more than 100 miles from the lakes
there are 8 groups reported and less than 5 miles from the lake there are 7
groups reported. There are 7 groups reported for 10 to 24 miles and 25 to 49
miles from the lakes; 6 groups 50 to 75 miles, and 5 groups for 75 to 100 miles.
Those who are very concerned about the Great Lakes environment (table 5)
report belonging to 13 groups; they do not belong to the Long Island Water
Campaign or the Boy Scouts, but all others. Almost 47% cannot name the
group. The not very concerned report belonging to 5 groups: Cousteau,
Greenpeace, Sierra Gub, Long Island, and Boy Scouts. Only 9% cannot name
group. The somewhat concerned belong to 7 groups: Audubon, Ducks,
Greenpeace, National Wildlife, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, and World
Wildlife Fund and 33% cannot name their group. The very concerned
outnumber the not very and somewhat put together, as members belonging to
environmental groups. There are 6 times as many very concerned as not very
concerned and 2-1/2 times as many very as somewhat concerned environmental
group members.
The respondents who consider lake water quality (table 8) good or fair who
belong to environmental groups, outnumber those who think it is excellent by
more than 10 times—and the poor group by about 3 times. There are 10 groups
reported by members who think lake water quality is good; 11 groups by those
who think lake water quality is fair. Those who think lake water quality is
excellent report belonging to 5 groups; and those who think it is poor report
belonging to 6 groups. The excellent group has its highest membership in The
Nature Conservancy, 35%. The poor group is highest for Ducks Unlimited,
20%. The fair group is highest for Greenpeace, 23%; the good group is the
only one belonging to the Long Island Water Campaign.
One important element of belonging to an environmental group is what the
group stands for in terms of its priority of interest Examples: Persons who
might be most interested in the welfare of the planet, and therefore, in the
overall condition of water quality and the Great Lakes, might belong to the
Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, or Friends of the Earth.
Animal-focused environmentalists might be concerned about environmental
conditions and water quality as it has an effect on flora and fauna. This group
might belong to Greenpeace, National Audubon Society, The Nature
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Conservancy, Cousteau Society, Ducks Unlimited, or the World Wildlife Fund.
A third group focuses on personal health and would likely care about pesticides
and problems directly impacting human beings; such as Americans for Safe
Food, Mothers and Others Against Pesticides. No such groups are reported as
having memberships in this research.
QUESTION 36: What is the highest level of school vou completed?
The largest group, 34% have completed high school; 24% report having
some college education; 20% have four year college degrees; 9% have graduate
school education; 6% went to llth grade; and 5% went to trade school (table 1).
There are a few differences by State (table 3) in educational level completion:
Minnesota is lowest, 3% for persons who only completed 11th grade;
Pennsylvania is highest, 41% for those who completed high school; Minnesota
and Wisconsin have highest groups, 10% who went to trade school.
By closest lake, there are a few differences (table 6): Lake Huron has the
lowest number, 27%, of those who finished high school; Huron and Michigan
report somewhat higher numbers, 24% and 25%, who have four year college
degrees. Lake Huron is highest for graduate degrees, 12%.
There is little difference by distance from the lake (table 7).
By concern for the Great Lake environment, there are marked differences:
the not very concerned have 42% who completed high school, vs. 31% for
somewhat concerned and 33% for very concerned. There are more some-
college and four year college degree respondents in the somewhat concerned and
very concerned groups than in the not very concerned group. And for graduate
school, the very concerned are highest at 13%, versus 8% for the somewhat
concerned and 7% for the not very concerned.
Comparing by rating of lake water quality (table 8),we find that the excellent
group has the highest respondent numbers 21%, for completing up to llth
grade, and they also have the highest graduate school group, 17%. The good,
fair and poor groups are higher on all other levels of education; the good and
fair are highest on four year college degrees, 21% and 22% vs. 17% for poor
and 12% for excellent water quality ratings.
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QUESTION 37: What is your racial or ethnic heritage?
Overall (table 1) the white/caucasian group is highest in all areas, 86%; but
lowest at the border,78%. African-American/black is highest at the border,
12%; lowest at other basin, 3% and 7% overall. Hispanic/Latino is 2% overall;
at the border 3%. Asian/oriental, is 1% overall. Indian/native American, 1% at
the border, half of 1 percent at other basin and nonbasin, and less than 1%
overall. Mixed heritage is 1% overall; and 3% at the border
By State (table 3) there are some noteworthy differences. Illinois has the
lowest white/caucasian group, 77%; Minnesota is highest, at 93%. Illinois has
the highest African-American/black group, 13%; while Minnesota reports none,
and Wisconsin, 1%. Hispanic/Latino is highest in New York, 4% and Illinois,
3%. Asian/Oriental is highest in Minnesota and Ohio, 2%, and Illinois and
Pennsylvania, 1%. Indian/Native American is highest in Wisconsin, 2%; and
Ohio, 1%. Mixed Heritage is highest in Illinois, 3%, and in Indiana, Minnesota,
Ohio, and Wisconsin, is 2% each.
By nearest lake (table 6) White/caucasian is reported highest at Lake Erie,
90%; and lowest at Lake Ontario, 81%. African-American/Black is reported
highest at Lake Ontario, 11%, and Lake Michigan 9%, lowest at Lake Superior,
1%. Hispanic-Latino is highest near Lake Superior, 6%; and lowest at Lake
Michigan and Lake Erie, 2%.
Asian/Oriental is not reported at all for Lake Huron; and is highest for Lake
Superior, 2%. Indian/Native American is not reported for Lake Huron, and is
highest for Lake Michigan and Ontario, 1% each. Mixed heritage is not
reported for Lake Huron and is highest for Lake Michigan, 3%.
By distance to the lake (table 7) the lowest numbers for White/caucasian are
in the bands less than 5 miles and 5 to 9 miles from the lake, 76% and 72%,
while African-American/Black numbers are highest at the same distances, 11%
and 18%. Hispanic/Latino is also highest closest to the lake, 6% at less than 5
miles; 3% at 5 to 9 miles; and 4% at 10 to 24 miles. More Asian/Oriental are
found at 25 to 49 miles 2% and at 50 to 75 miles 1 % from the lake.
Indian/Native American are 2% each at less than five miles and 5 to 9 miles;
they are also at 2% from 75 to 100 miles from the lake.Mixed heritage is found
throughout-3% at less than 5 miles; 2% at all other distances, except it is
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unreported at 50 to 75 miles.
The not very concerned group (table 5) are lowest, 80%, on White/caucasian
ethnicity; the somewhat concerned are 88%; and the very concerned are 85%.
Other racial/ethnic groups are correspondingly elevated among the not very
concerned about the environment.
When compared by their perception of lake water quality, (table 8) the
White/Caucasian group is least represented among those who think the water is
poor 81%, and more represented among those who think it is excellent, 84%;
good 87%; or fair 86%.
African/American/Blacks are absent from those who think the water is
excellent.
Hispanic-Latinos are found mostly among those who think water is either
excellent 8% or poor 6%; and are at just 1% for good or fair. Asian/Orientals
are found among those who think water is excellent 3%, or poor 1%.
Indian-Native Americans and those of mixed heritage are found in all 4 water
quality rating groups.
QUESTION 38: Are you currently employed or retired?
Eighty percent of the respondents are working. The fewest retired, 18%, are
in the nonbasin, vs. 24% for the basin respondents.
Illinois has the highest group of retired (table 3), 27%, and Pennsylvania, is
lowest at 16%. The average is 21%.
The smallest group of retired, 16%, (table 6) are reported living near Lake
Ontario.
The highest working groups/lowest retired (table 7) are 75 miles or more
from the lake.
The somewhat concerned (table 5) are the highest, 85%, working group,
while the not very and very concerned groups are close to the average.
The retired make up almost a third of those who think lake water quality is
excellent 30%; while those who think lake water quality is poor have the highest
group of working respondents, 85% and the lowest group of retired persons,
15%.
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QUESTION 38A: If employed, what is vour occupation. If retired, from doing
what?
Looking at the total response (table 1) we find the following distribution .of
occupations: skilled trade/factory workers are 15%; homemakers, 13%; lawyers,
accountant, and other professional, 10%; clerical/secretarial, 8%;
Doctor/nurse/medical professional, 8%; Educator/teacher, 7%; Business
owner/manager, 6%; Unskilled labor, 6%; Sales clerk/retail sales, 5%; Student,
4%; Service occupation (cook/beautician), 3%; Engineer/Scientist, 3%; Sales
(major purchases) 2%; Technician, 2%; Farmer/miner, 1%; Government
official, 1%. Less than 1%: unemployed, »7%; Artist/musician/sculptor, «4%;
consultant/advertising/PR, «4%; Armed services enlisted, »2%; Other,»5%.
By area, the non-basin is lower in skilled trade, 13%, vs. 17% for the basin.
The border is slightly higher for homemakers, professionals and clerical; but the
non-basin is higher for doctors/medical; unskilled labor is highest at non-basin,
7% vs. basin, 4%. There were more students, 5%, at the non-basin vs. basin,
3%. More sales (major purchases) at the border, 4% than non-basin, 2%. More
farmers and government officials, in the non-basin; and more unemployed, in
the other basin.
By State (table 3), Indiana has the most skilled tradespersons, 23%, and New
York has the lowest, 8%; Indiana has highest number of
lawyers/accountants, 14%, Pennsylvania the lowest, 5%. Illinois has the most
homemakers, 16%, Indiana the least, 8%; Illinois is highest on
clerical/secretarial, 13%, Pennsylvania the lowest, 5%. No technicians are
reported for Minnesota; no government officials for Indiana; no farmer/miners
in Michigan; armed service personnel reported only in Indiana, Michigan and
Wisconsin; artist/musicians not reported for Indiana; consultant/advertising/PR
not reported for Illinois, Minnesota.
By lake (table 6), the skilled trade/factory respondents live near Lake
Michigan, 17%, vs. the least, 9% for Lake Ontario. Educator/teacher
respondents comprise 17% of those living near Lake Huron,vs. 5% near Lake
Erie. Medical professionals are 11% for Lake Erie,vs.6% for Lake Huron.
Skilled tradespersons are reported (table 7) at highest levels, 22%, in the arcs
21 to 100 miles from the lake; and are lowest, 12%, at 100 miles or more away.
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Doctors and medical professionals are lowest at less than 5 miles from the lake,
but lawyers and other professionals are highest there. Clerical/secretarial are
highest at 10 to 24 miles, 16%, and at less than 5 miles, 13%, but are 5%,
lowest, at 5 to 9 miles.Homemakers are highest, 20%, at 5 to 9 miles from the
lake, and are lowest 7% at less than 5 miles.
Looking at concern about the Great Lakes environment (Table 5), we find
that the not very concerned (table 5) include fewer educators, scientists and
skilled traders than average and more unskilled and clerical workers.
Government officials are also higher than average among the unconcerned. The
very concerned include more skilled trade/factory workers; more
educator/teachers than average and fewer technical workers,but are average for
most professions. The somewhat concerned includes more scientists, engineers,
and technicians, and fewer government officials and sales clerks than average.
By comparison of what they think of lake water quality (table 8), the
educators, professional sales people; skilled tradespersons, and homemakers, are
greatly over represented in the group that thinks lake water quality is excellent.
Physicians and medical professionals; lawyers/accountants and other
professionals; technicians; business/owner/managers; sales clerk/retail;
clerical/secretarial; service; unskilled labor; and students are somewhat higher
for the group who think water quality is poor.
QUESTION 39: What county do you live in?
A total of 423 counties were represented in this survey, with 42 to 63
counties represented per State. The count of counties by State is: Illinois, 63;
Indiana, 52; Michigan, 55; Minnesota, 45; New York, 52; Ohio, 55;
Pennsylvania, 42; and Wisconsin, 59
Many of these were represented by only one or two individual respondents.
A few were represented by 30 or more individuals. These include Cook County,
Illinois (78), Lake County, Indiana (60), Cheboygan County, Michigan (31),
Wayne County, Michigan (33), Itasca County, Minnesota (36), St. Lewis County,
Minnesota (72), Erie County, New York (35), Cuyahoga County, Ohio (45),
Crawford County, (73), and Erie County Pennsylvania (83). Two counties had
29 individual respondents. These were Kent County, Michigan and Milwaukee
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County, Wisconsin
NOTE:.All counties are coded by four-digits; the first digits, from 1 to 8, are
the states, in alphabetical order. Thus, all counties in Illinois will be coded
1,000; Indiana, 2,000; Michigan, 3,000, etc. with the last three OOOs indicating
the county
QUESTION 40: What is the zip code where vour home is located?
Responses to these two questions are on disk data base.
Residents of a total of 1,316 zip codes were represented in the survey. As the
total sample was 2,034, the average representation per zip code was 0.65
individuals. The distribution of zip codes per State is: Illinois, 203; Indiana,
144; Michigan, 188; Minnesota, 126; New York, 211; Ohio, 182; Pennsylvania,
137; and Wisconsin, 125. Only three zip codes were represented by ten or more
individuals. These were 55744 (17) in Minnesota and 16504 (11) and 16510
(10) in Pennsylvania.
NOTE: There are over 1,400 zip codes on disk. For the most part there is
only one person per zip code; it is recommended that zip codes be used by the
first three-digit numbers only; this will give a sufficient geographic area for
study findings.
QUESTION 41: What is vour estimated household income?
Overall, (table 1) 23% said under $23,000; 19% report $35 to $49,999
annual income; 15% reported income of $25 to $34,999; 13% reported $50,000
to $74,999; 4% had incomes of $75 to $99,999; 2% report $100 to $149,999,
and *8% reported over $150,000; while 24% did not give an answer to this
question. Incomes were higher in the other basin area, and lower in the non-
basin area.
There are some differences in reported incomes by State (table 3): Minnesota
and New York have higher income respondents than average. Pennsylvania has
more low income respondents.
By closest lake, more low incomes are reported near Lake Superior, with
26% at under $25,000, but Superior has the fewest, 7% at the $25 to $34,999
income and is highest of the high income groups. Lake Erie has the lowest
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income overall and Lake Huron has the highest income overall.
At 5 to 9 miles from the lake (table 7) there is a big group, 36% earning
under $25,000 a year; and just next to it, at 10 to 24 miles is the group with the
fewest, 14%, earning under $25,000 and some of the highest income overall. At
less than 5 miles from the lake,a higher than average, 5% of respondents, report
earning $100,000 and over.
By the concern for the environment (table 5) the not very concerned include
more than average of respondents with incomes under $35,000 but they are also
high for incomes over $100,000. The somewhat and very concerned groups are
similar to the average in income levels.
The group that thinks lake water quality is excellent (table 8) has an up/down
pattern on earnings: they have the most respondents earning under $25,000;
fewer than the other groups in the next brackets up to $74,999, then they go up
to 16% for $75 to $99,999 vs the average of 4%; and they report 3% at $100 to
$145,999, and close to 1% for the $150,000 and over. Those who think lake
water quality is good report slightly higher incomes than the fair and poor
groups, especially at the $50,000 and above categories.
QUESTION 41: Gender of respondent
The questionnaire introduction was written to attempt to equalize the number
of male and female respondents. Without such a special effort females tend to
comprise almost 2/3 of survey responses. For this survey, the male respondents
total 47%; female, 53% (table 1).
The ratios by State (table 3) are similar, with the exception of New York,
which has 59% female responses.
By lake (Table 6), the highest male responses, 54%, are from near Lake
Huron; the highest female responses, 58%, from near Lake Ontario.
By distance to nearest lake (table 7) the highest male response, 58%, is from
50 to 100 miles distant; the lowest, 42% is from 100 or more miles away, where
the highest, 58%, female response rate shows up.
By environmental concern the largest group, somewhat concerned (table 5),
has the highest female, 54%, lowest male, 46% response. The very concerned,
has a 53% female,.47% male response. And the not very concerned, the smallest
group, has the largest male response, 53%, smallest female 48%.
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By perception of lake water quality (table 8), the males comprise more of the
excellent, 51% and good, 54%. While the females comprise more of the
responses highest on poor, 57%; and fair 52%.
E. RESPONDENTS PROFILES: Action Clusters
Introduction
Cluster profiles of respondents to the eight-State baseline study of the
knowledge, attitudes, and opinions about Great Lakes environmental issues are
based on responses regarding personal actions they take or whether they believe
there is anything they can do personally to help improve environmental quality
of the Great Lakes, questions 23 and 24.(See Section C, Survey Methodology and
Table 11, Comparison by Cluster Type). After the following descriptions of the
clusters, there are comparative demographic and environmental profiles.
The clusters are described and designated as:
1) Active — people who consider themselves to be very active in helping
to reduce environmental pollution and whose personal behavior
reflects substantial activism. They represent all racial groups,
but are highest for white/caucasian; they have the highest
incomes, the largest group employed especially in white collar
jobs; their educational levels are high, with the largest group
having graduate level education; they are the largest rural
group; over half are outside the Great Lakes basin, some are
unsure of whether they are in or out, but they have a far higher
percentage in the basin than the inactives. There is a higher
representation of activists from Lakes Superior and Ontario
than in the three other groups.
Members of the Active group are by far the most likely to
belong to an environmental organization, to consider themselves
active and very concerned and to actually do such things as cut
back on water usage, participate in beach cleanups, and write to
officials.
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They have the highest percentages of respondents who say they
own a Great Lake, participate in water and shore activities at a
lake, go fishing, and are highest in saying pollution stopped
their lake activities. The Actives see many problems with lake
environmental conditions, and are more inclined to think that
while the water quality has improved over the last ten years,
the U.S. EPA should do more about all twelve beneficial use
impairments; and that the U.S. EPA puts too little emphasis on
the environmental activities for the Great Lakes. The Active
group are the ones who have heard about GLNPO. And they
report very high media exposure on environmental subjects.
-There are 10 million persons represented in the Active cluster.
2. Unaware—people who do not consider themselves active but who show
substantial personal behavior that contributes to environmental
solutions. This is the youngest group with the most female
respondents; almost as high as the Inactive group in having
no children and in being retired; but the Unaware group is like
the Actives in racial/ethnic pattern, and percentage who identify
themselves as living in the basin. The Unaware are highest for
having only a high school or trade school education, but they
also have large group with some college, and while they have
just half of what the Active group has in persons with a graduate
degree, it is still twice as many as the other two groups. They
have a typical median income, work at white collar jobs about as
much as the Actives, but have more in pink (service) collar jobs
and far less in blue collar jobs. The Unaware are most identified
with Lake Erie. And they are highest as being suburbanites.
While they do not consider themselves environmentally
active, some do belong to environmental organizations, they do
as much as the Actives in cutting back on water usage, and while
they do far less on beach clean-ups, they still report doing it,
and they are much more apt to write to a public official than
are the Sympathizers. As for lake-based activities in the water,
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on shore, or fishing, the Unaware profile is almost a duplicate
of the Inactive group-they report few lake activities, yet they
do think pollution has stopped some of their activities .
Highest in thinking the U.S. EPA is doing an excellent job,
but putting too little emphasis on Great Lakes environmental
problems, the Unaware would like more done about all twelve
beneficial use impairments. They do think the lake water has
improved over the last ten years, but they have a high
percentage who just don't know about that, and they have the
lowest estimate, eight years, for how long it will take to clean
up the lakes to an acceptable level. The Unaware think they are
somewhat or not very concerned about environmental
conditions in the Great Lakes
This group has a low exposure to public media except for
newspapers and TV news, and while they are low on reading
environmental newsletters, ads, and employer publications, they
are highest (but it is still low) on saying they read government
publications.
—There are 17 million persons represented in the Unaware
cluster.
3.Sympathizers—people who consider themselves somewhat active, but show
less personal behavior than the unaware cluster. There are
more males among the Sympathizers than the Active or
Unaware groups—pro-environmental groups tend to include
more women— their median age is higher than all groups,
and they have more children under age 18 at home.
The Sympathizer racial profile includes more black and
hispanic than the Active and Unaware groups; their median
income is lower and their educational levels include more who
just finished 11th grade; fewer who finished graduate school and
about the same for high school and some college education. The
Sympathizers have fewer retired than the Unaware. There are
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fewest employed in white collar jobs of all four clusters; they
are high on blue and pink collar and other jobs. Sympathizers
live in rural and suburban areas, almost three-quarters identify
themselves as being outside of the Great Lakes basin.
Sympathizers say they are somewhat environmentally
active, and they do a bit more on beach clean-ups than the
Unaware, but far less on such activities as cutting back on water
use, writing to officials, or joining an organization. They do
participate more than the Unaware in fishing, water and shore
activities and they are more inclined to say pollution stopped
some of their activities. Over half say they own a Great Lake;
they are identified with Lakes Erie and Michigan mostly, but
also high on Ontario.
Sympathizers do see some major problems with Great Lakes
water quality, but they think it has improved, although to a
lesser extent than the Active and Unaware groups. And they are
highest on thinking lake water is excellent or good. Over half
the Sympathizer group think they are somewhat concerned
about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes; about one-
third say they are very concerned. Like all the other groups
they want more action on the twelve items of beneficial use
impairments. The Sympathizers are lowest on thinking the
U.S. EPA is excellent, and they are about in the middle in
their opinion that the U.S. EPA puts too little emphasis on
environmental conditions in the Great Lakes.
—There are 28 million persons represented in the Sympathizer
cluster.
4.1nactive—people who consider themselves inactive, and, in fact, do almost
nothing to help the environment. The Inactive group is over
one-half male; least white/caucasian; most black and other
racial/ethnic groups. They are at the median age of 40. They are
highest of all groups in having no children. The Inactive group
has the lowest median income; the fewest employed and most
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retired. Their education profile closely resembles the
Sympathizers', but Inactives have the highest of all groups with
only an llth grade education. They are at the median for
some college and for high school/trade school education.
Highest for urban population, the Inactives are divided about
evenly in thirds for urban, rural and suburban. They are lowest
in identifying themselves as being inside the Great Lakes basin.
They are lowest in saying they own a Great Lake. The Inactives
are highest of all groups in identifying with Lake Michigan,
about the same as the Active group for Lakes Erie, Huron and
Ontario.
The Inactive group reads newspapers, watches TV, but is
generally low on media exposure of other types. Few know of
a family member belonging to an environmental group. And as
their label states, they do nothing about beach clean-ups, cutting
back on water use, writing to officials, etc. They are also the
least active in using the Great Lakes for activities, but they do
go fishing, do some water and shore activities, and least likely
to have pollution warnings stop any of their lake activities.
When it comes to major environmental problems in the
Great Lakes, they see the least of all groups; they are least
likely to be very concerned and they are most likely to not be
concerned personally about environmental conditions in the
Great lakes. They do, over half, say they own a lake. However,
they don't know about water quality; they are least inclined to
say the water has improved over the last ten years. Where the
U.S. EPA is concerned, they are about at the median in thinking
they are excellent; and very much the lowest in believing that
the U.S. EPA is putting too little emphasis on environmental
conditions in the Great Lakes.
—There are 20 million persons represented in the Inactive
cluster.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
VflflJABLE ACTIVE
MEDIA EXPOSURE
ENVIR ORG MEM
ENVIR ACTIVE
CUT BACK WATER
BEACH CLEANUP
WROTE OFFICIAL
JOINED ORG
NONE
OWN A LAKE
WATER ACTIVITIES
SHORE ACTIVITIES
NO LAKE ACTIVITY
DO FISH
POLLUTION STOPPED
LAKE ACTIVITIES
WATER EXC-GOOD
DON'T KNOW
WATER IMPROVING
DON'T KNOW
MAJOR PROBLEMS
MEDIAN CLEAN UP
VERY CONCERNED
SOMEWHAT
NOT VERY
DON'T KNOW
DO MORE
NO CHANGE
DO LESS
HIGH
22.6%
VERY
87.4%
22.0%
41.2%
32.2%
0.0%
64.7%
25.5%
22.8%
51.7%
22.6%
34.2%
24.2%
15.7%
36.0%
13.9%
MANY%
11
53.2%
33.9%
9.5%
3.4%
73.4%
26.4%
0.1%
UNAWARE
LOW
5.0%
NOT
86.7%
9.4%
9.6%
6.3%
0.0%
58.5%
15.8%
15.7%
68.5%
10.7%
18.6%
25.0%
27.6%
32.7%
20.2%
SOME%
8
33.7%
44.1%
18.1%
4.1%
69.4%
24.8%
5.8%
SYMPATHIZE INACTIVE
MED
5.7%
SOME
64.4%
11.4%
1.7%
3.3%
25.6%
55.7%
21.9%
18.7%
59.5%
17.9%
23.4%
26.2%
25.5%
30.5%
20.9%
SOME%
9
32.5%
50.9%
11.9%
4.7%
73.6%
25.0%
1.4%
LOW
1.3%
NOT
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
53.5%
16.1%
13.6%
70.3%
10.4%
13.7%
25.4%
33.3%
23.1%
29.0%
LESS%
9
21.8%
48.3%
25.1%
4.8%
72.5%
25.9%
1.6%
TOTAL
MED
6.7%
SOME
55.3%
9.3%
8.5%
7.1%
36.3%
47.0%
19.5%
17.2%
63.3%
14.9%
21.2%
25.4%
26.7%
29.8%
22.0%
SOME
9 Yr
32.8%
46.3%
16.5%
4.4%
72.3%
25.4%
2.3%
EPA EXCELLENT 2.2%
TOO LITTLE EPA
EMPHASIS ON GL 62.0%
5.5 %
45.9%
1.0%
46.1%
2.0%
36.6%
2.5%
45.7%
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DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
VARIABLE
HALE
MEDIAN AGE
NO CHILDREN
WHITE
BLACK
HISPANIC
OTHER
11TH GRADE
HS/TRADE SCHOOL
1-4 YR COLLEGE
GRAD SCHOOL
MEDIAN INCOME
RETIRED
EMPLOYED
WHITE COLLAR
PINK COLLAR
BLUE COLLAR
OTHER
RURAL
URBAN
SUBURBAN
INSIDE BASIN
SUPERIOR
HURON
MICHIGAN
ERIE
ONTARIO
ACTIVE
45.1%
40 Yr
52.9%
89.9%
5.4%
1.6%
3.1%
1.8%
38.6%
32.2%
20.2%
$40K
11.3%
88.7%
45.0%
12.6%
24.2%
18.2%
40.0%
19.8%
37.6%
30.4%
10.1%
3.7%
33.1%
36.3%
16.8%
UNAWARE
41.1%
38 Yr
59.1%
88.9%
5.5%
1.0%
4.6%
6.1 %
45.2%
46.8%
11.4%
$36K
24.0%
76.0%
42.0%
17.0%
19.1%
22.0%
23.8%
24.2%
49.6%
31.2%
8.6%
3.1%
30.8%
44.4%
13.1%
SYMPATHIZE
47.7%
43 Yr
52.2%
85.4%
6.9%
3.6%
4.1%
6.7 %
38.0%
48.6%
5.9%
$35K
16.6%
83.4%
34.2%
17.1%
23.5%
25.2%
36.3%
19.9%
42.0%
27.2%
5.9%
3.5%
35.0%
40.2%
15.4%
INACTIVE
50.6%
40 Yr
61.4%
81.8%
9.2%
2.1%
6.9%
7.2%
38.9%
43.4%
5.9%
$32K
27.4%
72.6%
38.5%
15.5%
19.6%
26.4%
31.3%
28.3%
35.3%
23.7%
7.3%
4.2%
37.4%
36.6%
14.6%
TOTAL
46.6%
40 Yr
56.3%
85.8%
7.0%
2.3%
4.9%
6.0%
38.6%
44.5%
9.1%
$35K
20.5%
79.5%
38.8%
16.0%
21.6%
23.6%
32.6%
23.1%
41.3%
27.3%
7.5%
3.6%
34.4%
39.6%
14.9%
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APPENDIX A - THE QUESTIONNAIRE
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TELEPHONE SURVEY - GREAT LAKES BASIN - 1/13/95
SAMPLE AREA:.
TELEPHONE NUMBER: TIME BEGUN!
TIME ENDED:
Hello, my name is from Health Education Research. We are conducting a public
opinion survey about the Great Lakes, and would like to include the opinions of your
household about past and current environmental conditions of the Great Lakes. It will
take about ten minutes.
in order to get a representative sample, I would like to speak to the youngest man over
age 18 who lives in your household.
[IF NO MALE AVAILABLE] Then could I speak with you, if you are 18 or older.
1. How concerned are you personally, Not Very Concerned 1
about environmental conditions in the Somewhat Concerned 2
Great Lakes? [PROBE] Are you Not Very Concerned 3
Very Concerned, Somewhat Concerned, Don't know 9
or Very Concerned?
[VOLUNTEERED COMMENT].
2. Who do you think is watching out for Federal government ..1
the environment of the Great Lakes? State or local government 2
[DO NOT READ] Conservation organizations. .3
EPA 4
Other:
Don't know 9
3. I'm going to read you a few types of environmental actions. For each of them, please
tell me whether you would like to see more efforts, less efforts, or no change in
current efforts in the Great Lakes. [ROTATE FROM MARKED ITEM]
DO DO NO DON'T
MORE LESS CHANGE KNOW
[ ]A. cleaning up polluted areas 1230
[ ]B. Preventing new pollution 1230
[ ]C. Educating people about causes of pollution 1230
[ JD. Educating people about effects of pollution 1230
[ ]E. Organizing volunteers to clean up pollution 1230
[ ]F. Enforcing regulations on industries that pollute 1230
[ ]G. Scientific research about the quality of the
water supply 1230
[ ]H. Restoring fish and wildlife habitats 1230
[ JI. Reducing pollution that harms the health of
fish and wildlife 1230
[ ]J. Reducing pollution that harms the health of
people 1230
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[ ]K. Improving the taste of drinking water 1230
[ JL. Keeping the beaches open to the public 1230
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4. is there any environmental action I haven't named that you would like to see get mon
attention?
How long do you think it will take
before the Great Lakes are cleaned of
pollution to an acceptable level?
Hill it be... [READ LIST]
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
Leas than 5 years.
Within 10 years...
Within 25 years...
Within 50 years...
Within 75 years...
Within 100 years..
Over 100 years.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Don't know 9
Industry...
Government.
.1
.2
Everyone 3
Don' t know 9
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
tell me if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally. [ROTATE FROM MARKED ITEM]
]A. TV news
]B. TV news magazine shows
]C. Radio talk shows
]D. Radio news
]E. Newspapers
JF. Magazines
]G. Environmental newsletters
]H. Government
]I. Advertisements for products and services
]J. Employers
]K. Computer Programs/Internet
]L. Great Lakes National Program Office/Library
NOT DON'!
MAJOR MINOR AT ALL KNOB
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1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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1
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8.
9.
Do you consider one of the Great
Lakes to be vour lake? (IF YES]
Which one?
Why do you feel that Lake f»81 is
your lake? [DO NOT READ]
[MARK ALL RESPONSES]
No/Don't know (SKIP TO #10] 1
Yes t
Lake Superior .2
Lake Huron 3
Lake Michigan 4
Lake Erie 5
Lake Ontario 6
Closest to us 1
Grew up there 2
Fishing 3
Swimming 4
Boating 5
Family Outings 6
Beauty 7
Own/rent cottage/property there 8
Drinking water. 9
Other
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Which one of the Great Lakes do you Lake Superior 1
live nearest to? [READ LIST] [IF Lake Huron 2
UNSURE/ ASK FOR BEST GUESS - MUST Lake Michigan 3
MARK A SPECIFIC LAKE] Lake Erie 4
Lake Ontario 5
How far would you have to drive to Less than 5 miles 1
get to the nearest Great Lake? Is 5 to 9 miles 2
it... [READ LIST] 10 to 24 miles 3
25 to 49 miles 4
50 to 74 miles 5
75 to 100 miles 6
More than 100 miles 7
Unsure 9
How long would it take you to drive Less than 5 minutes 1
there? 5 minutes 2
10 minutes 3
15 minutes 4
20 minutes 5
30 minutes 6
45 minutes 7
1 hour 8
More than 1 hour 9
Unsure 0
What activities have you and your Fishing
family done at the lake in the past Swimming
12 months? [READ LIST] Boating
Camping
Walking/Jogging
Family Outings
Other Beach activities [
[ SPECIFY ] ____
None, never go there [SKIP TO #15][ ]
Have you or your family gone fishing No fishing l
at the Great Lakes in the past year? Fish for food 2
[IF YES] Do you fish for food or for Fish for sport 3
sport? Both for food and for sport 4
Has environmental pollution ever No 1
caused you to stop any of your lake Not sure 2
activities? [IF YES] Here these Yes:
swim or beach warnings, fish Swim/Beach warnings 3
advisories, or something else? [MARK Fish Advisories 4
Mi RESPONSES] Other
[SPECIFY]
thinking of water quality at Lake fSEB »101 ....
3 ft How would you rate the water quality Excellent 1
in Lake f»10l? Would you say it is Good 2
Excellent, Good, Fair or Poor? Fair 3
Poor 4
[No Opinion, Don't Know] 0
37 How do you find out about the water What I see myself [ASK A] [ ]
* quality in Lake filOT? la it from What others tell me [GO TO 18].... [ ]
what you see yourself, what others From the news [GO TO 18] [ ]
tell you, or from the news? [MARK Other [SPECIFY AND GO TO 18)
ALL MENTIONED]
[No Opinion, Don't Know] [ ]
A. can you tell me more about what you see of the environment?
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19.
Over the past ten years, would you
say that the water quality of Lake
f/101 is improving, is it getting
worse, or is it staying about the
same?
What do you think are the biggest
problems concerning Lake f*101 water
quality? [DO NOT READ LIST] [MARK
ALL RESPONSES]
Who do you feel is responsible for
monitoring the water quality of Lake
f/101? [DO NOT READ LIST]
[HARK ALL RESPONSES]
18. Over the past ten years, would you Improving 1
About the same 2
Getting worse 3
[Don't know] 0
Contaminants/pollution 1
Zebra Mussels 2
Dirty beaches 3
Acid Rain 4
Pesticides 5
Oil Spills 6
Ship traffic 7
There are no problems 6
Other
[Don't know] 0
20. Who do you feel is resoonsible for Local government 1
State government 2
US Environmental Protection Agency..3
Department of Natural Resources 4
US Federal government 5
Environment Canada 6
Other . 7
[Don't know] 0
21. Now I'm going to read you a few things that some people believe are problems. Oth«
people believe these are not problems. As I read each one, please tell me whether
you consider it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
[ROTATE FROM MARKED ITEM]
NOT DON'T
MAJOR MINOR AT ALL KNOW
[ ]A. Acid rain 1230
I ]B. Pollution in the bottom mud below the water 1230
[ ]C. Chemicals washing into the lake from farm* 1230
[ JD. Chemicals washing into the lake from cities 1230
[ ]E. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air 1230
[ JF. Industries dumping chemicals in Lake f*101 1230
[ ]G. PCBs in Lake f*101 1230
[ JH. DDT in Lake f*101 1230
[ ]I. Exotic species like the Zebra Mussels 1230
[ ]J. Lake f*10l fish unsafe to eat 1230
( ]K. Lake f*10J unsafe for swimming 1230
[ ]L. Lake r*10l unsafe for drinking water 1230
22. Do you feel there is anything you can
do to help improve Lake f*10l water
quality? [IF YES] What is that? [DO
NOT READ LIST]
No 1
Don' t know 2
Yes i
Proper waste disposal 3
Join environmental group 4
Write to congressman 5
Increase public awareness 6
Beach clean ups 7
Recycle 8
More/better government controls...9
Other
Don't know 0
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57.
39-
How active would you say you have
been personally in helping to reduce
environmental pollution? Are you...
[READ LIST]
Please tell me whether you have done
any of the following things to help
reduce water pollution... [ROTATE]
Have you done anything else that I
haven't mentioned?
Have you participated with any local
organization that helps with....
[READ LIST] [MARK ALL MENTIONED]
DO you feel there is anything the
government can do to help improve
Lake r»101 water quality? [IF YES]
What is that? [DO NOT READ LIST]
Is it your impression that the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency at
the Federal level is putting too much
emphasis on Great Lakes environmental
activities, too little, or about the
right amount?
As far as you know, does the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency at
the Federal level work with other
agencies and organizations to reduce
Great Lakes pollution? [IF YES] Can
you tell me the names of any agencies
or organizations they work with?
How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A at
the Federal level overall on the job
it ia doing for our country? Is the
EPA...
[ROTATE] Excellent Good Fair or Poor
/Poor Fair Good or Excellent?
Very active 1
Somewhat active 2
Not very active 3
[Don't know/refused] 0
[ ]Cut back on water use [ ]
[ ]Wrote to a public official [ ]
[ ]Joined an organization [ ]
[ jvolunteered in a beach cleanup.[ ]
Other:
[None of these] [ ]
Great Lakes Remedial Action Plans,
known as RAPS [ ]
ARCS program to deal with
contaminated sediments [ ]
Lakewide Management Plans, known
as LAMPS [ ]
[None of the above] [ ]
No 1
Don't know 2
Yea:
More restrictions on industry 3
More restrictions on chemicals....4
Better rule enforcement 5
More laws.., 6
Fines for polluters 7
Provide more funds 8
More education 9
Other
Don' t know 0
Too much emphasis 1
About right 2
Too little emphasis 3
[Don't know/Refused] 0
No 1
Unsure 2
Yes:
Don't know any specifically 3
State E.P.A 4
Other
[SPECIFY]
[ JExcellent 1
Good 2
Fair 3
[ ] Poor 4
[Don't know/no opinion] 0
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30. These final questions are for
classification purposes only. Can
you tell me if your home is located
in the Great Lakes Basin or is it
outside the Great Lakes Basin?
31. Would you say that your home is
located in a rural area, an urban
area or a suburban area?
32. Is your age [READ CHOICES]
33. Including yourself, how many people
currently live in your household?
34. How many are children under the age
of 18?
35. Is anyone in your household a member
of an environmental organization
36. [If YES] Which ones?
Audubon Society 1
Cousteau Society 2
Ducks Unlimited 3
Environmental Defense Fund 4
Greenpeace 5
National Wildlife Federation 6
Natural Resources Defense Council.7
Nature Conservancy 8
36.
37.
What is the highest level of school
you completed? Is it [READ LIST]
What is your racial or ethnic
heritage?
Inside Great Lakes Basin 1
Outside Basin 2
Unsure 3
Rural 1
Urban 2
Suburban 3
Unsure 4
25 and under 1
26 to 35 2
36 to 45 3
46 to 55 4
56 to 65 5
66 to 75 6
76 and over 7
(Refused] 0
Number in household is:
Number of children is:.
No/Don't know.
Yes
.1
.2
Sierra club 9
Wilderness Society 10
World Wildlife Fund H
Other
Can't recall 99
Up to llth grade 1
High school 2
Trade school 3
Some college 4
Four year college degree 5
Graduate school 6
[Refused] 0
White/caucasian 1
African-American/Black 2
Hispanic/Latino 3
Asian/Oriental 4
Indian/Native American 5
Nixed heritage 6
Refused 9
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38. What is your occupation?
[IF RETIRED] Retired from doing what?
ft. Tvt>e of work;
Educator /teacher 1
Engineer or scientist 2
Doctor/nurse/medical professional...3
Lawyer/accountant/other profession..4
Technician 5
Journalist - 6
Government official 7
Business owner/manager 8
Sales (Major purchases) 9
Sales clerk/retail sales 10
Clerical/secretarial 11
Service (Cook /beautician) 12
39. What county do you live in? [INCLUDE
STATE NAME]
40. What is the zip code where your home
is located?
41. Please stop me when I read the
category that includes your annual
household income before taxes. I
don't want to know your income, just
the category. Is it... [READ LIST]
42. Sex of respondent
Thank you for your help with this study.
make? [WRITE ON BACK IF NECESSARY]
A. 1[ ]Not retired 2[ ]Retired
Government (code by type of work)
Skilled trade/factory (Electrician
carpenter/welder/mechanic) .13
Unskilled labor 14
Farmer /miner 15
Armed services officer 16
Armed services enlisted 17
Artist/musician/sculptor 18
Consultant/advertising/PR 19
Homemaker SI
Student 52
Other
[SPECIFY]
Under $25,000 1
$25,000 to $34,999 2
$35,000 to $49,999 3
$50,000 to $74,999 4
$75,000 to $99,999 5
$100,000 to $149,999 6
$150,000 and over. ....7
Refused 8
Hale 1
Female 2
Do you have any other comments you would like to
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APPENDIX B - SAMPLING PLAN
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SAMPLE STRUCTURE FOR GREAT LAKES BASIN STUDY
AREA
BORDER
OTHER BASIN
NON-BASIN
SUBTOTAL IL
BORDER
OTHER BASIN
NON-BASIN
SUBTOTAL IN
BORDER
OTHER BASIN
NON-BASIN
SUBTOTAL MI
BORDER
OTHER BASIN
NON-BASIN
SUBTOTAL MN
BORDER
OTHER BASIN
NON-BASIN
SUBTOTAL NY
POPULATION
5621485
0^
5809117
11430602
711592
984198
3848369
5544159
4576708
4718589
0
9295297
212496
103811
4058792
4375099
2603121
1863704
13523630
17990455
PROPORTION
0.074
0.000
0.076
0.150
0.009
0.013
0.050
0.073
0.060
0.062
0.000
0.122
0.003
0.001
0.053
0.057
0.034
0.024
0.177
0.236
SAMPLE
34.6
0.0
35.8
70.5
4.4
6.1
23.7
34.2
28.2
29.1
0.0
57.3
1.3
0.6
25.0
27.0
16.0
11.5
83.4
110.9
OVERSAMPLE
48.7
0.0
130.9
179.5
78.9
77.2
59.6
215.8
55.1
137.6
0.0
192.7
82.0
82.7
58.3
223.0
67.3
71.8
-0.1
139.1
TOTAL QUOTA
83
0
167
250
83
83
83
250
83
167
0
250
83
83
83
250
83
83
83
250
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BORDER
OTHER BASIN
NON-BASIN
SUBTOTAL OH
BORDER
OTHER BASIN
NON-BASIN
SUBTOTAL PA
BORDER
OTHER BASIN
NON-BASIN
SUBTOTAL HI
SUBTOTAL BOR
SUBTOTAL OTH
SUBTOTAL NON
TOTAL
2577755
2563491
5705869
10847115
275572
102886
11503185
11881643
2015571
1231356
1644842
4891769
18594300
11568035
46093804
76256139
0.034
0.034
0.075
0.142
0.004
0.001
0.151
0.156
0.026
0.016
0.022
0.064
0.244
0.152
0.604
1.000
15.9
15.8
35.2
66.9
1.7
' 0.6
70.9
73.2
12.4
7.6
10.1
30.2
114.6
71.3
284.1
470.0
67.4
67.5
48.1
183.1
81.6
82.7
12.4
176.8
70.9
75.7
73.2
219.8
552.1
595.4
382.6
1530.0
83
83
83
250
83
83
83
250
83
83
83
250
667
667
667
2000
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APPENDIX C -
CHART OF STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE
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SIGNIFICANCE TESTS FOR SURVEY RESULTS
AVERAGE OF THE 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
TWO SURVEY RESULTS or or or or
pf-TNG COMPARED 90% §0% 70% 60%.
SAMPLE SIZES 4
2,000 and 2,000 23 4 « •»
1,500 and 1,500 3 4 4 4 «
1,000 and 2,000 3 4 I 6
1,000 and 1,000 4455°
750 and 1,500 3 4 5 5 |
750 and 1,000 4.5 5 b °
750 and 750 4 5 6 & °
500 and 2,000 4 5 6 6 6
500 and 1,500 4 5 6 6 o
500 and 1,000 4 5 67 /
500 and 750 4 6 6 7 /
500 and 500 56688
250 and 250* 7 8 10 11 11
100 and 2,000 7 10 11 12 13
100 and 1,500 8 10 12 12 13
100 and 1,000 8 10 12 13 13
100 and 750 8 10 12 13 13
100 and 500 8 11 13 14 14
100 and 500 8 12 13 14 14
100 and 100 10 14 16 17 17
Significance testing is a tool to determine whether observed differences between
samples are likely to represent real differences between the populations they
represent.
For example, in this study, the sample taken in the Great Lakes basin counties
/sample size • 1,340) includes 87.8 percent who are very concerned about
environmental conditions in the Great Lakes. In contrast, the sample taken in
the non-basin counties of the eight-state area (sample size - 694) includes 73.5
oercent who are very or somewhat concerned. Thus, we measure a 14 percentage
ooint difference between these two samples. To determine whether there is likely
to be a true difference, we consider that the average of these two responses is
approximately 80 percent.
examining the table, on the line for comparing sample sizes of 750 and 1,500, we
find that at an average response of 80 percent, that a four percentage point
difference would be statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level.
This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the basin counties are
more concerned about the environment than the nonbasin counties of the Great
Lakes states, ie a statistically significant difference exists.
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APPENDIX D -
CHART OF CONFIDENCE LEVELS
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CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR SURVEY RESULTS BY SIZE OF SAMPLE
SURVEY RESULT
SAMPLE SIZE
25
50
75
83*
100
150
167*
200
250*
300
400
500
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,500
2,000*
1%
or
99%
4.0
2.8
2.3
2.1
2.0
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.2
1.1
.99
.89
.81
.69
.63
.57
.51
.44
2%
or
98%
5.6
4.0
3.2
3.0
2.8
2.3
2.1
2.0
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.3
1.1
.98
.90
.81
.73
.61
5%
or
95%
8.7
6.2
5.0
4.7
4.4
3.6
3.3
3.1
2.7
2.5
2.2
2.0
1.8
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.1
.96
10%
or
90%
12.0
8.5
6.9
6.5
6.0
4.9
4.5
4.3
3.8
3.5
3.0
2.7
2.5
2.1
1.9
1.7
1.6
1.3
15%
or
85%
14.3
10.1
8.2
7.7
7.1
5.9
5.4
5.1
4.5
4.1
3.6
3.2
2.9
2.5
2.3
2.1
1.9
1.6
20%
or
80%
16.0
11.4
9.2
8.6
8.0
6.6
6.1
5.7
5.0
4.6
4.O
3.6
3.3
2.8
2.6
2.3
2.1
1.8
25%
or
75%
17.3
12.3
10.0
9.3
8.7
7.1
6.6
6.1
5.S
5.0
4.3
3.9
3.6
3.0
2.8
2.5
2.3
1.9
30%
or
70%
18.3
13.0
10.5
9.9
9.2
7.5
6.9
6.5
5.8
5.3
4.6
4.1
3.8
3.2
2.9
2.7
2.4
2.0
35%
or
65%
19.1
13.5
11.0
10.3
9.5
7.8
7.2
6.8
6.0
5.5
4.8
4.3
3.9
3.3
3.1
2.8
2.5
2.1
40%
or
60%
19.6
13.9
11.3
10.5
1
9.8
8.0
7.4
7.0
6.2
5.7
4.9
4.4
4.0
3.4
3.1
2.8
2.5
2.2
45%
or
55%
19.6
14.1
11.4
10.7
9.9
8.1
7.5
7.0
6.2
5.8
5.0
4.5
4.1
3.5
3.2
2.9
2.6
2.2
50%
20.0
14.2
11.5
10.7
10.0
8.2
7.6
7.1
6.3
5.8
5.0
4.5
4.1
3.5
3.2
2.9
2.6
2.2
* Sample sizes for: (83) Border, other basin, and non-basin areas within each state, (167) Basin areas within
each state, (250) Bach state and (2,000) Eight state total.
Confidence intervals describe the range of values within which a population value is likely to fall. For
example, in this study, we find that 32.9 percent of the weighted response reflects persons who are very
concerned about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes. Since the sample size for this result is 2,034,
we examine the confidence .interval table at the 2,000 sample size line and find that at a response of 30
percent, the confidence interval is 2.0. This means that we can be 95 percent certain that, if we had asked
everyone in the entire geographic region the same question, that the percent who are very concerned will fall
between 30.9 and 34.9 percent, or 32.9 plus or minus 2.0 percent. There is only a five percent chance that the
true value for the entire population of the eight states surveyed will fall outside of this range.
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TABLES A
TABLE 1 - ALL AREAS
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
1. How concerned are you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n=678) (n=l,340) (n=694) (n=2,034)
Population (000 ' s) 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
Not very Concerned 8.5% 12.9% 10.2% 20.7% 16.5%
Somewhat Concerned 42.5% 44.0% 43.1% 48.5% 46.3%
Very Concerned 47.2% 40.6% 44.7% 25.0% 32.8%
Don't Know 1-8% 2.5% 2.1% 5.9% 4.4%
2. Who do you think is watching out for the environment of the Great Lakes?
Population (OOO's)
EPA
State or Local
Government
Federal Government
Department of Natural
Resources
Business
Canada and U.S.
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
15.6%
15.7%
10.3%
7.2%
4.6%
4.6%
.0%
.0*
OTHER BASIN
(n-678)
11,568
13.6%
12!3%
5.2%
4.0%
7.2%
.2%
.1%
2%
TOTAL BASIN
(n=l,340)
30,169
14.8%
15.6%
11.1%
6.4%
4.3%
5.6%
.6%
.1%
.1%
NON-BASIN
(n-694)
46,093
14.5%
11.5%
8.6%
6.5%
4.5%
1.4%
.1%
.8%
.6%
GRAND TOTfl
(n=2,034)
76,261
14.6%
13.1%
9.6%
6.5%
4.4%
3.1%
.3%
.5%
• 4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
3. 'For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
BORDER
(n-662)
Population (OOO's) 18,601
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-678) (n-1,340) (n»694)
11,568
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
b . Preventing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
c . Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
d. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
89.6%
.4%
8.1%
1.9%
new pollution
89.4%
.4%
8.8%
1.4%
people about causes
85.6%
.5%
13.4%
- .5%
89.5%
1.1%
6.8%
2.7%
87.9%
.3%
8.9%
2.9%
of pollution
84.6%
1.1%
13.4%
.9%
people about effects of pollution
86.1%
1.1%
12.4%
.5%
84.1%
.7%
14.3%
.8%
30,169
89.6%
.7%
7.6%
2.2%
88.8%
.3%
8.9%
1.9%
85.2%
.7%
13.4%
.6%
85.3%
.9%
13.1%
.6%
46,093
89.7%
.1%
7.8%
2.4%
88.3%
1.2%
8.2%
2.3%
86.8%
.5%
11.3%
1.3%
87.6%
.5%
10.7%
1.2%
(n=2,034)
76,261
89.6%
.4%
7.7%
2.3%
88.5%
.8%
8.5%
2.2%
86.2%
.6%
12.1%
1.1%
86.7%
.7%
11.6%
.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIff SUAVE?
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN SRAND TOTAL
(n=662) (n-678) (n=l,340)
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-676) (n-1,340) (n=694) Jn=2,034)
Population (000's) 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
i. Reducing pollution that harms the health of fish
90.6% 90.6%
.1% .3%
7.6% 7.5%
1.6% 1.7%
91.7% 91.9%
.2% .3%
6.8% 6.6%
1.3% 1.2%
73.2% 69.4%
1.1% .8%
19.8% 25.0%
5.9% 4.8%
70.6% 69.7%
2.1% 1.9%
21.8% 23.5%
5.4% 4.8%
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
j . Reducing pollution
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
k. Improving the taste
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
1. Keeping the beaches
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
90.9%
.4%
7.1%
1.6%
90.0%
.9%
7.4%
1.8%
that harms the health of
93.0%
.8%
5.5%
.7%
of drinking
61.2%
.3%
36.2%
2.3%
open to the
70.1%
1.7%
25.0%
3.2%
90.8%
.2%
7.7%
1.2%
water
67.6%
.5%
27.5%
4.5%
public
65.6%
1.4%
27.8%
5.2%
90.6%
.6%
7.2%
1.7%
people
92.2%
.6%
6.3%
.9%
63.6%
.4%
32.9%
3.1%
68.4%
1.6%
26.1%
3.9%
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fffi£AT LWZS BASIff SWVEY
MM 1995
ALL AREAS
4. Is there any governmental action, not named, that you would like to see get
more attention?
Population (OOO's)
No, Nothing
Enforcement/Pollution
Don't Know
Education
Protecting Lands
Endangered Flora
Endangered Fauna
Industrial
Restrictions
Boating Restrictions
Cooperate with Canada
BORDER
(n=662)
18,601
85.0%
5.9%
.6%
1%
6%
0%
.3%
.4%
.0%
.1%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n-678) (n=l,340)
11,568
5.
1.
86.9%
4.4%
.0%
.8%
.6%
.3%
.7%
.1%
.3%
30,169
85.7%
5.3%
4.7%
1.4%
1.2%
.7%
.4%
.3%
.1%
.1%
NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n=694) (n=2,034)
46,093
3.
1.
88.7%
4.7%
.2%
.8%
.4%
.7%
.2%
.2%
.2%
76,261
87.5%
4.9%
3.8%
1.6%
.7%
.7%
.3%
.3%
.2%
.0%
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are cleaned of pollution
to an acceptable level?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 years
Within 10 years
Within 25 years
Within 50 years
Within 75 years
Within 100 years
Over 100 years
Don't know
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n=2,034)
18,601
10.6%
39.0%
26.9%
3.9%
.2%
.5%
4.3%
14.4%
11,568
11.3%
34.6%
24.7%
4.5%
.5%
1.6%
4.8%
18.0%
30,169
10.8%
37.3%
26.1%
4.1%
.3%
.9%
4.5%
15.8%
46,093
6.8%
39.8%
25.2%
1.9%
.5%
.3%
3.8%
21.5%
76,261
8.4%
38.8%
25.6%
2.8%
.4%
.6%
4.1%
19.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
Population (000's)
Industry
Government
Everyone
Persons responsible
for polluting it
Canada
Boating/fishing
Non-specific
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
22.7%
19.3%
48.6%
5.1%
,5%
.0%
3.8%
OTHER BASIN
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fffiEAF LAXES BASIN St/fiVE?
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
People get information about the environment from many different sources.
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally.
Population (OOO's)
a. TV news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
BORDER
(n=662)
18,601
62.0%
31.0%
6.5%
.5%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n=678) (n=l,340) (n=694) (n=2,034)
11,568
58.3%
34.1%
7.3%
.3%
30,169
60.6%
32.2%
6.8%
.4%
46,093
60.2%
31.1%
8.1%
.6%
76,261
60.3%
31.5%
7.6%
.5%
b. TV news magazine shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
40.3%
36.6%
20.8%
2.4%
35.2%
40.5%
22.1%
2.2%
38.3%
38.1%
21.3%
2.3%
37.1%
39.8%
21.1%
2.0%
37.6%
39.1%
21.2%
2.1%
c. Radio talk shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
19.8%
40.9%
37.3%
1.9%
16.1%
46.0%
35.1%
2.7%
18.4%
42.9%
36.5%
2.2%
18.7%
42.2%
35.7%
3.3%
18.6%
42.5%
36.0%
2.9%
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
32.6%
39.2%
26.9%
1.3%
26.9%
45.6%
26.1%
1.4%
30.4%
41.7%
26.6%
1.3%
28.2%
42.7%
26.6%
2.5%
29.1%
42.3%
26.6%
2.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Population (OOO's)
e. Newspapers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
67.9%
26.9%
5.2%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-678) (n=l,340) (n=694)
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GREAT LAKES BASIN St/WE?
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
7 People qet information about the environment from many different sources. Please
* state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Population (000's)
BORDER
(n=662)
18,601
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n=678) (n=l,340) (n=694) (n=2,034)
11,568
i. Advertisements for products and services
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.2%
41.3%
36.1%
4.4%
17.5%
38.6%
40.5%
3.4%
30,169
17.9%
40.3%
37.8%
4.0%
46,093
19.6%
45.3%
31.4%
3.7%
76,261
18.9%
43.3%
33.9%
3.8%
j. Employers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.3%
31.2%
51.4%
4.1%
13.3%
28.9%
55.2%
2.6%
13.3%
30.3%
52.9%
3.5%
12.9%
35.7%
48.0%
3.4%
13.1%
33.6%
49.9%
3.4%
Jc. computer program/internet
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
7.2%
19.6%
60.3%
12.9%
6.0%
22.2%
63.1%
8.7%
6.7%
20.6%
61.4%
11.3%
6.5%
26.6%
56.2%
10.6%
6.6%
24.3%
58.3%
10.9%
1. Great Lakes National Program Office/Library
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.3%
13.1%
57.9%
15.8%
9.5%
15.3%
58.4%
16.8%
11.8%
14.0%
58.1%
16.1%
14.8%
19.2%
50.9%
15.1%
13.6%
17.1%
53.8%
15.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
Population (000'
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034J
11,568
30,169
46,093
76,261
17.6%
4.7%
6,3%
42.7%
23.0%
5.8%
36.3%
4.2%
4.7%
30.3%
17.9%
6.7%
24.8%
4.5%
5.7%
37.9%
21.0%
6.1%
54.9%
7.5%
.3%
13.9%
18.7%
4.6%
43.0%
6.3%
2.4%
23.4%
19.6%
5.2%
9. Why do you feel that the lake is your lake?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n=l,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
Population (OOO's)
Closest to us
Grew up there, used
to live there
Fishing
Swimming
Family Outings
Boating
Own/rent cottage
property there
Beauty
Drinking water
Quality of water,
shore areas
Recreation
Economic Factors
Don't Know
18,601
63.7%
8.1%
6.5%
7.31
2.6%
4.4%
0%
3%
5%
1.5%
.2%
18.0%
11,568
46.9%
5.
7.
.8%
.6%
7.4%
5.4%
4.1%
1.0%
1.6%
.0%
.4%
37.8%
30,169
57.3%
7.2%
6.9%
7.4%
3.6%
4.3%
3.5%
1.4%
.9%
.9%
.1%
.1%
25.6%
46,093
29.5%
76,261
40.5%
5.2%
5.4%
2.5%
4.4%
1.5%
1.3%
.5%
.1%
.0%
.1%
i7.1%
6.0%
6.0%
4.4%
4.1%
2.6%
2.2%
.9%
.4%
.4%
.1%
.0%
44.6%
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ff/t&r LAKES MSM
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
10. Which one of the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
Population (OOO's)
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
BORDER
(n»662)
18,601
4.0%
7.7%
51.6%
30.1%
6.5%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n=678)
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
12. How long would it take you to drive there?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
More than 1 hour
Don't know
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
14.3%
6.9%
10.3%
11.1%
14.9%
17.4%
7.3%
5.9%
10.2%
1.8%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
11,568
30,169
.4%
.5%
1.3%
2.5%
7.6%
12.7%
18.7%
54.1%
2.2%
8.8%
4.4%
6.5%
7.3%
10.2%
13.6%
9.4%
10.8%
27.0%
1.9%
46,093
.6%
.4%
.6%
.1%
.3%
.5%
1.0%
3.6%
91.7%
1.4%
76,261
3.8%
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
4.2%
5.7%
4.3%
6.4%
66.1%
1.6%
13. What activities have you and your family done at the lake in the
past 12 months?
Population (OOO's)
None, never go there
Swimming
Fishing
Boating
walking/Jogging
Family Outings
Camping
Shore Activities
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
18,601
38.3%
26.4%
20.0%
21.3%
23.2%
19.0%
5.7%
7.5%
11,568
52.6%
17.1%
17.4%
15.3%
10.4%
10.2%
6.9%
5.7%
30,169
43.8%
22.8%
19.0%
19.0%
18.3%
15.6%
6.2%
6.9%
46,093
76.1%
7.1%
9.0%
7.5%
5.4%
5,5%
4.1%
2.6%
76,261
63.3%
13.3%
13.0%
12.0%
10.5%
9.5%
4.9%
4.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAX 1995
ALL AREAS
14. Have you or your family gone fishing at the Great Lakes in the past
year?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
Population (000 's)
No fishing
Fish for food
Fish for sport
Both for food and
for sport
15. Has environmental pollution
lake activities?
(n=662)
18,601
74.0%
2.2%
16.3%
7.6%
ever caused
(n-678)
11,568
79.2%
1.8%
13.1%
5.9%
you to stop
BORDER OTHER BASIN
Population (OOO's)
Mo
nv
Swim/Beach warnings
Fish Advisories
Cruddy beaches
Waste in water,
ashore
Don't Know
(n-662)
18,601
61.9%
21.6%
11.6%
.5%
.8%
3.6%
(n-678)
11,568
78.9%
9.3%
8.9%
1.0%
1.9%
(n=l,340)
30,169
76.0%
2.0%
15.1%
6.9%
any of your
TOTAL BASIN
(n=l,340)
30,169
68.4%
16.9%
10.6%
.3%
.9%
3.0%
NON-BASIN
(n=694)
46,093
91.1%
1.1%
7.0%
.8%
NON-BASIN
(n-694)
46,093
85.6%
7.5%
4.3%
4 A
.1%
.9%
1.7%
GRAND TOTAL
(n=2,034)
76,261
85.1%
1.4%
10.2%
3.2%
GRAND TOTAL
(n=2,034)
76,261
78.8%
11.2%
6.8%
9ft
• £v
.9%
2.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
16. How would you rate the water quality in the lake?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
Population (OOO's) 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
3 6% 3.7% 3.6% 1.8% 2.5%
30*.0% 25.6% 28.3% 19.3% 22.9%
42.5% 41.3% 42.0% 30.0% 34.8%
poor ".1% 12.1% 15.2% 11.7% 13-1%
No Opinion, Don't 1Q g% 3? 1% 26.7%
Know o.a* •
17. How do you find out about the water quality of the lake?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
Population (000's, 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
JJ.3% 33.6% 12.7% 21.7% 30.0%
What others tell me io.»« t-,"i-» *c i» a«; &\ 45.7%
F the news 45.6% 47.5% 46.3% 45.i* 13%
Multiple sources 1«5% '5%
No opinion, Don't 5 ,. n.4% 12.5%
Know 3-1% 8'3*
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AMPS SASIJV SOXVZY
MX 1935
ALL AREAS
lla. What additional information can you provide regarding what you see in the
environment?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n=290) {n=199) (n=489) (n=147) (n=636)
Population (OOO's) 8,553 3,592 12,145 9,095 21,240
Lack of wildlife 1.3% .5%
Pollution, garbage on
shores, in water 30.1% 25.8% 28.8% 21.6% 25.7%
Water murky, bad odor 20.5% 19.7% 20.3% 19.7% 20.0%
Need more action on
issue 2.4% 1.0%
Beaches cruddy 9.7% 7.4% 9.0% 5.3% 7.4%
Deer starving to
death .5% .2%
Water seems to be
improving 27.7% 28.2% 27.9% 36.3% 31.5%
Encourage involvement 6.4% 12.3% 8.2% 11.8% 9.7%
Lack of wildflowers,
nature .3% .8% .4% .4% .4%
warnings/advisories .3% .8% .4% .2%
Get rid of zebra
mussels .4% 2.5% 1.0% .4% .8%
Algae, weed
overgrowth .4% .3% .2%
Too many industries .0% .8% .2% -1%
Little evidence of
dumping .8% .5% .3%
Diseased, dead, or
lack of fish 3.3% 1.7% 2.8% .4% 1.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
18. over the past ten years, would you say the water quality of the lake is improving,
getting worse, or is staying about the same?
••
Population (000' s)
Improving
About the same
Getting worse
Don't Know
BORDER
(n=662)
18,601
38.3%
32.3%
21.4%
8.0%
OTHER BASIN
(n-678)
11,568
35.1%
30.6%
19.4%
14.9%
TOTAL BASIN
(n=l,340)
30,169
37.0%
31.7%
20.6%
10.6%
19, what do you think are the biggest problems concerning lake water
Population (OOO's)
Contaminant s /pol lution
Ship traffic
Dirty beaches
Zebra Mussels
Pesticides
Acid Rain
Oil Spills
There are no problems
People's
Attitudes/Behavior
Overpopulation
Lack of restrictions
on pollution
Pleasure boating
Harm to Fish/Wildlife
Algae, seaweeds
Funding Problems
Harmful elements in
water
Sewage runoff
Air pollution, emissions
Leaking barrels
Sinking water levels
Being overlooked
Improve testing
processes
BORDER
(n=662)
18,601
69.1%
5.2%
5.6%
4.1%
4.8%
.5%
.4%
1.9%
.1%
.0%
.3%
.7%
,5%
.5%
.5%
.1%
.2%
.2%
OTHER BASIN
(n=678)
11,568
67.0%
4.1%
2.3%
5.1%
3.1%
1.8%
.9%
1.4%
2.4%
.2%
.5%
.0%
.1%
.2%
.0%
.4%
.0%
.0%
TOTAL BASIN
(n=l,340)
30,169
68.3%
4.8%
4.3%
4.5%
4.2%
1.0%
.6%
1.7%
1.0%
.1%
.4%
.4%
.4%
.4%
.3%
.2%
.0%
.1%
.1%
NON-BASIN
(n=694)
46,093
25.0%
23.2%
22.4%
29.4%
quality?
NON- BASIN
(n=694)
46,093
57.6%
3.8%
3.2%
2.6%
1.5%
2.6%
2.5%
1.2%
1.5%
.5%
.1%
.0%
.3%
.0%
.1%
.1%
1
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BASfJV Sfflt&r
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
20. Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the water quality of the lake?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n-1,340)
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MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a a problem at all.
Population (000's)
a. Acid rain
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
18,601
37.3%
33.2%
14.7%
14.8%
11,568
33.5%
35.4%
10.2%
20.9%
30,169
46,093
76,261
35.8%
34.1%
13,0%
17.1%
44.4%
28.1%
6.1%
21.5%
41.0%
30.4%
8.8%
19.7%
b. Pollution in the bottem mud below the water
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
48.9%
22.5%
8.5%
20.0%
45.2%
22.6%
5.0%
27.1%
47.5%
22.6%
7.2%
22.8%
44.9%
23.8%
4.1%
27.1%
46.0%
23.3%
5.3%
25.4%
c. Chemicals washing into the lake from farms
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
57.4%
25.5%
7.1%
10.1%
54.8%
27.1%
3.6%
14.5%
56.4%
26.1%
5.7%
11.8%
56.6%
24.3%
6.3%
12.8%
56.5%
25.0%
6.0%
12.4%
d. Chemicals washing into the lake from cities
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
74.4%
14.7%
3.7%
7.2%
71.3%
16.5%
1.7%
10.4%
73.2%
15.4%
3.0%
8.4%
71.1%
15.8%
2.4%
10.7%
71.9%
15.6%
2.6%
9.8%
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LWES MSM St/XVEr
MM 1995
ALL AREAS
21 Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
" it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a a problem at all. (cont.)
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n-662) (n-678) (n=l,340)
Population (000's) 18,601 11,568 30,169
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
47.4%
35.4%
5.6%
11.6%
77.7%
12.2%
3.4%
6.7%
47.4%
19.8%
5.3%
27.5%
36.0%
23.6%
10.0%
30.4%
NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n=694) (n=2,034)
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
f. Industries dumping
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. PCBs in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. DDT in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
49.2%
33.5%
6.6%
10.8%
chemicals in
78.1%
11.8%
4.3%
5.7%
50.8%
19.6%
5.7%
23.9%
38.2%
23.6%
10.6%
27.7%
44.6%
38.3%
4.0%
13.0%
the lake
76.9%
12.9%
1.8%
8.4%
42.0%
20.2%
4.7%
33.1%
32.5%
23.6%
9.1%
34.8%
46,093
44.2%
39.4%
3.0%
13.4%
74.7%
12.3%
2.3%
10.7%
42.6%
14.5%
6.8%
36.1%
34.6%
17.5%
10.8%
37.1%
76,261
45.5%
37.8%
4.0%
12.7%
75.9%
12.3%
2.7%
9.2%
44.5%
16.6%
6.2%
32.7%
35.1%
19.9%
10.5%
34.5%
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43.7%
22.4%
11.4%
22.6%
42.8%
25.5%
6.2%
25.5%
43.3%
23,6%
9.4%
23.7%
28.8%
19.6%
6.2%
45.5%
34.6%
21.1%
7.4%
36.9%
GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
21 Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a a problem at all. (cont.)
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
* *
Population (OOO'S) 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
i. Exotic species like the Zebra Mussels
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
j. Lake fish unsafe to eat
Ma-ior 40.1% 35.8% 38.5% 29.8% 33.3%
MaJ°r •>* n* 34 B% 34.3% 28.8% 31.0%
Min°r l\ 4\ 14.2% 14.3% 13.5% 13.8%
ll'.5% 15*.2% 12.9% 27.8% 21.9%
•»•» •»* 17 0% 20.9% 21.4% 21.2%
: : ' '
1. Lake unsafe for drinking water
35.4% 41.2% 37.7% 36.4% 36.9%
u-ir^r- 28.0% 25.5% 27.1% 7, „«. ic'i*
«>e a » ifi fl% 23 0% 11.9% lb.j»
Not At All ?» ifi"4% 12 3% 29.7% 22.8%
Don't Know 9.7% ib.i*
k. Lake unsafe for swimming
•»
'"
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MJfSS SASIAf
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
22. Do you feel there is anything you can do to help improve lake water quality?
Population (OOO1 s)
No
Proper waste disposal
Join environment
WrSeU?o congressman
Beac^clean ups
More/better
government
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
39.0%
13.2%
4 7%
2 ".5%
10.8%
3.5%
6.0%
2 2%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n=678)
11,568
49.1%
14.1%
2.7%
3.6%
6.4%
2.0%
4.7%
.9%
(n-1,340)
30,169
42.8%
13.5%
4.0%
3.0%
9.1%
2.9%
5.5%
1.0%
1.5%
NON-BASIN
(n-694)
46,093
53.7%
7.1%
2.2%
3.8%
6.9%
1.2%
3.1%
2.0%
1.6%
GRAND TOT;
(n=2,034)
76,261
49.4%
9.7%
2.9%
3.5%
7.8%
1.9%
4.1%
1.6%
1.6%
.« -« •« 1-"
2-0% -n 1-5% .» .«
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
23. How active would you say you have been personally in helping to
reduce environmental pollution?
Population (OOO's)
Very active
Somewhat active
Not very active
No Response
BORDER OTHE
(n-662) (n
18,601 11
9.3%
37.4%
52.0%
R BASIN
=678)
,568
11.4%
42.0%
46.2%
.5%
24. Have you done any of the following things to help
Population (OOO's)
Cut back on water use
Volunteered in a
beach cleanup
Wrote to a public
official
Joined an
organization
Recycling
Proper waste disposal
Don't know
BORDER OTH1
(n-662) (I
18,601 1
51.9%
15.7%
8.2%
7.2%
IRft
• o*
1.0%
36.8%
SR BASH
rt-678)
1,568
54.7%
10.2%
JL V • «• «*
8.2%
7.7%
1.8%
.8%
34.8%
TOTAL BASIN
(n-1,340)
30,169
10.1%
39.2%
49.8%
1.0%
reduce water
1 TOTAL BASIN
(n-1,340)
30,169
53.0%
13.6%
8.2%
7.4%
1.8%
.9%
36.0%
6941 (
(n-
46,093
47.4%
pollution
N?N~f^4l
n-
46,093
57.2%
6.6%
8.7%
6.9%
.9%
.1%
36.5%
IW1&S iW *«-***
76,261
48 '.3%
1.2%
(n=2 034)
EC C &
55.5%
9.3%
8.5%
l'.3%
36.3%
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LAKES BASIff SVKWr
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
25. Have you participated with any local organization that helps with:?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n=l,340) (n-694) (n=2,034)
Population (000's) 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
Great Lakes Remedial
Action Plans known a.
as RAPS 1.1% -6% -9% '1% >4%
ARCS program to deal
with contaminated . 4%
sediments .4% .2% .3% -4% -«%
Lakewide Management
Plans, known as 3% .2%
LIVMPS qn 9% 99 4% 99-1% 99*3% 99-2%
No Response 98.9% yy.n yy.**
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
26. Do you feel there is anything the government can do to help improve the lake?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-662) (n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
Population (OOO's) 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
Mo 9.3% 13.4% 10.9% 9-3% 9-9%
'"enforcement 21.1%
More restrictions on 1Q 0. 17 4%
industry 16.4% 12.7% 15.0% 19-0% »«
Provide more funds 6.7% 4.7% 5.9% «-J« g 4%
More education 6.4% s.« «• • 5 5%
Fines for polluters 6.3% 3.8% 5.4% J |% ^%
More laws 3-5% J'3*
More restrictions on 2 1% 2.4%
chemicals 2.1% 4.0% 2.8% 2 l% ^i%
Multiple responses 2.7% 2.3% j % 1>2%
More research 1-5% !•«
PCac?Ivitiesn UP .9% 1.0% 1.0% -9% '9%
Continue current x Q% >4% .6%
efforts I." •" X •„ .0% .2%
Encourage involvement .4% •« • 6>6% 25.2%
Don't know 21.6% za.b*
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GMM7
1995
ALL AREAS
21. Is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
level is putting too much emphasis on Great Lakes environmental activities, too
little, or about the right amount.
Population (OOO's)
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
BORDER
(n=662)
18,601
2.5%
29.8%
54.4%
13.3%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n=678) (n-1,340)
11,568
3.3%
32.6%
48.7%
15.5%
30,169
2.8%
30.9%
52.2%
14.1%
NON-BASIN
(n=694)
46,093
2.7%
28.8%
41.5%
27.1%
GRAND TOTAL
(n=2,034)
76,261
2.7%
29.6%
45.7%
21.9%
28. As far as you know, does the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
level work with other agencies and organizations to reduce Great Lakes pollution?
Popula tion (OOO's)
No
Yes, but could not
name any
State EPA
DNR
Canada
Greenpeace
City or County
Coast Guard
OSHA
Don't Know/No Opinion
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
20.0%
23.7%
1.9%
1.8%
.5%
.0%
52.1%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n-678)
11,568
21.4%
20.5%
3.5%
.7%
.0%
.6%
53.3%
(n-1,340)
30,169
20.5%
22.5%
2.5%
1.4%
.3%
.0%
.2%
52.5%
NON-BASIN
(n=694)
46,093
19.9%
22.2%
2.7%
.4%
.1%
.2%
.0%
54.5%
GRAND TOTAL
(n-2,034)
76,261
20.1%
22.3%
2.6%
,8%
.1%
.0%
.1%
.1%
.0%
53.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal level overall on the job it is
doing for our country?
ssssr -w
Population (OOO'S) 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
Excellent " - '
~~ ;;-i; »•« «:o% «.« «•«
«« : : is-a ii-.a «-S
Don't Know/No Opinion 10.7% 10.2% io.«
30. is your home located in the Great Lakes Basin or is it outside the Great Lakes
Basin?
ESS, "" T TKf
PopuX-tlo. (OOO-.I l..«01 ».*«« 30,169 «,093 16.2S1
Inside Great Lakes 57 0% 8.3% 27.6%
Basin Jl'JJ ".7% 57 UJ ^ ^ gl 2%
Outside Basin 16.9% JJ'JJ JJ>1% 9.4% 11.3%
Unsure
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ZAKZS MSIV
KWf 1995
ALL AREAS
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area, or a suburban
area?
Population (OOO's)
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Unsure
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
22.6%
28.5%
46.3%
2.6%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n=678) (n=l,340) (n=694) (n=2,034)
11,568
46.1%
17.7%
34.0%
2.2%
30,169
31.6%
24.4%
41.6%
2.5%
46,093
33.3%
22.4%
41.1%
3.2%
76,261
32.6%
23.1%
41.3%
2.9%
32. Is your age:
Population (OOO's)
25 and under
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
66 to 75
76 and over
Refused
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
11.4%
22.3%
24.5%
13.3%
12.1%
10.1%
4.9%
1.3%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-678) (n-1,340) (n=694) (n=2,034)
11,568
9.1%
24.4%
22.4%
15.9%
12.5%
9.7%
4.8%
1.1%
30,169
10.5%
23.1%
23.7%
14.3%
12.3%
10.0%
4.9%
1.2%
46,093
13.4%
24.6%
25.2%
13.5%
9.0%
10.2%
3.1%
1.0%
76,261
12.2%
24.0%
24.6%
13.8%
10.3%
10.1%
3.8%
1.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
33. including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Population (000's)
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Refused
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-678) (n-1,340) (n-694) (n-2,034)
11,568
30,169
46,093
76,261
18.9%
28.9%
19.1%
18.3%
8.8%
2.8%
.9%
2.4%
16.9%
31.7%
17.1%
20.4%
9.6%
2.4%
.9%
.1%
.9%
18.1%
30.0%
18.3%
19.1%
9.1%
2.6%
.9%
.1%
1.8%
16.4%
30.7%
20.1%
15.9%
10.3%
3.4%
1.4%
.1%
1.6%
17.1%
30.4%
19.4%
17.2%
9.8%
3.1%
1.2%
.1%
1.7%
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
Population (OOO's)
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Refused
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
58.4%
15.5%
15.6%
6.3%
1.6%
.3%
.4%
1.9%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-678) (n-1,340) (n=694) (n-2,034)
11,568
57.0%
14.2%
18.1%
6.5%
2.3%
.7%
.2%
.9%
30,169
57.8%
15.0%
16.6%
6.4%
1.9%
.5%
.3%
1.5%
46,093
76,261
55.3%
16.4%
16.3%
7.8%
1.7%
.8%
.1%
1.6%
56.3%
15.8%
16.4%
7.2%
1.8%
.7%
.1%
.0%
1.6%
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ffflEAT LAXZS MSIff SURVEY
MN1 1995
ALL AREAS
35. Is anyone in your household a member of an environmental organization?
No/Don't know
Yes
BORDER
(n-662)
91.9%
8.1%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n-678) (n=l,340) (n=694) (n=2,034)
Population (000's) 18,601 11,568
93.5%
6.5%
30,169
92.5%
7.5%
46,093
93.8%
6.2%
76,261
93.3%
6.7%
35a. If YES, which one:
Population (000's)
Audubon society
Cousteau Society
Ducks Unlimited
Greenpeace
National Wildlife
Federation
Nature Conservancy
Sierra club
Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
National
Evironmentalist
Group
Local Activist Group
Long Island Water
Campaign
Wildlife Association
Boy Scouts
National Parks
Association
Don't Know
BORDER
(n-54)
1,512
2.1%
8.1%
10.5%
18.5%
4.8%
4.3%
8.2%
.2%
5.4%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n-46) (n=100)
755
6.2%
4.0%
10.0%
17.7%
3.6%
7.8%
.2%
37.6%
2.8%
2.8%
44.9%
2,266
3.4%
5.4%
8.3%
15.7%
9.1%
4.1%
8.1%
.1%
3.6%
.9%
.9%
.1%
40.0%
NON-BASIN
(n=57)
2,848
3.6%
5.4%
8.3%
13.3%
3.6%
6.4%
3.7%
2.9%
1.9%
4.0%
1.2%
5.4%
40.3%
GRAND TOTAL
(n=157)
5,114
3.5%
5.4%
8.3%
14.4%
6.0%
5.4%
5.7%
1.7%
2.7%
2.2%
.7%
3.0%
.4%
.4%
.1%
40.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
B
(
ORDER 0
Population (OOO's) 18,601
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
37. What is your racial or ethnic
Population (OOO's)
White/caucasian
African-American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Oriental
Indian/Native
American
Mixed heritage
Refused
4.7%
31.3%
3.0%
29.0%
19.9%
9.1%
31 ft
• A™
heritage?
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
78.1%
12.1%
3.0%
.9%
1.0%
3.0%
2n%
• U V
"SfiS?1" i
11,568
6.6%
36.7%
5.9%
22.9%
16.9%
9.9%
1.2%
OTHER BASIN
(n-678)
11,568
92.8%
2.7%
1.4%
.5%
.9%
1.6%
fOTAL BASIN
[n-1,340)
30,169
5.4%
33.4%
4.1%
26.6%
18.8%
9.4%
2.3%
TOTAL BASIN
(n-1,340)
30,169
83.7%
8.5%
2.4%
.5%
.8%
2.2%
1.9%
H°n=694)N
46,093
6.4%
34.2%
5.0%
22.5%
21.4%
8.9%
1.5%
NON-BASIN
(n-694)
46,093
87.3%
6.0%
2.3%
1.1%
.6%
1.2%
1.4%
GRAND TUT/Uj
76,261
6.0%
33.9%
4.7%
24.1%
20.4%
9.1%
1.8%
GRAND TOTAL
(n-2,034)
76,261
ft C O4-
85. OB
7.0%
2.3%
.9%
.7%
1.6%
1.6%
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GREAT LAKES BASM StIRVEV
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
38. Are you currently employed or retired?
BORDER OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n=662) (n-678) (n=l,340) (n-694) (n=2,034)
Population (OOO's) 18,601 11,568 30,169 46,093 76,261
'
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
Population (OOO's)
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/welder/
mechanic
Homemaker
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional
Clerical/secretarial
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional
Educator/teacher
Business
owner/manager
Unskilled labor
Sales clerk/retail
sales
student
Service
(cook/beautician)
Engineer or scientist
Sales (Major
purchases)
Technician
Farmer/miner
Government official
Unemployed
Artist/musician/
sculptor
Consultant/
advertising/PR
Armed services
enlisted
Other
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n-678)
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LAXSS 3ASIN
MAY 1995
ALL AREAS
39. What is your estimated household income?
Population (000's)
Under $25,000
$25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 and over
Refused
BORDER
(n=662)
18,601
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN
(n=678) (n-1,340)
11,568
30,169
NON-BASIN
(n=694)
46,093
GRAND TOTAL
(n=2,034)
76,261
21.4%
13.6%
20.5%
13.7%
4.3%
2.5%
.9%
23.1%
18.3%
16.1%
17.1%
13.8%
4.7%
2.1%
1.3%
26.4%
20.2%
14.6%
19.2%
13.8%
4.5%
2.3%
1.1%
24.4%
24.6%
15.1%
18.1%
12.6%
4.4%
.9%
.7%
23.6%
22.9%
14.9%
18.5%
13.1%
4.4%
1.5%
.8%
23.9%
40. Gender of respondent
Population (000's)
Male
Female
BORDER
(n-662)
18,601
47.0%
53.0%
OTHER BASIN TOTAL BASIN NON-BASIN GRAND TOTAL
(n=678) (n=l,340) (n=694) (n-2,034)
11,568
47.5%
52.5%
30,169
47.2%
52.8%
46,093
46.2%
53.8%
76,261
46.6%
53.4%
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TABLES A
TABLE 2 - LAKE BASINS
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ABLE 2: COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS
(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
This table is derived from a list of all counties, regardless of State,
which border a Great Lake, forming that lake's basin. The county list was
provided by GLNPO. The objective of deriving this table was to determine
whether and where there are differences and similarities between
populations based not on State border counties, but on lake basin border
counties.
The populations are shown both by actual numbers of calls and also
by the weighted populations for each of the five lake basins and in total.
It can be seen that the populations of Huron, Ontario and Superior are
exceedingly small compared to Erie and Michigan.
When compared to table I—all areas, the results of table 2 are
similar to the results shown at the border counties. In Table 1, the total
border population is 18,601. In Table 2, the total population is 14,529.
Example, Q.I—How concerned are you personally about
environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?
Table 1 Table 2
Not very concerned, 8.5% 9.1 %
Somewhat concerned 42.5% 40.9%
Very concerned 47.2% 48.1 %
Don't know 1.8% 1.9%
The complete data for table 2 are contained on disk, and therefore
can be used by GLNPO as needed or desired.
Table Two was created by assigning counties as follows:
Lake Erie
Michigan-Monroe, Wayne
New York-Chautauqua-Erie
Ohio-Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa,
Sandusky
Pennsylvania-Erie
Lake Huron
Michigan-Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Huron,
losco, Mackinac, Presque Isle, Sanilac, St. Clair, Tuscola
Lake Michigan
Illinois-Cook, Lake
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Indiana-Lake, LaPorte, Porter
Michigan-Allegan, Antrim, Benzie, Berrien, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand
Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa,
VanBuren
Wisconsin-Brown, Door, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette,
Milwaukee, Oconto, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan
Lake Superior
Michigan-Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw,
Luce, Marquette, Ontonagon
Minnesota-Cook, Lake, St. Lovis
Wisconsin-Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron
Lake Ontario
New York-Cayuga, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego,
Wayne
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
1. How concerned ace you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great lakes?
Total Erie Huron Michigan Ontario Superior
Population (000's) 14,529 3,391 458 9,269 815 595
Not very Concerned
Somewhat Concerned
Very Concerned
Don't Know
2. Who do you think is
Population (OOO's)
EPA
State or Local
Government
Federal Government
Conservation
organizations
9.1%
40.9%
48.1%
1.9%
watching out
Total
14,529
16.8%
14.2%
9.6%
8.0%
13.1%
41.2%
43.0%
2.8%
37.5%
62.5%
for the environment of
Erie
3,391
18.5%
8.4%
11.5%
13.2%
Huron
458
12.5%
25.0%
8.7%
41.3%
48.0%
2.0%
the Great Lakes?
Michigan
9,269
18.1%
15.8%
8.5%
5.2%
42.3%
57.7%
•
Ontario
815
7.7%
26.9%
23.1%
3.8%
11.2%
33.1%
55.3%
.4%
Superior
595
13.2%
6.6%
4.4%
14.5%
Department of Natural
Resources
Everyone; community,
businesses
Business
Coast Guard
Canada and U.S.
Don't Know
4.5%
4.0%
.5%
.0%
.0%
42.3%
.9%
.2%
1.1%
46.2%
25.0%
12.5%
25.0%
4.8%
5.4%
.4%
41.8%
38.5%
11.0%
2.2%
.4%
.4%
47.3%
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M7VY 199S " ~
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
Total
Population (OOO's) 14,529
Erie Huron
3,391 458
Michigan
9,269
Ontario
815
Superior
595
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
b. Preventing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
c. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
d. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
88.7%
.3%
8.9%
2.0%
new pollution
89.0%
.3%
9.0%
1.7%
people about causes
87.8%
.2%
11.1%
.8%
89.5% 87.5%
6.8% 12.5%
3.7% ^
93.3% 100.0%
4.9%
1.8%
of pollution
87.9% 100.0%
12.1%
88.3%
.2%
9.7%
1.8%
89.5%
8.4%
2.0%
89.2%
9.9%
.6%
96.2%
3O ft.
.8%
80.8%
f\ A ft.
15 '.4%
88.5%
11.5%
81.9%
18.1%
59.5%
40.0%
.4%
56.9%
.4%
32.2%
10.5%
people about effects of pollution
87.7%
.9%
10.9%
.6%
90.0% 87.5%
12.5%
10.0%
88.1%
.4%
11.2%
.3%
88.5%
3.8%
7.7%
66.9%
.4%
22.5%
10.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
Total Erie
Population (000's) 14,529 3,391
e. Organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
84.8%
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
81.0%
1.1%
16.3%
1.6%
13.9%
1.3%
Huron
458
75.0%
12.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
80.0%
.7%
17.3%
2.0%
Ontario
815
88.5%
11.5%
Superior
595
69.5%
5.4%
24.3%
.9%
f. Enforcing regulations on industries that pollute
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
87.0%
1.4%
10.7%
.9%
90.8%
8.3%
.9%
62.5%
12.5%
25.0%
87.6%
1.2%
10.1%
1.1%
96.2%
3.8%
62.7%
4.5%
32.4%
.4%
g. Scientific research about the quality of the water supply
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
75.4%
2.0%
19.0%
3.6%
79.0%
.9%
18.0%
2.0%
75.0%
12.5%
12.5%
76.7%
2.2%
17.5%
3.5%
61.5%
30.8%
7.7%
54.0%
8.1%
36.1%
1.8%
h. Restoring fish and wildlife habitats
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
82.3%
1.0%
13.8%
2.9%
81.3%
17.8%
.9%
100.0%
82.2%
1.0%
13.2%
3.7%
80.8%
3.8%
11.5%
3.8%
78.4%
4.5%
15.8%
1.3%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS (COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
For each of the following
efforts, les? efforts, or
statements
no change
Total
Population (OOO's) 14
i. Reducing pollution that
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
j . Reducing pollution that
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don ' t Know
k. Improving the taste of
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
,529
harms the
90.4%
.2%
7.2%
2.3%
harms the
93.3%
.8%
5.0%
.9%
, please state whether
in current efforts in
Erie Huron
3,391 458
health of fish
94.7% 100.0%
5.3%
health of people
95.2% 100.0%
4.7%
.1%
you would
the Great
Michigan
9,269
88.4%
8.5%
3.1%
92.8%
1.0%
5.3%
1.0%
like to see
Lakes, (cont.
Ontario
815
96.2%
3.8%
96.2%
3.8%
more
Superior
595
80.6%
4.0%
13.6%
1.8%
81.9%
4.5%
11.8%
1.8%
drinking water
62.2%
.2%
35.1%
2.5%
65.0% 75.0%
33.1% 25.0%
1.9%
61.3%
.1%
35.5%
3.1%
65.4%
34.6%
46.4%
4.0%
47.9%
1.8%
1. Keeping the beaches open to the public
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
67.0%
2.2%
27.3%
3.5%
71.4% 75.0%
3.7%
19.4% 25.0%
5.6%
65.1%
1.8%
30.4%
2.7%
80.8%
19.2%
47.6%
4.9%
37.0%
10.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
4. Is there any governmental action, not named, that you would like to see get
more attention?
Popul a tip_n (0 0 0' s)
No, Nothing
Enforcement/Pollution
Protecting Lands
Education
Endangered Flora
Endangered Fauna
Industrial
Restrictions
Cooperate with Canada
Boating Restrictions
Don't Know
Total
14,529
84.1%
5.7%
2.4%
1.7%
.9%
.4%
.2%
.2%
.0%
4.4%
Erie
3,391
90.1%
2.2%
1.8%
1.9%
.9%
2.9%
Huron
458
87.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
82.0%
5.8%
3.0%
2.0%
1.4%
.3%
.3%
.3%
Ontario
815
88.5%
3.8%
Superior
595
•74.1%
21.9%
1.3%
5.0%
7.7%
.4%
2.2%
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are cleaned of pollution
to an acceptable level?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 years
Within 10 years
Within 25 years
Within 50 years
Within 75 years
Within 100 years
Over 100 years
Don't know
Total
14,529
11.5%
37.0%
28.0%
4.0%
.3%
.5%
4.2%
14.5%
Erie
3,391
9.9%
33.6%
30.8%
2.6%
1%
8%
1%
14.1%
Huron
458
37.5%
25.0%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
13.2%
38.3%
26.6%
3.3%
.1%
.1%
3.2%
15.2%
Ontario
815
3.8%
38.5%
34.6%
7.7%
3.8%
11.5%
Superior
595
14.0%
32.1%
27.2%
12.5%
2.6%
11.5%
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COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
Population (OOO's)
Industry
Government
Everyone
Persons responsible
for polluting it
Canada
Boating/fishing
Non-specific
tal
,529
25.1%
17.3%
48.5%
4.8%
.2%
.0%
4.1%
Erie
3,391
23.6%
20.4%
42.3%
7.5%
.9%
.1%
5.2%
Huron
458
37.5%
50.0%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
25.6%
16.8%
49.0%
4.1%
4.5%
Ontario
815
23.1%
15.4%
61.5%
Superior
595
18.4%
, 23.9%
55.9%
.4%
11 (L
.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES}
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally.
Population (OOO's)
a. TV news
Major
Minor
Mot At All
Don't Know
Total
14,529
62.8%
30.3%
6.4%
.5%
b. TV news magazine shows
Major 38.2%
Minor 40.1%
Not At All 19.1%
Don't Know 2.6%
c. Radio talk shows
Major 20.7%
Minor 42.5%
Not At All 35.0%
Don't Know 1.8%
Erie
3,391
57.4%
33.9%
8.6%
30.0%
49.1%
19.9%
1.0%
22.1%
39.0%
38.0%
.9%
Huron
458
100.0%
75.0%
25.0%
37.5%
12.5%
50.0%
Michigan
9,269
61.3%
32.0%
5.9%
.7%
38.7%
38.4%
19.8%
3.1%
19.9%
44.8%
32.7%
2.5%
Ontario
815
80.8%
19.2%
38.5%
38.5%
23.1%
23.1%
42.3%
34.6%
Superior
595
62.5%
21.2%
15.9%
.4%
49.9%
28.5%
12.0%
9.6%
7.5%
48.8%
43.7%
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
33.2%
41.1%
24.3%
1.5%
25.6%
46.5%
28.0%
50.0%
25.0%
25.0%
35.0%
39.6%
23.2%
2.3%
34.6%
42.3%
23.1%
33.4%
44.1%
22.5%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Total Erie Huron Michigan Ontario Superior
* ¥
Population (OOO's) 14,529 3,391 456 9,269 815 595
e. Newspapers
Major 68.4% 68.2% 75.0% 67.4% 73.1% 73.0%
Minor 26.8% 23.8% 25.0% 28.7% 23.1% 21.2%
Sot At All 4.8% 8.0% 3.9% 3.8% 5.8%
f. Magazines
Major 47.3% 48.5% 50.0% 45.0% 50.0% 70.3%
Minor 33.5% 31.9% 37.5% 35.0% 34.6% 15.5%
Not At All 16.9% 17.8% 12.5% 17.1% 15.4% 14.2%
Don't Know 2.3% 1.8% 3.0%
g. Environmental newsletters
Major 26.1% 17.2% 25.0% 28.8% 26.9% 34.8%
Minor 27.2% 31.5% 37.5% 26.2% 19.2% 21.2%
Not At All 42.0% 47.7% 37.5% 39.0% 53.8% 44.1%
Don't Know 4.7% 3.5% 6.0%
h. Government
Major 15.3% 12.2% 37.5% 15.5% 7.7% 24.1%
Minor 33.1% 31.2% 37.5% 33.5% 34.6% 31.7%
Not At All 49.1% 56.5% 25.0% 47.7% 57.7% 36.2%
Don't Know 2.5% .1% 3.3% 8.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
s^1r-rrt^s^tti.T3s:
of environmental information at all for you personally, (oont.)
Total Erie
• *
Population (000«s) 14,529 3,391
i. Advertisements for products and services
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.3%
40.9%
36.1%
4.7%
16.9%
40.4%
41.7%
1.0%
Huron
458
37.5%
12.5%
37.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
18.0%
41.9%
33.8%
6.3%
Ontario
815
19.2%
38.5%
42.3%
Superior
595
16.2%
53.8%
30.0%
j. Employers
Major
'Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.3%
28.7%
53.7%
4.3%
15.5%
22.0%
62.2%
.3%
50.0%
37.5%
12.5%
11.5%
30.6%
51.9%
6.0%
7.7%
23.1%
65.4%
3.8%
8.4%
37.8%
49.4%
4.5%
k. Computer program/internet
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
6.9%
20.6%
60.6%
11.9%
8.2%
19.6%
65.1%
7.1%
25.0%
25.0%
50.0%
5.5%
20.6%
59.3%
14.7%
11.5%
11.5%
65.4%
11.5%
2.2%
34.6%
57.8%
5.4%
1. Great Lakes National Program Office/Library
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.7%
12.8%
58.3%
15.3%
14.2%
9.3%
60.6%
15.9%
25.0%
50.0%
25.0%
13.0%
15.9%
55.9%
15.3%
19.2%
3.8%
69.2%
7.7%
4.9%
5.7%
73.5%
15.9%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
Population (OOO's)
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
9. Why do you feel that
Population (OOO's)
Closest to us
Grew up there, used
to live there
Swimming
Fishing
Boating
Own/rent cottage
property there
Family Outings
Drinking water
Quality of water,
shore areas
Beauty
Don't Know
Total
14,529
16.3%
5.0%
2.9%
51.8%
18.6%
5.3%
the lake is your
Total
14,529
66.5%
8.0%
6.9%
6.8%
4.0%
3.8%
3.5%
1.9%
1.5%
1.3%
16.9%
Erie
3,391
19.0%
.9%
2.6%
77.4%
« A
. 1%
lake?
Erie
3,391
68.7%
8.8%
5.4%
5.9%
3.8%
2.2%
1.0%
1.7%
.1%
.9%
19.0%
Huron
458
12.5%
87.5%
Huron
458
62.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
17.2%
1 *%%
X . J«
.3%
80.3%
.2%
8%
• w u
Michigan
9,269
65.1%
7.0%
6.6%
5.6%
3.4%
3.5%
5.1%
2.4%
1.4%
ICO-
. o*
18.1%
Ontario
815
7.7%
7.7%
84.6%
Ontario
815
73.1%
7.7%
7.7%
15.4%
7.7%
7.7%
3.8%
7.7%
Superior
595
2.6%
97.4%
superior
595
69.2%
15.8%
14.9%
24.6%
13.6%
4.5%
.4%
.4%
9.6%
1.8%
3.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
10. Which one of the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
Population (OOO's)
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Total
14,529
4.1%
3.2%
63.8%
23.3%
5.6%
Erie
3,391
100.0%
Huron
458
Michigan
9,269
Ontario
815
Superior
595
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
11. How far would you have to drive to get to the nearest Great Lake?
Total Erie Huron Michigan
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 miles
5 to 9 miles
10 to 24 miles
25 to 49 miles
50 to 75 miles
75 to 100 miles
More than 100 miles
Unsure
14,529
3,391
35.6%
17.5%
24.4%
13.3%
3.0%
2.4%
2.1%
1.8%
37.3%
21.9%
24.3%
8.8%
1.8%
2.8%
1.0%
2.0%
458
50.0%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
9,269
32.2%
18.3%
25.2%
14.7%
3.1%
1.9%
2.9%
1.7%
Ontario
815
38.5%
3.8%
38.5%
11.5%
3.8%
3.8%
Superior
595
63.5%
3.1%
1.3%
19.3%
5.3%
6.6%
.9%
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KRY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
12. How long would it take you to drive there?
Total Erie Huron Michigan Ontario Superior
Population (000's) 14,529 3,391 458 9,269 815 595
Less than 5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
More than 1 hour
Don't know
15.9%
8.0%
12.1%
11.9%
15.3%
17.1%
7.0%
4.6%
6.5%
1.5%
14.8%
11.2%
14.2%
13.9%
17.6%
12.3%
6.8%
1.8%
3.8%
3.7%
25.0%
25.0%
12.5%
25.0%
12.5%
14.0%
6.0%
12.0%
12.5%
16.0%
19.3%
6.5%
4.9%
7.7%
1.1%
15.4%
3.8%
15.4%
11.5%
11.5%
19.2%
15.4%
7.7%
47.3%
14.0%
4.4%
.9%
.4%
.9%
10.5%
14.9%
6.6%
13. What activities have you and your family done at the lake in the
past 12 months?
Population (000's)
None, never go there
Swimming
Walking/Jogging
Family Outings
Boating
Fishing
Camping
Shore Activities
Total
14,529
Erie
3,391
Huron Michigan
458
36.5%
26.3%
25.8%
22.2%
19.5%
18.2%
6.7%
9.6%
34.5%
26.6%
19.4%
22.9%
23.9%
22.1%
4.9%
7.4%
37.5%
12.5%
37.5%
25.0%
12.5%
12.5%
9,269
39.9%
26.4%
25.9%
22.3%
16.3%
15.8%
6.3%
10.3%
Ontario
815
23.1%
23.1%
38.5%
26.9%
26.9%
26.9%
7.7%
3.8%
Superior
595
13.7%
39.0%
33.9%
25.9%
29.4%
26.0%
25.9%
16.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
14. Have you or your family gone fishing at the Great Lakes in the past
year?
Population (000 's)
No fishing
Fish for food
Fish for sport
Both for food and
sport
15. Has environmental
lake activities?
Population (000 's)
Total
14,529
75.8%
2.6%
14.4%
for
7.2%
pollution ever
Total
14,529
No 58.8%
Swim/Beach warnings 23.7%
Fish Advisories 11.7%
Cruddy beaches
Waste in water,
ashore
Don't Know
.6%
1.0%
4.1%
Erie
3,391
68.7%
3.9%
19.7%
7.7%
caused you
Erie
3,391
53.9%
21.1%
18.2%
.9%
.1%
5.8%
Huron
458
75.0%
25.0%
to stop any
Huron
458
75.0%
25.0%
Michigan
9,269
80.8%
2.0%
11.5%
5.7%
of your
Michigan
9,269
59.5%
27.1%
7.4%
6%
• W v
1 6%
A * v o
3.9%
Ontario
815
61.5%
19.2%
19.2%
Ontario
815
50.0%
26.9%
19.2%
3.8%
Superior
595
59.0%
9.8%
14.9%
16.2%
Superior
595
76.3%
.9%
22.3%
.4%
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COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS
6. How would you rate the
Population (000 's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
No Opinion, Don't
Know
water quality
Total
14,529
3.6%
28.6%
45.1%
15.2%
7 .4%
17. How do you find out about the water
Total
Population (OOO's)
What I see myself
What others tell me
From the news
mrni t-inl o sources
14,529
49.3%
18.5%
44.8%
1.1%
in the
Erie
3,391
1.2%
25.4%
44.6%
19.3%
9.5%
quality
Erie
3,391
40.4%
20.0%
52.5%
1995
(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
lake?
Huron
458
50.0%
37.5%
12.5%
of the lake?
Huron
458
25.0%
87.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
3 5%
W • v V
28.3%
46.5%
15.4%
6.2%
Michigan
9,269
54.7%
18.4%
39.4%
1.2%
Ontario
815
3.8%
30.8%
46.2%
15.4%
3.8%
Ontario
815
38.5%
19.2%
50.0%
Superior
595
22.0%
31.7%
29.9%
1.3%
15.0%
Superior
595
48.4%
23.4%
46.7%
.4%
No opinion, Don't
Know
3.2%
3.8%
2.9%
10.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
ITa. What additional information can you provide regarding what you see
in the environment?
Total Erie Huron Michigan Ontario Superior
Population (000»s) 6,869 1,248 115 4,853 376 277
Pollution, garbage on
shores, in water 30.0% 34.5% 50.0% 31.0% 16.7% 1.9%
Water seems to be
improving 23.9% 26.1% 20.0% 41.7% 68.9%
Water murky, bad odor 21.5% 21.0% 50.0% 23.2% 8.3% .9%
Beaches cruddy 10.1% 5.0% 11.2% 8.3% 20.7%
Encourage involvement 7.6% 1.1% 8.8% 16.7% 6.6%
Diseased, dead, or
lack of fish 4.1% 11.8% 2.7%
Little evidence of
dumping 1.0% 1.3%
.Algae, weed
overgrowth .5% .3% .7%
Get rid of zebra
mussels .5% .3% 8.3%
Lack of wildflowers,
nature .3% .5%
Warnings/advisories .3% .5%
Too many industries .0% .9%
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COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS (COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
18. Over the past ten years, would you say the water quality of the lake
is improving,¥ getting worse, or is staying about the same?
Total Erie Huron Michigan Ontario Superior
Population (000's) 14,529 3,391 458 9,269 815 595
Improving 39.0% 61.8% 25.0% 32.3% • 30.8% 35.1%
About the same 35.1% 20.5% 62.5% 39.8% 23.1% 40.6%
Getting worse 19.8% 12.7% 12.5% 20.9% 38.5% 23.9%
Don't Know 6.1% 5.0% 7.0% 7.7% .4%
19. What do you think are the biggest problems concerning lake water quality?
Total Erie Huron Michigan Ontario Superior
Population (000-s) 14,529 3,391 458 9,269 815 595
Contaminants/pollution 71.0% 74.7% 62.5% 72.2% 61.5% 51.2%
Dirty beaches 5.7% 3.8% 6.9% 7.7% .4%
Ship traffic 5.4% 3.7% 37.5% 4.1% 3,8% 12.0%
Pesticides 4.6% 1.0% 5.2% 3.8% 20.1%
Zebra Mussels 3.5% 3.6% 1.9% 15.4% 15.4%
There are no problems 2.2% 2.0% 2.7% .4%
Pleasure boating .9% .1% l-3%
Harm to Fish/Wildlife .7% 1.0%
Acid Rain .6% 1.0% 9-f*
Harmful elements in water .6% .1% -5% 3.8% .9%
Oil Spills .5% .2% .4% 3.8% .4%
Algae, seaweeds .4% 1.8%
People's
Attitudes/Behavior .2% -3%
Sewage runoff .1% .2% .1% •"
Overpopulation .1% -1*
Don't Know 16.5% 13.0% 12.5% 17.3% 15.4% 29.9%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
20. Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the water quality of the lake?
Population (OOO's)
Local government
State government
Environmental
Protection Agency
US Federal Government
Department of Natural
Resources
Everyone , from
communities to
corporations
Industries
Coast Guard
Environment Canada
Environment
Organizations
Water works
Fish 6 Wildlife
Commission
Whoever pollutes it
Don't know
Total
14,529
25.2%
25.1%
15.8%
10.8%
8.8%
4.0%
1.9%
1.2%
.9%
.8%
.8%
.0%
.0%
25.4%
Erie
3,391
16.7%
22.1%
18.9%
8.2%
8.0%
3.1%
3.0%
2.1%
1.0%
.9%
2.0%
.1%
.1%
29.3%
Huron
458
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
29.9%
26.7%
16.4%
11.3%
8.2%
4.8%
1.1%
1.0%
.3%
.5%
23.9%
Ontario
815
26.9%
23.1%
3.8%
19.2%
7.7%
3.8%
11.5%
26.9%
Superior
595
7.6%
24.7%
7.5%
5.3%
21.9%
.4%
1.3%
1.8%
1.3%
.9%
33.5%
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COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
* *
Population (000 *s)
a. Acid rain
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
Total
14,529
36.3%
32.2%
15.2%
16.3%
Erie
3,391
38.8%
34.1%
10.9%
16.3%
b. Pollution in the bottem mud below the water
Major
Minor
Mot At All
Don ' t Know
c. Chemicals washing
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
d. Chemicals washing
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
46.7%
25.0%
9.3%
19.0%
into the lake
57.7%
24.7%
8.0%
9.7%
into the lake
72.5%
15.7%
4.0%
7.8%
59.3%
24.6%
2.6%
13.5%
from farms
65.6%
22.4%
4.1%
7.9%
from cities
77.8%
15.3%
.8%
6.1%
Huron
458
25.0%
62.5%
12.5%
12.5%
62.5%
12.5%
12.5%
62.5%
37.5%
75.0%
25.0%
Michigan
9,269
36.1%
31.2%
15.1%
17.6%
46.9%
22.9%
9.1%
21.1%
57,9%
23.5%
7.3%
11.2%
72.2%
15.2%
3.9%
8.6%
Ontario
815
38.5%
34.6%
15.4%
11.5%
38.5%
23.1%
15.4%
23.1%
42.3%
42.3%
11.5%
3.6%
76.9%
11.5%
3.8%
7.7%
Superior
595
30.4%
10.6%
43.1%
15.9%
10.1%
32.7%
40.9%
16.2%
26.5%
20.9%
40.9%
11.8%
38.9%
24.2%
25.5%
11.4%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES I
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total Erie
Population (OOO's) 14,529 3,391
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
46.2%
32.8%
7.0%
12.0%
49.5%
36.1%
3.8%
10.6%
Huron
458
50.0%
37.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
48.2%
31.5%
7.2%
13.1%
Ontario
815
57.7%
30.8%
7.7%
3.8%
Superior
595
26.5%
34.5%
26.8%
12.3%
f. Industries dumping chemicals in the lake
.Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
77.2%
12.2%
4.5%
6.1%
82.8%
10.7%
1.5%
5.0%
75.0%
25.0%
76.4%
12.1%
4.6%
7.0%
92.3%
3.6%
3.8%
39.7%
22.5%
25.5%
12.3%
g. PCBs in the lake
Major 48.5% 47.8% 50.0% 48.7% 57.7% 34.8%
Minor 22.5% 21.3% 37.5% 22.2% 23.1% 20.2%
Not At All 5.5% 7.8% 12.5% 3.7% 23.0%
Don't Know 23.6% 23.1% 25.4% 19.2% 22.0%
h. DDT in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
37.7%
24.3%
10.6%
27.5%
40.7%
25.5%
6.3%
27.5%
50.0%
25.0%
12.5%
12.5%
36.5%
23.4%
11.5%
28.6%
46.2%
30.8%
23.1%
16.7%
22.0%
33.0%
28.3%
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COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
21 Of the following list of environmental problems, please statewhether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
Total Erie
• *
Population (OOO's) 14,529 3,391
i. Exotic species like the Zebra Mussels
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Huron
458
Michigan
9,269
Ontario
815
Superior
595
40.5%
22.4%
12.2%
24.9%
48.6%
23.8%
11.3%
16.3%
50.0%
37.5%
12.5%
36.3%
21.8%
11.8%
30.1%
46.2%
23.1%
23.1%
7.7%
44.0%
10.6%
17.6%
27.7%
j. Lake fish unsafe to eat
Major
.Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
40.5%
35.2%
13.6%
10.7%
41.9%
31.8%
16.1%
10.2%
37.5%
37.5%
12.5%
12.5%
39.8%
37.6%
11.3%
11.2%
50.0%
26.9%
11.5%
11.5%
32.1%
27.3%
38.4%
2.2%
k. Lake unsafe for swimming
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
1. Lake unsafe for drinking water
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
23.2%
38.3%
29.7%
8.9%
24.7%
45.5%
17.7%
12.1%
12.5%
62.5%
25.0%
24.5%
36.1%
30.1%
9.3%
23.1%
30.8%
46.2%
2.2%
22.0%
73.1%
2.6%
33.6%
28.1%
29.3%
9.1%
41.9%
21.7%
24.0%
12.4%
12.5%
75.0%
12.5%
33.3%
28.5%
29.5%
8.8%
34.6%
26.9%
30.8%
7.7%
4.9%
23.9%
66.9%
4.4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
22. DO you feel there is anything you can do to help improve lake water quality?
Populatipn (000's)
No
Proper waste disposal
Join environment
group
Write to congressman
Increase public
awareness
Beach clean ups
Recycle
More/better
government
controls
other personal action
•More financial
support
Avoid using hazardous
chemicals
Multiple responses
Don't know
Total
14,529
41.0%
11.1%
5.4%
2.6%
11.1%
3.5%
5.3%
1.4%
2.3%
.5%
2.1%
.7%
13.2%
Erie
3,391
43.1%
12.6%
5.5%
1.0%
8.9%
1.0%
5.5%
.9%
2.1%
1.0%
1.8%
.3%
16.1%
Huron
458
25.0%
12.5%
12.5%
37.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
41.1%
10.7%
6.0%
2.7%
10.8%
3.0%
5.2%
1.8%
2.1%
2.6%
.7%
13.2%
Ontario
815
23.1%
7.7%
3.8%
3.8%
15.4%
15.4%
11.5%
3.8%
15.4%
Superior
595
62.7%
11.8%
.4%
.4%
3.1%
11.0%
1.8%
.9%
4.9%
3.1%
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COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS (COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
>3. How active would you
reduce environmental
Population (OOO's)
Very active
Somewhat active
Not very active
24. Have you done any of
Population (OOO's)
say you have been personally
pollution?
Total
14,529
10.6%
37.9%
51.5%
the following
Total
14,529
Cut back on water use 51.0%
Volunteered in a
beach cleanup
Joined an
organization
Wrote to a public
official
16.9%
8.8%
8.4%
Recycling *•"*
Proper waste disposal -5%
Don't know 36.5%
in helping to
Erie Huron
3,391
9.1%
41.8%
49.1%
things to help
Erie
3,391
62.3%
18.2%
6.1%
5*>a
. Zv
1.0%
29.8%
458
50.0%
50.0%
reduce
Huron
458
50.0%
12.5%
12.5%
37.5%
Michigan
9,269
11.1%
36.7%
52.2%
water pollution
Michigan
9,269
47.5%
16.3%
9.1%
9.7%
2.7%
38.7%
Ontario
815
23.1%
30.8%
46.1%
Ontario
815
57.7%
15.4%
11.5%
7.7%
3.8%
3.8%
34.6%
Superior
595
2.6%
35.1%
62.3%
Superior
595
32.5%
23.2%
13.2%
14.9%
1.3%
42.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS (COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
Popula'tiop (OOO's,
Great Lakes Remedial
Action Plans known
as RAPS
ARCS program to deal
with contaminated
sediments
No Response
Total
14,529
1.4%
.5%
Erie
3,391
1.1%
.1%
98.9%
Huron Michigan
458 9,269
1.8%
.7%
100.0% 98.2%
Ontario Superior
815 595
100.0% 100.0%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
26. Do you feel there is anything the government can do to help improve the lake?
Population (OOO's)
No
Better rule
enforcement
More restrictions on
industry
Fines for polluters
Provide more funds
More education
More laws
Multiple responses
More restrictions on
chemicals
More research
Continue current
efforts
Perform clean up
activities
Encourage involvement
Don't know
Total
14,529
9.5%
20.1%
16.1%
7.5%
7.1%
6.3%
3.2%
2.0%
1.7%
1.7%
1.3%
1.2%
.5%
21.9%
Erie
3,391
3.5%
18.5%
18.1%
5.8%
11.3%
4.7%
3.0%
2.1%
1.2%
.9%
.9%
1.8%
27.9%
Huron
458
25.0%
25.0%
12.5%
25.0%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
10.5%
20.0%
14.8%
7.8%
6.9%
7.5%
3.9%
1.5%
1.9%
2.3%
1.6%
1.5%
19.8%
Ontario
815
11.5%
23.1%
23.1%
7.7%
3.8%
3.8%
3.8%
23.1%
Superior
595
12.5%
23.7%
17.2%
.9%
10.5%
7.1%
.4%
.9%
.9%
26.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
27. is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
level is putting too much emphasis on Great Lakes Environmental activities, too
little, or about the right amount?
• *
Population (000 's)
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
Total
14,529
3.1%
32.4%
51.8%
12.7%
28'. As far as you know, does the U.
level work with other
Population (000 's)
No
Yes, but could not
name any
State EPA
DNR
Canada
Coast Guard
Don't Know/No Opinion
agencies
Total
14,529
21.1%
23.2%
1.8%
2.0%
.2%
.1%
51.6%
Erie
3,391
1.2%
29.6%
52.5%
16.7%
S. Environmental
and organizations
Erie
3,391
18.4%
21.6%
3.0%
.9%
.9%
.1%
55.0%
Huron
458
62.5%
37.5%
Protection
to reduce
Michigan
9,269
3.9%
32.1%
52.3%
11.7%
Agency at
Ontario
815
26.9%
65.4%
7.7%
the Federal
Superior
595
7.1%
37.0%
33.1%
22.8%
Great Lakes pollution?
Huron Michigan
458
37.5%
12.5%
50.0%
9,269
21.5%
24.5%
1.7%
1.5%
.1%
50.7%
Ontario
815
23.1%
30.8%
46.2%
Superior
595
14.0%
10.6%
.4%
19.7%
55.2%
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COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING TAKES)
29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal level overall on the job it is
doing for our country?
Population (000 's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Don't Know/No Opinion
30. Is your home located
Basin?
Population (000' s)
Inside Great Lakes
Basin
Outside Basin
Unsure
Total
14,529
4.1%
23.1%
47.1%
13.9%
11.8%
in the Great
Total
14,529
73.0%
14.9%
12.1%
Erie
3,391
2.1%
24.5%
45.7%
15.2%
12.5%
Lakes Basin
Erie
3,391
71.6%
16.7%
11.6%
Huron
458
25.0%
62.5%
12.5%
or is it
Huron
458
75.0%
12.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
5.6%
21.4%
46.4%
15.1%
11.5%
outside the
Michigan
9,269
72.9%
14.7%
12.4%
Ontario
815
30.8%
61.5%
3.8%
3.8%
Great Lakes
Ontario
815
76.9%
15.4%
7.7%
Superior
595
.9%
31.2%
34.0%
1.8%
32.2%
Superior
595
75.8%
8.8%
15.4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area, or a suburban
area?
Population (000's)
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Unsure
Total
14,529
22.6%
32.2%
42.9%
2.4%
Erie
3,391
25.1%
27.2%
46.7%
1.0%
Huron
458
37.5%
37.5%
25.0%
Michigan
9,269
19.2%
35.7%
42.3%
2.7%
Ontario
815
26.9%
19.2%
53.8%
Superior
595
43.2%
19.1%
28.1%
9.6%
32. Is your age:
Population (000's)
25 and under
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
66 to 75
76 and over
Refused
Total
14,529
Erie
3,391
11.4%
21.7%
23.7%
12.8%
12.2%
11.6%
5.2%
1.3%
14.7%
22.9%
16.4%
13.9%
9.8%
16.3%
6.0%
Huron
458
37.5%
25.0%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
Michigan
9,269
11.0%
21.2%
25.6%
11.1%
14.3%
10.6%
4.8%
1.4%
Ontario
815
3.8%
19.2%
30.8%
26.9%
3.8%
7.7%
7.7%
Superior
595
19.0%
12.9%
26.3%
14.9%
4.4%
4.9%
8.0%
9.6%
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COMPARISON OP LAKE BASINS (COUNTIES BORDERING IAKES)
33. Including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Total Erie Huron Michigan
Population (000's)
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Refused
14,529
19.7%
28.9%
18.8%
18.3%
7.
3,
.4%
.8%
.5%
2.7%
3,391
19.3%
38.3%
18.8%
10.6%
6.0%
5.8%
.2%
1.0%
458
50.0%
12.5%
25.0%
12.5%
9,269
19.6%
26.4%
18.6%
20.9%
7.0%
3.6%
.7%
3.2%
Ontario
815
7.7%
34.6%
23.1%
26.9%
7.7%
Superior
595
16.7%
29.6%
20.7%
4.4%
16.7%
1.8%
.4%
9.6%
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
Total Erie Huron Michigan
Population (OOO's) 14,529 3,391 458 9,269
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Refused
57.8%
15.3%
16.0%
5.8%
2.3%
.2%
.4%
2.0%
64.7%
16.0%
11.4%
3,1%
2.9%
.9%
1.0%
50.0%
25.0%
12.5%
12.5%
55.6%
14.4%
18.4%
6.2%
2.5%
.7%
2.2%
Ontario
815
57.7%
23.1%
15.4%
3.8%
Superior
595
59.9%
7.6%
8.4%
12.7%
1.3%
.4%
9.6%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
35. Is anyone in your household a member of an environmental organization?
Population (OOO's)
No/Don't know
Yes
35a. If YES, which one:
Population (OOO's)
Audubon Society
Cousteau Society
•Ducks Unlimited
Greenpeace
National Wildlife
Federation
Nature Conservancy
Sierra club
Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
Other Group
National Parks
Association
Don't Know
otal
4,529
91.5%
8.5%
Total
1,237
2.5%
5.3%
10.9%
18.0%
3.4%
5.3%
•7.5%
.3%
6.6%
19.4%
.3%
20.7%
Erie
3,391
95.4%
4.6%
Erie
154
20.1%
2.2%
4.3%
2.2%
2.2%
40.4%
2.2%
26.6%
Huron Michigan
458 9,269
87.5% 90.1%
12.5% 9-9%
Huron Michigan
57 921
7.1%
14.3%
23.9%
3.5%
7.1%
9.7%
2.6%
19.2%
100.0% 12.5%
Ontario Superior
815 595
96.2% 87.7%
3.8% 12.3%
Ontario Superior
31 73
3.6%
3.6%
78.4%
100.0% 14.4%
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COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING IJUCES)
36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
Populatixm (000 's)
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
37. What is your racial
Population (000 's)
White/caucasian
African- American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Oriental
Indian/Native
American
Mixed heritage
Refused
Total
14,529
5.6%
34.1%
3.0%
26.0%
19.4%
8.5%
3.3%
Erie
3,391
6.2%
35.4%
6.8%
22.3%
21.7%
5.6%
1.9%
Huron Michigan
458 9,269
5.7%
37.5% 33.9%
2.0%
37.5% 27.1%
25.0% 18.2%
9.2%
3.9%
Ontario
815
7.7%
42.3%
23.1%
11.5%
15.4%
Superior
595
2.2%
14.2%
4.0%
24.2%
33.1%
12.7%
q 6%.
y • v »
or ethnic heritage?
Total
14,529
75.1%
13.4%
3.6%
1.1%
1.3%
2.8%
2.0%
Erie
3,391
74.7%
14.8%
3.9%
.9%
1.8%
2.0%
1.8%
Huron Michigan
458 9,269
100.0% 72.7%
14.9%
4.2%
1M &
.4«
1.3%
3.6%
1.8%
Ontario
815
92.3%
7.7%
Superior
595
87.7%
i 3%
X » •? V
A9,
• °t v
10.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
f^i ^ y WM **»• — —- ^ •
Population (OOO's)
Not retired
Retired
Total
14,529
74.4%
25.6%
Erie
3,391
70.7%
29.3%
Huron
458
75.0%
25.0%
Michigan
9,269
76.1%
23.9%
Ontario
815
76.9%
23.1%
Superior
595
f m Q ft.
64.8%
35.2%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
Total Erie Huron Michigan Ontario Superior
Population (OOO's) 14,529 3,391 458 9,269 815 595
Educator/teacher 7.1% 4.9% 7.3% 11.5% 16.3%
Engineer or scientist 1.6% 3.9% 1.0% 1.3%
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional 7.3% 6.4% 7.6% 3.8% 17.2%
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional 8.3% 7.0% 12.5% 9.7% 3.1%
Technician 1.3% 3.0% .9%
Government official .5% .1% .7%
Business
owner/manager 5.1% 5.1% 12.5% 4.5% 11.5% 1.3%
Sales (Major
purchases) 4.1% 3.1% 4.6% 7.7% .4%
'Sales clerk/retail
sales 3.7% 1.7% 12.5% 4.2% 6.7%
Clerical/secretarial 12.3% 10.1% 25.0% 12.5% 19.2% 2.2%
Service
(Cook/beautician) 2.3% 5.5% 1.3% 3.1%
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/welder/
mechanic 17.5% 20.0% 25.0% 17.5% 7.7% 9.3%
Unskilled labor 3.9% 4.2% 4.6% .9%
Farmer/miner .3% .9% .1% .4%
Armed services
enlisted .2% .3%
Artist/musician/
sculptor 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 3.8%
Consultant/
advertising/PR .4% 1.0% .3%
Unemployed .9% .2% .6% 7.7% .4%
Horoemaker 13.5% 10.9% 14.3% 23.1% 14.0%
Student 1.8% 3.2% 1.1% 10.1%
Other 6.9% 7.7% 12.5% 6.2% 3.8% 13.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON OF LAKE BASINS(COUNTIES BORDERING LAKES)
39. What is your estimated household income?
Total Erie
Population (000's) 14,529 3,391
Under $25,000 21.3% 33.0%
$25,000 to $34,999 14.3% 17.4%
$35,000 to $49,999 20.6% 16.8%
$50,000 to $74,999 14.5% 8.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 3.7% 3.7%
$100,000 to $149,999 2.4% .1%
$150,000 and over 1.1% -1%
Refused 22.1% 20.7%
Huron
458
12.5%
25.0%
25.0%
12.5%
25.0%
Michigan
9,269
18.6%
13.1%
20.9%
16.6%
4.4%
3.0%
1.4%
22.0%
Ontario
815
7.7%
11.5%
34.6%
26.9%
3.8%
15.4%
Superior
595
22.9%
10.2%
14.5%
12.3%
.4%
.4%
39.3%
40. Gender of respondent
Population (000's)
Male
Female
Total
14,.529
48.0%
52.0%
Erie
3,391
46.6%
53.4%
Huron
458
62.5%
37.5%
Michigan
9,269
49.2%
50.8%
Ontario
815
34.6%
65.4%
Superior
595
44.8%
55.2%
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TABLES A
TABLE 3 -ALL STATES
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAX 1995
ALL STATES
1. How concerned are you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?
Total IL IN MI MN NY OH
(n-) (2,034) (253) (250) (254) (251) (258) (254)
• •
Population (OOO's) 76,261 11,431 5,544 9,302 4,375 17,990 10,847
Not Very Concerned 16.5% 14.3% 18.0% 5.3% 14.5% 24.5% 15.6%
Somewhat Concerned 46.3% 46.5% 45.0% 42.3% 50.6% 42.5% 48.6%
Very Concerned 32.8% 35.6% 32.1% 50.6% 33.7% 28.2% 31.0%
Don't Know 4.4% 3.6% 4.9% 1.8% 1.1% 4.7% 4.7%
2. Who do you think is watching out for the environment of the Great Lakes?
Total
(n-) (2,034)
Population (OOO's)
EPA
State or Local
Government
Federal Government
Conservation
organizations
Everyone; community,
businesses
Department of Natural
Resources
Canada and U.S.
Coast Guard
Business
Don't Know
76,261 .
14.6%
13.1%
9.6%
6.5%
4.4%
3.1%
.5%
.4%
.3%
47.5%
IL
(253)
11,431
21.5%
10.8%
9.5%
5.0%
3.2%
.6%
49.5%
IN
(250)
5,544
17.3%
11.9%
15.8%
6.0%
5.4%
.4%
<%a.
.2%
.6%
42.4%
MI
(254)
9,302
10.5%
14.9%
8.7%
6.4%
5.7%
10.4%
.6%
42.8%
MN
(251)
4,375
11.5%
11.0%
10.6%
10.6%
8.1%
7.9%
1 1%
X . X v
1%
• X o
1.1%
37.9%
NY
(258)
17,990
10.7%
13.4%
9.4%
6.5%
2.2%
.4%
1.7%
.9%
.2%
54.6%
OH
(254)
10,847
24.7%
12.8%
11.4%
6.7%
4.5%
.8%
.3%
38.8%
PA WI
(267) (247)
11,882 4,891
18.4% 10.9%
51.6% 47.6%
21.3% 40.4%
8.6% 1.1%
PA
(267)
11,882
10.9%
12.9%
5.4%
6.9%
4.9%
1.0%
.0%
1.0%
.1%
57.0%
WI
(247)
4,891
6.9%
18.3%
9.8%
5.3%
7.1%
13.7%
.4%
.7%
.9%
36.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
Total
(n») (2,034)
Population. 4000 *s) 76,261
IL
(253)
11,431
IN
(250)
5,544
MI
(254)
9,302
MN
(251)
4,375
NY
(258)
17,990
OH
(254)
10,847
PA
(267)
11,882
WI
(247)
4,891
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
Do More
Do Leas
No Change
Don't Know
b. Preventing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
c. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
d. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don ' t Know
99.61
.4%
7.7%
2.3%
new pollution
88.5%
.8%
8.5%
2.2%
people about the
86.2%
.6%
12.1%
1.1%
people about the
86.7%
.7%
11.6%
.9%
87.9%
9.1%
3.0%
92.0%
5.9%
2.1%
causes
68.1%
11.0%
.9%
effects
88.2%
11.21
.6%
89.9%
.3%
7.7%
2.0%
88.6%
1.0%
7.5%
2.9%
92.2%
.6%
6.0%
1.2%
89.8%
.3%
8.7%
1.2%
81.9%
1.1%
15.9%
1.1%
80.8%
.0%
15.8%
3.3%
92.9%
.5%
,5.5%
1.1%
91.2%
1.2%
7.4%
.2%
88.5%
8.3%
3.2%
89.6%
1.8%
6.2%
2.4%
91.2%
4.9%
3.8%
85.5%
1.0%
8.8%
4.8%
82.1%
1.3%
13.6%
3.0%
80.1%
.4%
16.9%
2.6%
of pollution
82.1%
2.0%
13.8%
2.1%
85.0%
13.8%
1.2%
79.4%
2.2%
15.0%
3.4%
88.9%
.7%
9.5%
.9%
82.9%
.9%
16.2%
91.0%
8.0%
1.0%
80.4%
.8%
17.7%
1.1%
of pollution
81.2%
2.2%
14.5%
2.1%
85.6%
.9%
12.3%
1.2%
78.5%
2.2%
16.0%
3.4%
90.0%
.5%
9.5%
83.8%
.9%
15.3%
92.0%
6.0%
1.9%
80.8%
.8%
17.6%
.8%
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1995
ML STKTES
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see w>re
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
(n-)
Total IL IN MI MN NY OH PA WI
(2,034) (253) (250) (254) (251) (258) (254) (267) (247)
76,261 11,431 5,544 9,302 4,375 17,990 10,847 11,882 4,891
Population (000*s)
e. Organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
f. Enforcing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
g. Scientific
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
h. Restoring
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
82.
1.
13.
3.
regulations on
87.
1.
9.
1.
3%
2*
3t
2%
79.9%
.6%
17.1%
2.4%
industries
6%
0%
5%
9%
research about the
77.
1.
17.
4.
6%
0%
4%
0*
87.9%
.9%
9.4%
1.8%
82.4%
1.6%
13.2%
2.8%
83.9%
1.5%
12.6%
2.0%
65.0%
4.5%
21.7%
8.8%
84.8%
.5%
11.7%
3.0%
84.8%
.6%
12.6%
2.0%
86.
1.
8.
4.
1%
9%
0%
0%
76.5%
.9%
18.5%
4.1%
that pollute
85.3%
11.2%
3.5%
quality of the
76.6%
2.7%
15.1%
5.7%
79.1%
.7%
17.7%
2.6%
87.1%
2.4%
9.6%
.9%
water
73.2%
2.1%
19.1%
5.6%
85.1%
1.2%
11.5%
2.2%
supply
69.8%
.0%
26.6*
3.6%
89.9%
.3%
8.7%
1.0%
82.5%
.6%
13.6%
3.3%
86.8%
1.8%
9.7%
1.7%
75.4%
.3%
19.3%
5.0%
68.
8.
3.
83.
14.
2.
1%
0%
9%
1%
0%
9%
0%
84.2%
2.1%
12.1%
1.5%
67.8%
1.0%
27.2%
4.1%
fish and wildlife habitats
82.
13.
3.
0%
91
6%
4*
83.7%
1.2%
11.3%
3.8%
87.9%
1.2%
9.1*
1.81
85.7%
1.8%
10.4%
2.0%
71.5%
2.3%
22.8%
3.4%
85.9%
.8%
10.9%
2.4%
78.9%
17.1%
4.1%
79.4%
14.8%
5.8%
73.4%
1.3%
21.3%
3.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
J. For each of the following statements, please state
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts
Total IL IH MI
(2,034) (253) (250) (254)
y™ «ould like to see more
the Great Lakes, (cont.)
MN
(251)
NY
(258)
OH
(254)
PA
(267)
(n-)
Population-tOOQ's) 76,261 11,431 5,544 9,302 4,375 17,990 10,847 11,882
i. Reducing pollution that harms the health of fish and wildlife
WI
(247)
4,891
Do More
Do Leas
No Change
Don't Know
90.6%
.3%
7.5%
1.7%
89.
8.
2.
1%
3%
6%
91.0%
.8%
7.6%
.6%
j. Reducing pollution that harms, the healtjh of
' Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
k. Improving the taste
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
1. Keeping the beaches
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
91.9%
.3%
6.6%
1.2%
92.
6.
1.
of drinking
69.4%
.8%
25.0%
4.8%
open to
69.7%
1.9%
23.5%
4.8%
62.
29!
7
the
62
31
5
0%
9%
0%
2%
91.0%
.8%
5.3%
2.9%
91.1%
1.5%
6.0%
1.5%
people
91.9%
.3%
6.9%
.9%
81.8%
.1%
14.6%
3.5%
85.2%
.1%
13.4%
1.3%
92.7%
6.3%
1.0%
94.0%
.2%
5.7%
.2%
88.7%
10.1%
1.2%
90.2%
8.5%
1.2%
95.0%
3.1%
1.9%
94.
3.
1.
2%
9%
9%
86.4%
.8%
10.9%
1.9%
89.6%
1.0%
8. 3%
1.1%
water
.4%
.9%
.2%
.5%
73.7%
.4%
20.8%
5.2%
67.3%
.3%
30.4%
2.1%
54.4%
38.7%
6.9%
80.5%
.2%
14.6%
4.7%
62.6%
1.2%
33.3%
2.9%
76
1
16
4
.8%
.9%
.4%
.9%
54.7%
1.2%
38.1%
5.9%
public
.2%
.9%
.2%
.7%
71.8%
3.0%
19.1%
6.0%
72.6%
1.2%
22.9%
3.3%
52.1%
3.4%
32.5%
12.0%
81.1%
.9%
16.0%
2.1%
63.8%
3.0%
27.1%
6.2%
73
2
18
4
.9%
.9%
.3%
.9%
56.4%
2.3%
36.1%
5.1%
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more attention?
Population (000's)
No, Nothing
Enforcement/Pollution
Education
Protecting Lands
Endangered Flora
Endangered Fauna
Industrial
Restrictions
Boating Restrictions
Cooperate with Canada
Don't Know
GREAT LAKES BASIN SWfl&r
MM 1995
.al action, not
2, 034)
76,261
87.5%
4.9%
1.6%
.7%
.7%
.3%
.3%
.2%
.0%
3.8%
IL
(253)
11,431
83.9%
4.3%
2.1%
2.3%
1.4%
.3%
.9%
4.7%
KLL STATES
named, that you
(250, (254)
5,544 9,302
90.1% 86.0%
3.2% 6.9%
l".2% ^3%
.6%
.6%
4.1% 3.9%
would like to see
(Si,
4,375
82.7%
10.2%
1.3%
1.1%
1%
• X O
4.7%
NY
(258) (
17,990
85.8%
6.3%
2.7%
.9%
.3%
4.1%
get
»4, (2P67)
10,847 11,882
89.2% 93.0%
3.0% 3.0%
1.5% 1.0%
.9% -0%
.3%
.3% 1.0%
4.7% 1.1%
WI
(247)
4,891
89.3%
3.5%
.5%
.8%
.5%
4.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are cleaned of pollution
to an acceptable level?
(n=)
Population (000*s)
Less than 5 years
Within 10 years
Within 25 years
Within 50 years
Within 75 years
Within 100 years
Over 100 years
Don't know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
8.4%
38.8%
25.6%
2.8%
.4%
.6%
4.1%
19.3%
IL IN
(253) (250)
11,431
10.2%
35.0%
29.9%
3.0% .
.3%
4.5%
17.2%
5,544
11.6%
36.5%
22.5%
4.5%
1.0%
.2%
5.7%
18.1%
MI
(254)
9,302
10.5%
40.2%
27.8%
3.3%
.6%
.6%
3.3%
13.7%
MM
(251)
4,375
9.4%
30.8%
31.2%
3.0%
2.2%
4.8%
18.6%
NY
(258)
17,990
7.9%
35.9%
22.8%
3.1%
.9%
.5%
5.1%
23.7%
OH
(254)
10,847
8.6%
40.1%
23.6%
1.7%
.3%
.9%
2.5%
22.3%
PA
(267)
11,882
4.2%
49.0%
24.8%
.3%
.1%
.0%
3.1%
18.6%
WI
(247)
4,891
7.2%
38.4%
25.6%
6.9%
.8%
1.0%
4.7%
15.4%
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
(n-)
Population (000's)
Industry
Government
Everyone
.Persons responsible
for polluting it
Canada
Boating/fishing
Don't Know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
24.3%
17.9%
46.5%
4.8%
. 21.
.1%
6.1%
IL
(253)
11,431
25.1%
16.1%
47.8%
3.8%
7.2%
IN
(250)
5,544
30.1%
15.1%
43.5%
3.6%
7.6%
MI
(254)
9,302
17.4%
19.3%
52.9%
6.9%
3.6%
MN
(251)
4,375
26.5%
15.2%
50.1%
3.6%
1 . 1 '*.
3.5%
NY
(258)
17,990
28.8%
18.7%
41.0%
3.9%
.3*
7.2%
OH
(254)
10,847
22.8%
13.2%
53.6%
4.6%
*> tt
.3*
.6%
5.0%
PA
(267)
11,882
20.8%
25.5%
40.6%
6.1%
.0%
7.0%
WI
(247)
4,891
22.6%
13.7%
51.0%
6.5%
6.1%
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mir 1995
STATES
si/aver
1. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally.
(n-)
•«
Population (000's)
a. TV news •
Total IL IN MI MN NY OH PA WI
(2,034) (253) (250) (254) (251) (258) (254) (267) (247)
76,261 11,431 5,544 9,302 4,375 17,990 10,847 11,882 4,891
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
b. TV news magazine
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
c. Radio talk shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
60.
31.
7.
•
shows
3*
5%
6%
5%
37.6%
39.1%
21.2%
2.1%
IB.
42.
36.
2.
29.
42.
26.
2.
6%
5%
0%
9%
1%
3%
6%
0%
59.6%
33.6%
6.2%
.6%
35.1%
38.3%
23.1%
3.5%
18.3%
42.6%
36.4%
2.7%
31.4%
43.8%
22.5%
2.4%
64.6%
27.8%
6.7%
.8%
35.6%
40.9%
19.6%
3.9%
15.9%
45.3%
37.3%
1.5%
32.8%
38.6%
28.3%
.4%
60.6%
32.2%
7.2%
41.8%
35.4%
20.3*
2.4%
16.9%
42.6%
37.6%
3.0%
28.0%
40.8%
29.7%
1.5%
70
22
6
46
30
22
1
24
37
35
3
37
41
19
1
.8%
.2%
.9%
.1%
.6%
.2%
. 1%
. 1%
.2%
.4%
. 1%
.3%
.9%
.8%
.1%
.1%
57.1%
31.9%
10.0%
1.0%
36.6%
40.1%
21.3%
2.1%
18.2%
40.5%
37.6%
3.7%
26.9%
40.0%
30.2%
2.9%
58.1%
32.5%
8.5%
.9%
36.4%
40.4%
20.8%
2.3%
20.1%
43.2%
33.5%
3.3%
28.2%
44.4%
25.9%
1.5%
59.6%
34.5%
5.9%
.0%
33.8%
43.4%
22.8%
.0%
18.7%
45.4%
34.0%
1.9%
25.0%
45.3%
26.9%
2.9%
66.0%
27.2%
6.4%
.4%
44.8%
37.2%
15.7%
2.3%
18.7%
42.2%
36.3%
2.8%
33.6%
42.4%
23.1%
.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
People get information about the environment from many different »°"«es. """.
"ate if each of the following i3 a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
»
76,261 11.131 5,544 9,302 4.375 17,990 10.M7 11,0.2 4,091
Newspapers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
£. Magazines
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. Environmental
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. Government
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
61.9%
29.9%
7.9%
.3%
42.2%
40.5%
16.2%
1.1%
newsletters
24.3%
28.4%
43.2%
4.1%
13.3%
36.8%
46.1%
3.9%
63.2%
28.9%
7.8%
43.6%
35.7%
18.4%
2.3%
26.7%
19.4%
47.8%
6.1%
12.6%
32.0%
51.2%
4.2%
60.9%
29.4%
8.9%
.8%
43.1%
41.6%
15.0%
.2%
26.8%
27.4%
43.4%
2.4%
15.6%
32.3%
49.6%
2.5%
61.7%
30.6%
7.4%
.3%
45.
39.
12.
2.
25.
31.
38.
4,
14
39
43
2
9%
4%
6%
1%
,5%
.4%
.8%
.2*
.5%
.3%
.9%
.4%
67.7%
26.4%
5.9%
.0%
36.8%
46.6%
15.4%
1.1%
16.1%
35.0%
45.6%
3.3%
9.7%
34.3%
53.8%
2.2%
61.
30.
7.
•
40.
40.
19.
25
30
41
3
11
40
44
4
5%
4%
9%
2%
0%
4%
3%
,3%
.0%
.2%
.7%
.1%
.4%
.1%
.5%
.0%
66.0%
25.0%
9.0%
44.4%
39.1%
15.9%
.6%
19.9%
27.5%
47.9%
4.7%
15.4%
32.4%
48.0%
4.2%
55.6%
36.2%
7.0%
1.0%
40.5%
44.5%
14.0%
1.0%
25.6%
30.6%
39.0%
4.8%
13.9%
42.1%
38.3%
5.8%
62.9%
27.8%
9.3%
42.7%
41.6%
14.9%
.8%
25.2%
29.0%
44.3%
1.5%
13.6%
34.9%
48.6%
2.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
•
(n-J
Population (000 's)
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
9. Why do you feel that
(n-)
Population (000 's)
Closest to us
Grew up there, used
to live there
Fishing
swimming
Family Outings
Boating
Own/rent cottage
property there
Beauty
Drinking water
Quality of water,
shore areas
Recreation
Economic Factors
Don't Know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
43.0%
6.3%
2.4%
23.4%
19.6%
5.2%
the lake
Total
(2,034)
76,261
40.5%
6.0%
6.0%
4.4%
4.1%
2.6%
2.2%
.9%
.4%
.4%
.1%
.0%
44.6%
IL
(253)
11,431
37.7%
2.1%
.6%
57.5%
1.2%
.9%
is your
IL
(253)
11,431
50.3%
5.0%
4.7%
3.5%
2.3%
2.9%
1.5%
1.8%
ITfc
.7%
1.1%
38.9%
IN
(250)
5,544
42.6%
1.2%
53.4%
1.8%
1.0%
lake?
IN
(250)
5,544
39.7%
5.9%
6.8%
6.4%
5.2%
2.1%
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
44.8%
MI
(254)
9,302
27.3%
6.4%
18.1%
37.8%
10.4%
MI
(254)
9,302
45.4%
9.6%
9.2%
11.7%
5.3%
5.7%
4.6%
1.5%
6%
* W
1.2%
28.2%
MN
(251)
4,375
36.3%
59.4%
4.3%
MN
(251)
4,375
44.5%
6.3%
6.3%
3.0%
7.8%
1.8%
2.2%
.3%
.1%
37.5%
NY
(258)
17,990
55.2%
3.7%
5.0%
16.9%
19.3%
NY
(258)
17,990
27.4%
4.0%
5.5%
2.8%
4.5%
1.8%
1.8%
.1%
.2%
.2%
58.8%
OH
(254)
10,847
35.3%
.6%
.6%
3.6%
59.9%
OH
(254)
10,847
52.1%
5.6%
7.7%
3.5%
1.5%
3.8%
2.1%
.6%
.3%
35.8%
PA
(267)
11,882
57.9%
3.8%
35.4%
2.9%
PA
(267)
11,882
30.1%
7.2%
5.0%
2.9%
3.9%
1.0%
.1%
.0%
58.8%
WI
(247)
4,891
28.0%
12.4%
.5%
58.3%
.8%
WI
(247)
4,891
53.2%
6.5%
2.1%
3.1%
6.1%
1.4%
5.9%
2.9%
1.3%
.4%
28.4%
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MAY 1995
Alt STATES
10. Which one of' the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
(n=)
Population (000's)
• *
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
. Lake Ontario
Total
(2,034)
76,261
7.5%
3.6%
34.4%
39.6%
14.9%
IL
(253)
11,431
1.51
.6%
96.7%
1.2%
IN
(250)
5,544
.8%
90.8%
7.5%
.8%
MI
(254)
9,302
5.4%
27.1%
44.2%
22.7%
.6%
MN
(251)
4,375
87.1%
10.8%
1.1%
1.1%
NY
(258)
17,990
2.8%
.9%
2.9%
37.1%
56.4%
OH
(254)
10,847
6.0%
94.0%
PA
(267)
11,882
.0%
1.9%
89.4%
8.6%
WI
(247)
4,891
13.3%
.6%
85.7%
.4%
11. How far would you have to drive to get to the nearest Great Lake?
(n=)
Population (000's)
Less than 5 miles
5 to 9 miles
10 to 24 miles
25 to 49 miles
50 to 75 miles
75 to 100 miles
More than 100 miles
Unsure
Total
2,034)
76,261
8.1%
4.2%
7.9%
8.2%
6.2%
7.8%
55.3%
2.3%
IL
(253)
11,431
14.9%
7.4%
15.2%
11.5%
5.9%
6.0%
37.6%
1.4%
IN
(250)
5,544
4.6%
3.3%
9.0%
7.6%
5.4%
6.5%
63.3%
.2%
MI
(254)
9,302
12.0%
5.5%
10.9%
26.3%
16.2%
10.4%
16.5%
2.1%
MN
(251)
4,375
2.5%
.4%
1.6%
.4%
3.3%
8.4%
83.4%
NY
(258)
17,990
5.4%
3.4%
6.4%
3.0%
2.0%
4.2%
69.7%
5.9%
OH
(254)
10,847
8.9%
4.6%
9.4%
7.1%
11.4%
5.2%
52.1%
1.5%
PA
(267)
11,882
1.3%
.3%
.5%
.7%
1.1%
14.4%
80.6%
1.0%
WI
(247)
4,891
18.6%
9.1%
9.9%
13.9%
7.0%
11.3%
28.9%
1.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
12. How long would it take you to drive there?
(n-)
Population (000 's)
Less than- 5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
. More than 1 hour
Don't know
13. What activities have you and your family done at the lake in the
past 12 months?
Total
(2,034)'
76,261
3.8%
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
4.2%
5.7%
4.3%
6.4%
66.1%
1.6%
IL
(253)
11,431
6.0%
2.3%
4.3%
6.3%
8.0%
11.5%
4.3%
9.2%
46.8%
1.2%
IN
(250)
5,544
1.8%
1.3%
2.9%
2.5%
4.7%
3.9%
5.5%
3.4%
73.7%
.4%
MI
(254)
9,302
8.0%
2.8%
2.4%
3.4%
7.0%
13.0%
11.0%
16.0%
34.0%
2.4%
MN
(251)
4,375
1.6%
.6%
.6%
.2%
.3%
.2%
2.5%
2.1%
91.9%
NY
(258)
17,990
2.6%
2.5%
2.6%
2.3%
2.0%
3.4%
2.4%
1.8%
77.3%
3.0%
OH
(254)
10,847
3.1%
2.3%
3.4%
4.0%
4.8%
4.8%
5.1%
8.3%
62.6%
1.4%
PA
(267)
11,882
.4%
.3%
.4%
.3%
.4%
.5%
.4%
4.1%
92.3%
1.0%
WI
(247)
4,891
9.2%
3.4%
8.7%
4.2%
8.1%
8.2%
6.1%
7.2%
43.9%
.8%
-i !•« « i:;i 3
Population (MO-., W.I« U.«l ».»« ''3°2 4'"5 17'"° 10'8'" 11>M2 •
Hon.. never ao th.r. 63.31 588. 65.8* JJ.JJ M.2. 74..% 51.7, U.» 51.1%
Swimming ".3» "•" "•" "'" „'„ n.5% 19.1% 5.5% 13.3%
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GREAT l*f\KES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
14. Have you or your family gone fishing at the Great Lakes in the past
year?
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
16. How would you rate the water quality in the lake?
(n-)
Population (000 's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
No Opinion,
Don't Know
17. How do you find out
(n=)
Population (OOO's)
What I see myself
What others tell me
From the news
Mnit-inict sources
Total
(2,034)
76,261
2.5%
22.9%
34.8%
13.1%
26.7%
about the
Total
(2,034)
76,261
30.0%
20.8%
45.7%
1.3%
IL IN
(253) (250)
11,431
1.8%
19.6%
38.6%
15.7%
24.4%
5,544
1.4%
14.2%
38.9%
20.8%
24.7%
water quality of
IL
(253)
11,431
38.7%
16.2%
43.2%
.9%
IN
(250)
5,544
27.8%
25.7%
44.5%
.7%
MI
(254)
9,302
5.4%
33.0%
38.8%
15.0%
7.7%
MN NY OH PA
(251) (258) (254) (267)
4,375
4.5%
43.1%
31.8%
4.8%
15.9%
17,990
2.7%
19.0%
33.0%
8.7%
36.6%
10,847
2.1%
22.1%
37.1%
15.9%
22.9%
11,882
1.0%
18.0%
25.7%
13.8%
41.5%
the lake?
MI
(254)
9,302
43.7%
17.4%
46.1%
1.2%
MN
(251)
4,375
36.2%
15.1%
49.6%
1.1%
NY
(258)
17,990
21.0%
20.0%
46.9%
2.1%
OH
(254)
10,847
28.6%
24.6%
50.0%
1.8%
PA
(267)
11,882
21.2%
26.5%
40.4%
WI
(247)
4,891
2.7%
30.9%
39.7%
10.3%
16.5%
WI
(247)
4,891
38.7%
17.9%
48.3%
2.7%
«.»,«. ».» »•'• »•» <-5' UM 16-6% 8-3% "•" 6'6%
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GREAT LAKES BASXM SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
17a. What additional information can you provide regarding what you see in the environment?
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
18. Over the past ten years, would you say the water quality of the lake is improving,
getting worse, or is staying about the same?
Total IL IN MI MH NY OH PA
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vtty \%9S
KLL STATES
20. Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the water quality of the lake?
•
(n=)
Population (000 's)
State government
Local government
Environmental
Protection Agency
US Federal Government
Department of Natural
Resources
Eve r yone , from
communities to
corporations
Industries
Environment Canada
Coast Guard
Environment
Organizations
Water works
Nobody
Fish C Wildlife
Commission
Army Corp of
Engineers
Whoever pollutes it
Those who live around
the lake
Don't know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
25.4%
18.6%
17.5%
11.9%
8.5%
3.5%
2.8%
2.1%
1.0%
1.0%
.2%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
26.9%
IL
(253)
11,431
23.5%
26.9%
20.1%
10.6%
2.1%
4.4%
1.5%
.6%
2.1%
1.5%
.3%
29.9%
IN
(250)
5,544
23.6%
15.4%
20.5%
18.0%
4.2%
2.3%
1.9%
.2%
.4%
.2%
25.4%
MI
(254)
9,302
28.2%
14.1%
11.5%
12.3%
20.2%
5.1%
3.0%
.9%
.3%
.9%
22.5%
MN
(251)
4,375
19.5%
14.8%
16.4%
12.9%
14.8%
4.5%
2.4%
1.3%
1.4%
.1%
28.4%
NY
(258)
17,990
23.7%
16.6%
14.8%
11.7%
6.9%
4.1%
3.0%
6.5%
.9%
1.7%
.1%
26.0%
OH
(254)
10,847
23.
16.
25.
6.
7.
3.
2.
•
2.
•
*
28.
8%
6%
7%
7%
0%
5%
6%
6%
0%
9%
6%
3%
6%
PA
(267)
11,882
30.
21.
19.
13.
3.
1.
4.
1.
:
.
*
29.
3%
8%
5%
8%
1%
1%
0%
0%
1%
0%
1%
f*a
0%
0%
V o
na
U o
6%
WI
(247)
4,891
29.3%
18.2%
7.6%
13.3%
23.1%
3.9%
4.1%
.4%
.5%
1.8%
1.3%
•
.4%
21.3%
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21.
GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
Of the following list of environmental problems Pl«se 9tate whether you confer it to
be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
a. Acid rain
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
41.0%
30.4%
8.8%
19.7%
b. Pollution in the bottem mud
.Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
c. Chemicals washing
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
d. Chemicals washing
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
46.0%
23.3%
5.3%
25.4%
into the
56.5%
25.0%
6.0%
124%
!£• • T »
into the
71.9%
IS. 6%
2.6%
9.8%
36.8% 37.5%
27.3% 37.3%
10.6% 6.1%
25.3% 19.1%
below the
43.
19.
6.
31.
lake
53.
21.
6.
18.
lake
68
14
3
14
3%
3%
1%
3*
from
,5%
,0%
.8%
.7%
from
.4%
.4%
.2%
.0%
water
50.0%
22.9%
3.6%
23.5%
farms
55.1%
30.8%
5.7%
8.4%
cities
77.9%
17.4%
.2%
4.5%
38.4%
31.3%
15.3%
14.9%
49.1*
22.9%
8.5%
19.5*
58.1*
25.1%
5.4%
11.4*
77.6%
13.71
1.8%
6.9%
50.7%
25.0%
8.6%
15.7%
40.
27.
2.
29.
2*
6%
9%
41.
46.1%
29.4%
12.2*
12.4%
57
27
4
10
.5%
.7*
.7%
.0%
48.2%
26.6%
5.1%
20.1%
50.0%
19.5%
6.6%
23.9*
62.7%
20.5%
3.9%
12.9%
74.5%
11.6%
1.1%
12.9%
34.2%
37.3%
10.6%
17.8%
46.9%
25.2%
5.6%
22.2%
59.5%
24.5%
5.1%
10.9%
72.9%
15.9%
4.3%
7.0%
43.3%
28.9%
6.3%
21.5%
41.5%
28.8%
1.2%
28.5%
52.4%
29.6%
7.2%
10.8%
69.2%
18.8%
3.1%
8.9%
33.9%
35.9%
11.1%
19.1%
40.6%
26.5%
6.6%
26.3%
52.7%
30.2%
7.6%
9.5%
70.9%
16.2%
4.5%
8.3%
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BASIN
MAY 1995
Ail, STATES
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider it to
be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total It IN Ml MN NY OH FA
{ri=) (2,034) (253) (250) (254) (251) (258) (254) (267)
Population (OOO'a) 76,261 11,431 5,544 9,302 4,375 17,990 10,847 11,882
•*
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
WI
(247)
4,891
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
f. Industries dumping
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. PCBs in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. DDT in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
45.
37.
4.
12.
5%
8%
Ot
7%
chemicals
75.
12.
2.
9.
44.
16.
6.
32.
35.
19.
10.
34.
9%
3%
7%
2%
5%
6%
2%
7%
in
9%
5%
5%
45.8%
29.0%
7.6%
17.6%
in the
73.3%
10.3%
3.8%
12.6%
43.3%
15.5%
4.4t
36.9%
34.7%
17.0%
10.5%
37.7%
50.1%
36.7%
4.3%
8.9%
lake
87.5%
8.1%
1.4%
3.1%
45.1%
20.9%
2.2%
31.7%
34.1%
25.9%
8.6%
31.4%
46
39
4
9
79
12
2
6
50
21
6
22
37
25
10
26
.1%
.2%
.8%
.9%
.6%
.3%
. 1%
.0%
.1%
.5%
.0%
.4%
.5%
.2%
.5%
.9%
39.6%
42.1%
6.0%
12.3%
69.6%
16.6%
1.4%
12.4%
40.5%
20.2%
8.4%
30.9%
28.7%
24.4%
17.7%
29.2%
48.3%
36.8%
.9%
14.0%
80.6%
8.9%
1.7%
8.7%
46.4%
12.2%
6.5%
34.9%
34.9%
16.2%
10.4%
38.5%
41.8%
42.7%
3.3%
12.3%
74.9%
14.1%
3.3%
7.7%
44.1%
16.4%
10.2%
29.3%
39.8%
19.4%
12.6%
28.2%
43.6%
42.4%
4.2%
9.9%
67.4%
16.8%
3.1%
12.7%
36.6%
16.9%
6.0%
40.6%
33.5%
17.1%
7.0%
42.4%
46.0%
35.1%
5.1%
13.6%
72.1%
15.2%
5.3%
7.4%
52.8%
17.6%
3.9%
25.7%
33.2%
27.6%
10.0%
29.2%
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MAY 1995
ALL STATES
21. Of the following list of environmental problem*, please st.te whether you consider it to
be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total IL IN MI MN MY
(2,034) (253) (250) (254) (251) (258)
OH
(254)
PA
(267)
HI
(247)
Population.JOOO's) 76,261 11,431
i. Exotic species like the Zebra Mussels
5,544 9,302 4,375 17,990 10,847 11,882 4,891
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
j . Lake fish unsafe
Major
Minor
Mot At All
Don't Know
k. Lake unsafe for
Major
Minor
Hot At All
Don't Know
1. Lake unsafe for
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
34.6%
21.1%
7.4%
36.9%
to eat
33.3%
31.0%
13.8%
21.9%
swinroing
21.2%
32.7%
24.9%
21.1%
31.5%
16.1%
9.6%
42.8%
33.
31.
9.
25.
8%
6%
5%
1%
26.8%
28.3%
22.4%
22.5%
29.1%
20.9%
7.4%
42.6%
44.0%
29.8%
7.8%
18.4%
26.7%
37.1%
17.4%
18.7%
46.2%
25.4%
6.5%
21.9%
34.9%
37.7%
16.6%
10.8%
17.4%
44.1%
31.3%
7.2%
47.5%
20.7%
7.1%
24.7%
30.2%
30.6%
23.6%
15.6%
18
28
38
14
.1%
.7%
.6%
.7%
30.7%
18.1%
9.1%
42.0%
32.0%
26.9%
11.3%
29.8%
IB. 8%
26.0%
25.3%
29.9%
35.9%
24.7%
8.5%
30.9%
29.2%
39.0%
18.1%
13.8%
18.5%
42.3%
25.5%
13.8%
25.9%
21.8%
3.1%
49.3%
30.7%
25.1%
14.2%
30.0%
25.4%
26.3%
17.4%
30.9%
46.6%
27.1%
6.5%
19.9%
39.1%
30.5%
15.9*
14.6%
16.5%
39.3%
30.7%
13.5%
drinking water
36.9%
23.9%
16.3%
22.8%
33
22
21
22
.3%
.4%
.8%
.5%
42.0%
33.8%
7.6%
16.6%
41.8%
29.8%
19.7%
8.6%
36
19
25
18
.9%
.8%
.1%
.2%
31.6%
22.1%
13.4%
32.9%
39.7%
27.6%
16.5%
16.2%
41.1%
16.0%
11.6%
31.3%
33.1%
26.7%
21.2%
18.9%
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ALL STATES
22. Do you feel there is anything you can do to help improve lake water quality?
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MAY 1995
ALL STATES
23. How active would you say you have been personally in helping to reduce environmental
pollution?
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1995
25 Have you participated with any local organization that helps with:?
Population (OOO-.I 76,261 11,«1 5.514 9.302 4,375 17.990 10,847 .11,882 4,891
Great Lakes Remedial
Action Plans known „* , ,ft ,* 6% .3% .1% -8%
as RAPS -4% 1.4% .2% .6%
ARCS program to deal
with contaminated 9% .0%
sediments -4* -9% ""
Lake wide Management
Plans, known as .6% -4%
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MAY 1995
ALL STATES
26. Do you feel there is anything the government can do to help improve the lake?
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
No
Better rule
enforcement
More restrictions on
industry
Provide more funds
Fines for polluters
More education
More laws
'More restrictions on
chemicals
More research
Multiple responses
Perform clean up
activities
Continue current
efforts
Encourage involvement
Don't know
Total
2,034)
76,261
9.9%
20.0%
17.4%
6.1%
5.5%
5.4%
4.1%
2.4%
1.2%
1.1%
.9%
.6%
•>&
.2%
25.2%
IL
(253)
11,431
10.9%
16.2%
17.1%
7.0%
5.8%
7.6%
5.1%
1.5%
1.8%
1.1%
.6%
25.2%
IN
(250)
5,544
9.4%
18.4%
21.8%
3.6%
5.2%
4.7%
3.8%
2.2%
1.0%
3.0%
2.0%
.2%
2%
• A* V
24.6%
MI
(254)
9,302
11.1%
26.2%
15.0%
3.9%
6.0%
6.6%
4.1%
4.2%
1.2%
.6%
.6%
20.5%
MN
(251)
4,375
6.3%
26.9%
9.3%
3.4%
10.9%
2.4%
3.2%
1.2%
2.2%
1.4%
1.1%
.1%
.2%
31.4%
NY OH PA
(258) (254) (267)
17,990
13.3%
20.3%
18.4%
6.6%
3.4%
4.8%
3.0%
2.7%
.3%
1.9%
1.0%
1.1%
23.1%
10,847
11.5%
19.1%
18.1%
9.1%
5.3%
5.7%
3.3%
1.4%
.9%
.8%
.6%
.3%
.6%
23.4%
11,882
2.2%
18.7%
19.5%
5.2%
5.9%
4.9%
5.9%
2.0%
1.9%
.1%
1.0%
.0%
.0%
32.6%
WI
(247)
4,891
12.0%
16.9%
14.5%
6.4%
5.7%
4.6%
4.7%
3.7%
1.8%
3.5%
2.2%
1.0%
23.0%
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ALL STATES
27. Is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
level is putting too much emphasis on Great Lakes environmental activities, too
little, or about the right amount?
• •*
(n=)
Population (OOO's)
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
28. As far as you know,
Total
(2,034)
76,261
2.7%
29.6%
45.7%
21.9%
does the U
level work with other agencies
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MAY 1995
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29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal level overall on the job it is
doing for our country?
30.
(n-)
Population* '(000 '3)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Don't Know/No
Is your home
•
Opinion
located
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AJ-L STATES
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area, or a suburban
area?
(n=)
Population.4000'3)
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Unsure
Total
(2,034)
76,261
32.6%
23.1%
41.3%
2.9%
It
(253)
11,431
29.5%
31.0%
37.8%
1.8%
IN
(250)
5,544
45.9%
14.9%
35.4%
3.9%
HI
(254)
9,302
35.7%
17.7%
42.4%
4.2%
MN
(251}
4,375
30.9%
27.6%
39.3%
2.2%
NY
(258)
17,990
25.5%
23.5%
45.7%
5.3%
OH
(254)
10,847
33.9%
24.2%
40.8%
1.2%
PA
(267)
11,882
33.0%
18.1%
47.9%
1.0%
WI
(247)
4,891
43.5%
29.2%
25.0%
2.3%
32. Is your age:
(n=)
Population (OOO's)
25 and under
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
66 to 75
76 and over
Refused
Total
(2,034)
76,261
12.2%
24.0%
24.6%
13.8%
10.3%
10.1%
3.8%
1.1%
It
(253)
11,431
11.2%
21.6%
22.6%
14.3%
9.9%
12.1%
6.2%
2.1%
IN
(250)
5,544
9.6%
24.0%
24.8%
13.4%
12.5%
6.7%
6.5%
2.5%
.MI
(254)
9,302
11.4%
26.3%
23.7%
13.7%
11.3%
7.5%
4.2%
1.8%
MN
(251)
4,375
10.6%
24.7%
22.2%
19.3%
9.8%
7.4%
5.0%
1.1%
NY
(258)
17,990
9.6%
27.4%
25.7%
12.6%
10.9%
11.6%
2.0%
.2%
OH
(254)
10,847
12.7%
22.5%
25.0%
13.7%
12.4%
9.0%
3.8%
.9%
PA
(267)
11,882
20.6%
20.9%
25.6%
12.9%
6.1%
10.9%
2.1%
1.0%
WI
(247)
4,891
9.2%
23.0%
25.9%
15.8%
10.0%
11.5%
4.7%
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MAY 1995
ALL STATES
33. Including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Total
(2,034)
76,261
17.1%
30.4%
19.4%
17.2%
9.8%
3.1%
1 2%
1 • ft O
.1%
1.7%
IL
(253)
11,431
18.6%
27.2%
19.8%
20.3%
7.1%
3.2%
.6%
3.2%
IN
(250)
5,544
16.5%
33.5%
26.3%
12.8%
7.9%
1.9%
1.0%
MI
(254)
9,302
20.lt
28.4%
16.8%
18.0%
11.4%
2.1%
.9%
2.4%
MN
(251)
4,375
16.5%
25.2%
18.6%
22.5%
10.4%
5.7%
1.2%
NY
(258)
17,990
16.9%
32.5%
16.3%
15.2%
10.0%
5.5%
1.9%
1.7%
OH
(254)
10,847
15.8%
30.6%
20.3%
17.9%
9.2%
3.2%
.9%
.6%
1.5%
PA
(267)
11,882
15.7%
30.9%
22.7%
15.0%
12.6%
.1%
2.0%
.0%
1.0%
WI
(247)
4,891
15.8%
34.4%
17.4%
19.3%
9.1%
1.8%
.9%
.3%
.9%
(n=)
Population (000's)
• *
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Refused
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
(n-)
Population (000's)
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Refused
Total
(2,034)
76,261
56.3%
15.8%
16.4%
7.2%
1.8%
.7%
.1%
.0%
1.6%
IL
(253)
11,431
56.1%
14.2%
17.7%
6.5%
2.3%
.6%
.3%
2.3%
IN
(250)
5,544
56.3%
22.7%
11. 5%
5.6%
2.5%
.2%
1.2%
MI
(254)
9,302
58.7%
14.8%
16.1%
7.2%
.9%
.3%
2.1*
MN
(251)
4,375
51.0%
13.7%
25.8%
7.1%
2.4%
.1%
NY
(258)
17,990
56.0%
15.9%
14.9%
7.7%
1.9%
1.0%
2.6%
OH
(254)
10,847
57.0%
17.7%
14.7%
5.6%
3.2%
.3%
1.5%
PA
(267)
11,882
56.5%
15.0%
16.7%
9.7%
.1%
1.9%
.0%
WI
(247)
4,891
56.6%
13.2%
19.6%
6.7%
1.9%
.9%
.3%
.7%
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MAY 1995
ALL STATES
35. la anyone in your household a member of an environmental organization?
(n=)
Population JOOO's)
No/Don't know
Yes
35a. If YES, which one:
(n«)
Population (000's)
Audubon Society
Cousteau Society
Ducks Unlimited
Greenpeace
National Wildlife
Federation
Nature Conservancy
Sierra club
Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
National
Evironmenta1ist
Group
Local-Activist Group
Long Island Water
Campaign
Wildlife Association
Boy Scouts
National Parks
Association
Don't Know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
93.3%
6.7*
Total
(157)
5,114
3.5%
5.4%
8.3%
14.4%
6.0%
5.4%
5.7%
1.7%
2.7»,
2.2%
.7%
3.0%
.4%
.41
.U
40. If
IL
(253)
11,431
89.7%
10.3%
IL
(26)
1,180
2.9%
5.5%
14.4%
25.5%
2.9%
11.4%
5.5%
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%
22. 91
IN MI
(250) (254)
5,544 9,302
94.1% 93.4%
5.9% 6.6%
IN MI
(15) (16)
327 615
9.3%
16.8% 9.3%
18.1%
9.7% 4.4%
4.4*
4.41
9.3?.
73.4'* 40.7*
KN
(251)
4,375
86.5%
13.5%
MN
(25)
591
8.2%
8.0%
32.4%
.4%
8.0%
.2%
8.0%
34. Br
NY
(258)
17,990
94.8%
5.2%
NY
(16)
931
16.5%
2.3%
5.7%
3.4%
16.5%
2.3%
2.3%
51.1%
OH
(254)
10,847
93.8%
6.2%
OH
(15)
672
9.1%
4.5%
9.9%
14.4%
9.9%
9.9%
42.2%
PA
(267)
11,882
97.8%
2.2%
PA
(17)
265
1.3%
3.0%
1.3%
1.3%
43.0%
1.3ft
49.1%
WI
(247)
4,891
89.1%
10.9%
WI
(27)
533
6.6%
11.9%
8.2%
10.3%
17.7%
8.2%
37.0%
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MAY 1995
ALL STATES
36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
(n=)
• *
Population (000 's)
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
Total
(2,034)
76,261
6.0%
33.9%
4.7%
24.1%
20.4%
9.1%
1.8%
37. What is your racial or ethnic
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
White/caucasian
African-American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Oriental
Indian/Native
American
Mixed heritage
Refused
38. Are you currently
(n=)
Population (OOO's)
Not retired
Retired
Total
(2,034)
76,261
85.8%
7.0%
2.3%
.9%
.7%
1.6%
1.6%
employed or
Total
(2,034)
76,261
79.5%
2O.5%
IL
(253)
11,431
5.6%
34.3%
1.5%
24.1%
21.9%
8.5%
4.1%
heritage?
IL
(253)
11,431
77.4%
13.0%
2.6%
1.4%
.3%
3.2%
2.1%
retired?
IL
(253)
11,431
73.1%
26.9%
IN
(250)
5,544
10.2%
33.8%
5.1%
22.6%
18.4%
7.2%
2.7%
IN
(250)
5,544
86.2*
8.0%
1.5%
.3%
2.1%
1.8%
IN
(250)
5,544
78.0%
22.0%
MI
(254)
9,302
4.8%
31.9%
4.5%
32.0%
17.4%
7.7%
1.8%
MI
(254)
9,302
88.0%
4.8%
1.8%
.9%
1.5%
3.0%
MI
(254)
9,302
78.2%
21.8%
MN
(251)
4,375
2.7%
29.4%
9.4%
31.1%
17.2%
9.2%
1.1%
MN
(251)
4,375
93.0%
1.1%
2.2%
.2%
2.3%
1.3%
MN
(251)
4,375
81.4%
18.6%
NY
(258)
17,990
9.5%
30.4%
2.6%
18.9%
24.9%
11.8%
2.0%
NY
(258)
OH
(254)
10,847
5.0%
33.5%
5.8%
24.0%
18.3%
11.7%
1.7%
OH
(254)
PA
(267)
11,882
4.2%
41.4%
6.0%
23.9%
18.8%
5.8%
.0%
PA
(267)
17,990 10,847 11,882
83.0%
8.4%
4.4%
.9%
.9%
1.3%
1.1%
NY
(258)
17,990
81.3%
18.7%
85.9%
6.7%
1.4%
1.5%
1.2%
1.5%
1.8%
OH
(254)
10,847
79.6%
20.4%
91.2%
5.8%
1.0%
1.0%
.1%
1.0%
PA
(267)
11,882
83.8%
16.2%
WI
(247)
4,891
1.7%
35.9%
9.7%
24.9%
19.6%
7.8%
. 5%
WI
(247)
4,891
91.8%
1.0%
2.1%
2.4%
2.2%
.5%
WI
(247)
4;891
80.1%
19.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
ALL STATES
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
Total IL IN MI MN NY OH PA WI
(n=J (2*,034) (253J (250) (254) (251) (258) (254) (267) (247)
• *
Population (OOO's) 76,261 11,431 5,544 9,302 4,375 17,990 10,847 11,882 4,891
Educator/teacher 6.5% 7.4% 5.7% 4.5% 8.0% 8.8% 6.7% 3.0% .7.6%
Engineer or scientist 2.7% 2.1% 3,0% 3.6% 2.4% 2.8% 3.8% 2.0% 1.4%
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional 8.3% 8.3% 6.2% 7.7% 9.4% 8.7% 7.2% 9.7% 8.3%
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional 9.5% 7.6% 13.6% 9.6% 9.2% 10.8% 12.6% 5.0% 8.1%
Technician 2.4% 1.2% 1.1% 2.1% .0% 3.1% 2.0% 4.9% 1.1%
Government official 1.0% .9% -3% 3.3% 1.7% .6% 1.0% .8%
Business
owner/manager 5.6% 5.6% 1.9% 5.4% 4.7% 8.3% 2.6% 6.9% 4.8%
Sales (Major
purchases) 2.4% 4.4% 1.5% 2.7% 2.2% 1.9% 3,0% 1.1% 2.5%
Sales clerk/retail
sales 4.6% 3.9% 3.9% 3.9% 5.8% 5.3% 1.8% 7.0% 6.0%
Clerical/secretarial 8.4% 13.2% 8.0% 8.8% 10.1% 6.2% 10.7% 4.9% 7.4%
Servic
(Cook/beautician) 3.0% 1.2% 2.5% 3.6% 3.7% 3.4% 5.6% 2.0% 1.1%
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/welder/
mechanic 14.9% 13.6% 22.6% 18.8% 11.8% 8.1% 15.8% 17.0% 21.8%
Unskilled labor 5.7% 5.4% 7.2% 3.0% 5.6% 4.8% 4.4% 9.8% 6.0%
Farmer/miner 1.0% 1.5% .6% 1.2% .4% 2.1% 1.0% 2.6%
Armed services
enlisted .2% 1-7% .3% -5%
Artist/musician/
sculptor .4% .6% -3% 2.2% .3% .3% .0% .5%
Consultant/
advertising/PR .4% .2% .6% .1% .3% 1.0% -8%
Unemployed .7% .6% 1.7% 1.2% 1.2% .7% .3% .1% 1.6%
Hometnaker 12.7% 15.6% 8.4% 13.2% 11.8% 13.1% 10.2% 14.8% 8.8%
Student 4.2% 2.7% 3.4% 3.9% 4.5% 5.0% 3.6% 5.9% 3.4%
Other 5.3% 4.3% 6.7% 6.6% 2.8% 6.5% 6.5% 3.0% 4.8%
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MAY
Ait STATES
39. What is your estimated household income?
fn=)
Population (000'a)
• •
Under $25,000
$25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to 449,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 and over
Refused
Total
12,034)
76,261
22.9*
14.9%
18.5%
13.1%
4.4%
1.5%
.8%
23.9%
1L
(253)
11,431
18.4%
16.6%
20.2%
12.6%
3.2%
2.6%
1.4%
25.0%
IN
(250)
5,544
16.9%
21.8%
18.7%
15.8%
2.4%
.5%
.2%
23.8%
MI
(254)
9,302
19.8%
14.0%
19.2%
11.6%
5.1%
2.7%
.9%
26.7%
MN
(251)
4,375
26.1%
5.4%
20.6%
17.9%
9.8%
2.2%
1.1%
16.9%
NY
(258)
17,990
24.8%
11.91
17.0%
15.1%
6.7%
.9%
1.0%
22.5%
OH
(254)
10,847
23.8%
15.5%
15.6%
14.8%
5.3%
1.1%
.9%
23.0%
PA
(267)
11,882
27.7%
18.0%
20.6%
7.0%
.0%
1.0%
.0%
25.6%
WI
(247)
4,891
22.5%
15.6%
18.3%
12.7%
4.0%
1.0%
.6%
25.2%
40. Gender of respondent
Total IL IN MI MN NY OH PA WI
(n=) (2,034) (253) (250) (254) (251) (258) (254) (267) (247)
Population (OOO's) 76,261 11,431 5,544 9,302 4,375 17,990 10,847 11,882 4,891
Male
Female
46.6%
53.4%
44.1%
55.9%
46.6%
53.4%
47.6*
52.4%
53.8%
46.2%
41.4%
58.6%
49.7%
50.3%
50.6%
49.4%
46.9%
53.1%
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TABLES A
TABLE 4 - ILLINOIS
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS
1. How concerned are you personally, about environmental
conditions in the Great Lakes?
Base 255
Not very Concerned 15.3%
Somewhat Concerned 49.0%
Very Concerned 31.8%
Don't Know 3.9%
2. Who do you think is watching out for the environment
of the Great Lakes?
Base 255
EPA 21.2%
State or Local Government 9.8%
Federal Government 5.1%
Nobody 5.1%
Conservation organizations 4.7%
Other 4.3%
Everyone; community, businesses 2.7%
Department of Natural Resources .4%
Don't know 46.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether
you would like to see more efforts, less efforts, or no
change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
Don't Do More Do Less No Change
Know
Base - 255
a. Cleaning up polluted
areas 2.8% 88.2% 9.1%
b. Preventing new
pollution 1.6% 92.5% 5.9%
c. Educating people
about causes of
pollution 1.2% 87.5% 11.4%
d. Educating people
about effects of
pollution .8% 87.8% 11.4%
e. Organizing
volunteers to clean
up pollution 2.7% 80.0% .8% 16.5%
f. Enforcing
regulations on
industries that
pollute 2.0% 88.2% .8% 9.0%
g. Scientific research
about the quality of
the 6.7% 74.9% 2.7% 15.7%
h. Restoring fish and
wildlife habitats 3.9% 82.7% 1.6% 11.8%
i. Reducing pollution
that harms the
health of fish 2.4% 89.0% 8.6%
j. Reducing pollution
that harms the
health of people 1.2% 91.4% .8% 6.7%
k. Improving the taste
of drinking water 8.6% 63.1% 1.2% 27.1%
1. Keeping the beaches
open to the public 6.3% 62.4% .8% 30.6%
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GREAT LAKES BASIK SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
4. Is there any governmental action, not-named, that you
would like to see get more attention?
Base 38
Clean up lakes, hire work force
to do 7.9%
Depletion of forests 7.9%
Educate more on pollution 7.9%
Air pollution 7.9%
Educate more on recycling 5.3%
Enforce stricter rules, impose
heavy fines 5.3%
More restrictions on chemicals 5.3%
Watch sulfer in coal mines 5.3%
More attention to endangered
animals cause 2.6%
Pesticides 2.6%
Stop cutting trees around lakes 2.6%
Monitor illegal dumping 2.6%
Limiting use of CFC's 2.6%
Wetland, prairie conservation 2.6%
Other 31.6%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cent.)
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes
are cleaned of pollution to an acceptable level?
Base 255
Less than 5 years 9.4%
Within 10 years 34.5%
Within 25 years 30.2%
Within 50 years 3.1%
Within 100 years .4%
Over 100 years 4.7%
Don't know 17.6%
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
Base 255
Industry 25.5%
Government 15.3%
Everyone 45.9%
Persons responsible
for polluting it 3.5%
Our tax money should 1.6%
••••*••••••» a-CVk.~~7.5%
Other .8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cent.)
7. People get information about the environment from many
different sources. Please state if each of the following
is a major source, a minor source, or not a source of
environmental information at all for you personally.
Don't
know
Major
Minor
Not At
All
Base - 255
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g-
h.
i.
3-
TV news
TV news magazine
shows
Radio talk shows
Radio news
Newspapers
Magazines
Environmental
newsletters
Government
Adverstisements for
products and
services
Employers
3
2
2
1
5
4
4
4
.1%
.7%
.4%
.6%
.1%
.3%
.7%
.7%
60
35
18
29
61
43
24
11
18
11
.6%
.0%
.4%
.4%
.6%
.7%
.8%
.8%
.9%
.8%
33
37
.40
44
29
35
18
30
36
28
.1%
.8%
.8%
.7%
.0%
.8%
.9%
.2%
.6%
.6%
6
24
38
23
9
18
51
53
39
54
.3%
.0%
.0%
.5%
.4%
.9%
.2%
.7%
.8%
.9%
k. Computer
program/internet 12.9% 4.7% 18.4% 63.9%
1. Great Lakes National
Program
Office/Library 15.3% 9.0% 13.7% 62.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
Base 255
No 43.1%
Lake Superior 2.7%
Lake Huron .8%
Lake Michigan 51.0%
Lake Erie 1.6%
Lake Ontario .8%
9. Why do you feel that the lake is your lake?
Base 255
Closest to us 45.8%
Grew up there, used to
live there 4.3%
Fishing 4.3%
Swimming 3.2%
Boating 2.8%
Family Outings 2.0%
Beauty 2.0%
Own/rent cottage
property there 1.6%
Drinking water. 1.2%
Quality of water, shore
areas .8%
Don't Know 44.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
10. Which one of the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
Base 255
Lake Superior 2.0%
Lake Huron .8%
Lake Michigan 95."7%
Lake Erie 1.6%
11. How far would you have to drive to get to the nearest
Great Lake?
Base 255
Less than 5 miles 11.0%
5 to 9 miles 5.1%
10 to 24 miles 11.4%
25 to 49 miles 11.0%
50 to 75 miles 6.7%
75 to 100 miles 7.1%
More than 100 miles 46.7%
• Unsure 1.2%
12. How long would it take you to drive there?
Base 255
Less than 5 minutes 4.7%
5 minutes 1.6%
10 minutes 3.1%
15 minutes 4.3%
20 minutes 5.9%
30 minutes 8.6%
45 minutes 3.5%
1 hour 9.8%
More than 1 hour 57.3%
Unsure 1.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cent.)
13. What activities have you and your family done at the
lake in the past 12 months?
Base 255
None, never go there 62.5%
Swimming 16.6%
Waiking/Jogging 14.6%
Family Outings 13.4%
Fishing 8.7%
Boating 8.7%
Shore activities 5.2%
Camping 2.4%
14. Have you or your family gone fishing at the Great Lakes
in the past year?
Base 255
No fishing 88.5%
Fish for sport 7.5%
Both fox food and for sport 2.4%
Fish for food 1.6%
15. Has environmental pollution ever caused you to stop any
of your lake activities?
Base 255
NO 77.2%
Swim/Beach warnings 15.4%
Fish Advisories 4.3%
Not sure 1.6%
Waste in water, ashore .8%
Cruddy beaches *4%
Other .4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
16. How would you rate the water quality' in the lake?
Base 255
Excellent 2.0%
Good 18.0%
Fair 35.3%
Poor 15.7%
No Opinion, Don't Know 29.0%
17. How do you find out about the water quality of the lake?
Base 255
What I see myself 33.3%
What others tell me 13.3%
From the news 36.5%
Other .8%
No opinion, Don't Know 16.1%
17a. What additional information can you provide regarding
what you see in the environment?
Base 93
What others tell me 32.3%
From the news 39.8%
Beaches cruddy 10.8%
Water seems to be improving 22.6%
No opinion, Don't Know 6.5%
Lack of wildflowers, nature 1.1%
Get rid of zebra mussels 1.1%
Little evidence of dumping 1.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cent.)
18. Over the past ten years, would you say the water quality
of the lake is improving, getting worse, or is staying
about the same?
Base 255
Improving 24.3%
About the same 30.6%
Getting worse 21.2%
Don't know 23.9%
19. What do you think are the biggest problems concerning
lake water quality?
Base 255
Contaminants/pollution 59.7%
Dirty beaches €.3%
Pesticides 3.6%
Ship traffic 3.6%
People's
Attitudes/Behavior 2.4%
There are no problems 2.0%
Zebra Mussels 1.2%
Oil Spills .8%
Pleasure boating .4%
Overpopulation .4%
Don't Know 31.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
20. Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the water
quality of the lake?
Base 255
Local government 24.5%
State government 22.1%
Environmental Protection
Agency 20.6%
US Federal Government 10.7%
Everyone, from communities to
corporations 3.6%
Department of Natural Resources 2.4%
Coast Guard 2.4%
Environment Organizations 2.0%
Industries 2.0%
Environment Canada .8%
All of the above .4%
Water works .4%
Don't know 30.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cent.)
5 UOwC WilC Wi*^* ,7s* , , »*-—11
minor problem, or not a problem at all.
Don't Major Minor Not At
know A11.
. «
Base - 255
26.8% 36.2% 26.8% 10.2%
a. Acid rain
b. Pollution in the bottom mud 42 5% 18 1% 5.9%
below the-water JJ<:)1S
c. Chemicals washing into the g% 21 8% 7 5%
lake from farms is.u* .
d. Chemicals washing into the 2i 3 1%
lake from cities 15'4% 67-3%
e. Chemicals washing into the 7 5%
lake from the air 18-9% 43'3%
f. Industries dumping chemicals 9 g^ 3 9%
in the lake u.o*
g. PCBs in the lake 39.4% 42.5% 13.8. 4.3%
h. DDT in the lake ^0.2% 34.3% 16.i- 9.4%
i. Exotic species like the Zebra ^ ^ 8 3%
Mussels 4
j. Lake fish unsafe to eat 27.6% 32.7% 25 1* 10.6%
k. Lake unsafe for swimming 25.9% 26.3* :' •» 20.0%
1. Lake unsafe for drinking water 26.0% 33.11 :: C» IB.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
22. Do you feel there is anything you can do to help improve
lake water quality?
Base 255
No 49.4%
Proper waste disposal 9.0%
Increase public awareness 9.0%
Recycle 5.1%
Join environment group 3.5%
Write to congressman 2.4%
Avoid using hazardous chemicals 1.6%
Other 1.6%
Don't know/non specific 1.2%
other personal action 1.2%
More financial support 1.2%
Beach clean ups .8%
More/better government controls .4%
More tax funds .4%
Don't know 13.3%
23. How active would you say you have been personally in
helping to reduce environmental pollution?
Base 255
Very active 7.8%
Somewhat active 42.4%
Not very active 48.6%
Don't know/refused 1.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cent.)
24. Have you done any of the following things to help
reduce water pollution?
Base 255
Cut back on water use 44.3%
Joined an organization 8.3%
Volunteered in a beach
cleanup 8.3%
Wrote to a public
official 6.3%
Recycling 1.6%
Don't know 46.2%
25. Have you participated with any local organization that
helps with:?
Base 255
Great Lakes Remedial Action Plans
known as RAPS 1.2%
ARCS program to deal with
contaminated sediments .8%
Lakewide Management Plans, known
as LAMPS .4%
No Response 98.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
26. Do you feel there is anything the government can do
to help improve the lake?
Base 254
No 11.0%
More restrictions on industry 17.3%
Better rule enforcement 15.7%
Provide more funds 7.1%
More education 7.1%
More laws 5.5%
Fines for polluters 5.1%
More restrictions on chemicals 2.0%
More research 1.6%
Other .8%
Continue current efforts .4%
Monitor potential polluters
frequently .4%
Hire work force to clean .4%
Eliminate zebra mussels .4%
Don't know 25.2%
27. Is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency at the Federal level is putting
Base 255
Too much emphasis 3.5%
About right 29.0%
Too little emphasis 45.5%
Don't know/Refused 22.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
28. As far as you know, does the U.S. -Environmental
Protection Agency at the Federal level work with
other agencies and organizations to reduce Great
Lakes pollution?
Base 255
No 21.2%
State EPA 2.4%
Greenpeace .4%
Other 1.2%
Unsure 54.5%
Don't know any specifically 20.4%
29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal
level overall on the job it is doing for our country?
Base 255
Excellent 3.5%
Good 24.3%
Fair 43.1%
Poor 18.0%
Don't know/no opinion 11.0%
30. is your home located in the Great Lakes Basin or is
it outside the Great Lakes Basin?
Base 255
Inside Great Lakes
Basin 35.3%
Outside Basin 50.2%
Unsure 14.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area,
an urban area, or a suburban area?
Base 255
Rural 35.3%
Urban 27.8%
Suburban 35.3%
Unsure 1.6%
32. Is your age:
Base 253
25 and under 11.5%
26 to 35 22.5%
36 to 45 21.3%
46 to 55 15.8%
56 to 65 8.3%
66 to 75 13.0%
76 and over 6.3%
• Refused 1.2%
33. Including yourself, how many people currently live
in your household?
Base 250
One 18.8%
Two 28.4%
Three 20.8%
Four 20.4%
Five 7.2%
Six 3.2%
Seven .4%
Eight .0%
Nine .8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
34. How many children under the age of'18 currently
live with you?
Base 250
None 57.2%
One 15.2%
Two 18.0%
Three 6.8%
Four 2.0%
Five .0%
Six .4%
Seven .4%
35. Is anyone in your household a member of an
environmental organization?
Base 254
No/Don't know 89.8%
Yes 10.2%
35a. If YES, which one?
Base 25
Audubon Society 4.01
Cousteau society 4.0%
Ducks Unlimited 16.0%
Greenpeace 24.0%
National Wildlife Federation 4.0%
Nature Conservancy 12.Ot
Sierra club 4.0%
Wilderness Society 4.0%
World Wildlife Fund 4.0%
Local Activist Group 4.0%
Other Group « 1.0% each) 20.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
Base 255
High school 35.7%
Some college 23.5%
Four year college degree 22.4%
Graduate school 7.5%
Up to llth grade 5.5%
Refused 3.5%
Trade school 2.0%
37. What is your racial or ethnic heritage?
Base 255
White/Caucasian 81.2%
African-American/Black 10.2%
Hispanic/Latino 2.4%
Asian/Oriental 1.2%
Indian/Native American 2.4%
Mixed heritage 2.7%
38. Are you currently employed or retired?
Base 252
Not retired 72.6%
Retired 27.4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do-you do?.
Base 252
Homemaker 15.1%
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/carpenter/welder/
mechanic 13.9%
Clerical/secretarial 12.3%
Doctor/nurse/medical professional 9.1%
Educator/teacher 7.1%
Lawyer/accountant/other
professional 6.7%
Unskilled labor 6.3%
Business owner/manager 6.0%
Sales clerk/retail sales 4.4%
Sales (Major purchases) 4.0%
Student 3.6%
Engineer or scientist 2.4%
Farmer/miner 2.0%
Service(cook/beautician) 1.6%
Technician 1.2%
Government official .8%
Unemployed .8%
Artist/musician/sculptor .4%
Other 2.4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
39. What county do you live in?
Base 255
Cook 30.6%
Du Page 5.5%
Kane 3.5%
Lake 3.5%
Rock Island 3.1%
St. Clair 3.1%
Winnebago 3.1%
Peoria 2.4%
Sangamon 2.4%
Stephenson 2.4%
Coles 2.0%
McLean 2.0%
Madison 2.0%
Tazewell 2.0%
All Other « 2.0% each) 32.4%
40. What is the Zip Code where your home is located
Base 253
61244 1.6%
60516 1.2%
60617 1.2%
60657 1.2%
61032 1.2%
61611 1.2%
62521 1.2%
All Other « 1.0% each) 91.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STATE
MAY 1995
ILLINOIS (cont.)
41. What is your estimated household income?
Base 254
Under 525,000 19.3%
$25,000 to $34,999 17.3%
$35,000 to $49,999 19.3%
$50,000 to $74,999 11.4%
$75,000 to $99,999 2.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 2.0%
$150,000 and over 1.2%
Refused 26.8%
42. Gender of respondent
Base 255
Male 43.1%
Female 56.9%
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TABLES B--CROSS TABULATION BY QUESTION
TABLE 5 - Q.I: PERSONAL CONCERN
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GREAT LAKES fiASIff
MM 199S
COMHVRISOH HELMED TO TOKSQMKL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
1. How concerned are you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
3 For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
eiforJs? less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
Don't Know
Total Not very Somewhat Very
•• Concerned Concerned Concerned
(n-) (2,034)
Population (000' s) 76,261 12
(336)
,587 35
(942)
,345
(667)
24,984
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
b. Preventing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
c . Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
d. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
89.6%
.4%
7.7%
2.3%
new pollution
88.5%
0%
* O v
8.5%
2.2%
people about the causes
86.2%
12.1%
1.1%
people about effects of
86.7%
11.6%
•
80.8%
1.3%
12.2%
5.7%
82.6%
1.8%
11.9%
3.6%
of pollution
81.8%
1.1%
16.2%
1.0%
pollution
79.7%
1.1%
18.3%
.9%
88.3%
.2%
9.8%
1.7%
88.4%
.6%
9.4%
1.6%
85.8%
.6%
12.6%
1.0%
87.0%
.6%
11.5%
.9%
95.1%
.0%
3.4%
1.6%
90.9%
.8%
5.9%
2.4%
87.7%
.5%
10.9%
.9%
88.6%
.7%
9.8%
.9%
3,345
97.0%
.7%
1.0%
1.3%
94.1%
.3%
5.3%
.3%
95.6%
.3%
1.4%
2.8%
96.6%
.3%
1.4%
1.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12, 5B7
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less*efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
Total
In-} (2,034)
Population (000'sj 76,261
e. Organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
92.3%
5.1%
2.7%
94.1%
1.9%
3.9%
84.8%
.3%
7.3%
7.6%
89.0%
6.6%
4.4%
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
f. Enforcing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
82.3% 74.4%
1.2% 1.5%
13.3% 19.4%
3.2% 4.8%
regulations on industries that
87.6% 76.9%
1.0% 2.2%
9.5% 16.7%
1.9% 4.1%
g. scientific research about the quality of
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
h. Restoring
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
77.6% 71.2%
1.0% 2.0%
17.4% 23.3%
4.0% 3.4%
fish and wildlife habitats
82.0% 75.4%
.9% 2.3%
13.6% 19.5%
3.4% 2.9%
80.1%
1.2%
14.6%
4.1%
pollute
86.4%
.7%
10.9%
2.0%
the water supply
73.9%
.6%
20.6%
4.9%
79.9%
.8%
14.9%
4.4%
88.2%
1.1%
9.5%
1.2%
93.8%
.8%
4.9%
.5%
85.2%
1.0%
11.3%
2.5%
87.6%
.4%
9.8%
2.3%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABO\TT TOE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
ettorts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
• *
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
i. Reducing pollution
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
j . Reducing pollution
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
k. Improving the taste
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
1. Keeping the beaches
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
that harms the health
90.6%
.3%
7.5%
1.7%
83.7%
.6%
12.4%
3.3%
that harms the health
91.9%
.3%
6.6%
1.2%
of drinking
69.4%
.8%
25.0%
4.8%
open to the
69.7%
1 . 9% *-«
23.5%
4.8%
85.0%
.4%
12.3%
2.3%
water
68.4%
1.9%
27.2%
2.6%
public
61.7%
«••• 3.5%
28.1%
6.7%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
of the fish
89.8%
.3%
8.3%
1.6%
of people
91.3%
.2%
7.3%
1.2%
66.1%
.8%
25.7%
7.5%
67.6%
1.8%
25.6%
5.0%
Very Don't Know
Concerned
(667) (89)
24,984
95.0%
.1%
4.2%
.7%
96.0%
.2%
3.3%
.5%
73.9%
.3%
23.7%
2.1%
76.3%
1.6%
19.4%
2.7%
3,345
92.0%
4.6%
3.3%
94.5%
2.0%
1.8%
1.7%
75.0%
19.3%
5.7%
73.7%
14.5%
11.8%
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four
COHW&1SON K&1MED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
RBOMT TOE GREKI LftKES ENVIRONMENTM, CONDITIONS
4. Is there any .governmental action, not named, that you would like to see get
more- Jtrt~i»r*f"i r\t\'> ^
more attention?
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are cleaned of pollution
to an acceptable level?
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MAY —
COM5WUSON KEIATED TO mSONAL CONCEWl
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES EWIROHMEOTAL CONDITIONS
the environment from many different sources. Pi""
na is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
state if eacn 01 tne ioxj.u»txng is a major a«uj.wc,
of environmental information at all for you personally
Population (OOO's)
a. TV news
Major .
Minor
Mot At All
Don't Know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
60.3%
31.5%
7.6%
.5%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
50.7%
37.8%
10.0%
1.5%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
63.4%
27.7%
8.6%
.3%
Very Don't Know
Concerned
(667)
24,984
61.4%
33.5%
4.6%
.5%
3,345
56.5%
33.4%
10.1%
b. TV news magazine shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
37.6%
39.1%
21.2%
2.1%
36.9%
35.8%
26.2%
1.2%
37.8%
40.5%
20.0%
1.7%
37.7%
41.2%
18.1%
2.9%
36.4%
21.6%
37.6%
4.4%
c. Radio talk shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.6%
42.5%
36.0%
2.9%
18.7%
34.0%
41.0%
6.3%
18.7%
44.2%
35.9%
1.2%
19.6%
45.1%
32.3%
3.0%
10.3%
36.9%
46.2%
6.5%
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
29.1%
42.3%
26.6%
2.0%
26.0%
36.9%
34.3%
2.8%
30.5%
43.1%
25.2%
1.2%
31.0%
43.8%
24.0%
1.3%
11.9%
42.5%
32.3%
13.4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each" of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
(n-J
Population (OOO's)
e. Newspapers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
61.9%
29.9%
7.9%
.3%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
50.4%
34.5%
14.8%
.4%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
61.3%
32.4%
6.2%
.1%
Very Don't Know
Concerned
(667) (89)
24,984
68.6%
24.2%
6.5%
.6%
3,345
62.6%
28.0%
9.4%
f. Magazines
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
42.2%
40.5%
16.2%
1.1%
34.1%
42.2%
23.1%
.6%
40.6%
42.5%
15.9%
.9%
49.6%
37.6%
11.6%
1.2%
34.0%
35.5%
27.5%
3.0%
g. Environmental newsletters
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
24.3%
28.4%
43.2%
4.1%
24.1%
21.9%
49.2%
4.8%
21.6%
31.0%
44.7%
2.6%
29.5%
28.9%
36.2%
5.4%
15.6%
21.4%
57.3%
5.7%
h. Government
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.3%
36.8%
46.1%
3.9%
7.8%
36.9%
48.9%
6.4%
11.4%
36.3%
47.9%
2.4%
18.9%
36.2%
40.5%
4.4%
11.2%
24.4%
58.7%
5.7%
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COMBNMSOH VE1ATED 10 mSONM. CONCTON
GKEM USKES EWIWJHMENTAL CONDITIONS
7 People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
(n=)
Total
(2,034)
Not very
Concerned
(336)
Population (OOO's) 76,261 12,587
i. Advertisements for products and services
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.9%
43.3%
33.9%
3.8%
16.6%
44.9%
33.4%
5.1%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
20.1%
43.4%
34.6%
1.9%
Very Don't Know
Concerned
(667) (89)
24,984
19.7%
42.9%
32.5%
4.9%
3,345
9.0%
39.3%
40.1%
11.5%
j. Employers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.1%
33.6%
49.9%
3.4%
11.9%
33.2%
51.1%
3.8%
12.0%
36.3%
49.3%
2.4%
16.0%
31.2%
50.0%
2.9%
7.1%
24.3%
51.5%
17.0%
k. Computer program/internet
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
6.6%
24.3%
58.3%
10.9%
4.6%
27.7%
60.5%
7.2%
6.6%
23.9%
59.9%
9.7%
8.3%
24.1%
54.0%
13.6%
2.0%
16.3%
64.6%
16.9%
1. Great Lakes National Program Office/Library
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.6%
17.1%
S3.8%
15.5%
13.2%
20.3%
52.7%
13.9%
12.2%
17.3%
57.3%
13.2%
17.4%
14.4%
49.4%
18.9%
3.0%
23.7%
53.0%
20.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
Total
Not very
Concerned
(n-) (2,034) (336)
Population (000's)
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
76,261
43.0%
6.3%
2.4%
23.4%
19.6%
5.2%
12,587
68.9%
5.0%
.2%
12.3%
11.4%
2.2%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
Very Don't Know
Concerned
(667) (89)
24,984
3,345
41.2%
6.3%
1.6%
23.3%
21.4%
6.3%
29.2%
7.3%
4.9%
31.7%
21.0%
5.9%
67.0%
4.6%
1.7%
4.5%
22.2%
9. Why do you feel that the lake is your lake?
Total
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
Closest to us
Grew up there, used
to live there
Fishing
Swimming
Family outings
Boating
Own/rent cottage
property there
Beauty
Drinking water
Quality of water,
shore areas
Recreation
Economic Factors
Don't Know
(1,372)
43,473
71.0%
10.5%
10.5%
7.7%
7.2%
4.6%
3.8%
1.5%
.7%
.7%
.2%
.1%
2.9%
Not very
Concerned
(108)
3,908
72.9%
9.6%
1.7%
1.9%
11.0%
3.6%
2.0%
1.8%
1.2%
Somewhat
Concerned
(648)
20,773
69.6%
11.2%
10.7%
8.0%
6.7%
4.3%
4.5%
1.6%
.3%
.9%
.2%
Very
Concerned
(599)
17,687
71.6%
9.6%
12.8%
8.3%
7.3%
5.5%
3.7%
1.1%
1.4%
.6%
Don't Know
1,105
80.9%
13.9%
13.1%
5.2%
5.1%
1.9%
.2%
3.7%
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MOMT
10. Which one of the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
12. How long would it take you to drive there?
(n-)
Population (000's)
Less than 5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
More than 1 hour
Don't know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
3.8%
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
4.2%
5.7%
4.3%
6.4%
66.1%
1.6%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
3.9%
1.3%
.8%
2.4%
2.2%
2.3%
1.1%
2.3%
80.4%
3.5%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
2.7%
1.7%
2.7%
3.3%
4.2%
5.5%
4.0%
6.6%
67.6%
1.7%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
5.8%
3.1%
4.0%
2.7%
5.3%
8.4%
6.6%
8.2%
55.1%
.7%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
.3%
5.5%
3.7%
2.9%
.3%
1.4%
6.8%
78.3%
.9%
13. What activities have you and
past 12 months?
(n=)
Population (OOO's)
None, never go there
Swimming
Fishing
Boating
Walking/Jogging
Family Outings
Camping
Shore Activities
your family done at the lake in the
Total
(2,034)
76,261
63.3%
13.3%
13.0%
12.0%
10.5%
9.5%
4.9%
4.2%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
79.7%
5.3%
4.9%
5.2%
4.5%
6.0%
1.5%
4.5%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
65.8%
13.2%
11.0%
10.9%
10.8%
9.3%
4.3%
3.5%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
48.6%
19.2%
20.9%
18.6%
13.8%
12.5%
8.3%
5.3%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
86.1%
.9%
4.7%
.9%
4.8%
2.2%
3.5%
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COMPARISON HELMED TO SEASONAL CONCEBN
ftfiOUT THE GWAT TAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
14. Have you or .your family gone fishing at the Great Lakes in the past
year?
Total Not very Somewhat
* •
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GREAT IiAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
16. How would you rate the water quality in the lake?
(n-)
Population (000 's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
No Opinion,
Don't Know
17. How do you find out about
(n-)
Population (000 's)
What I see myself
What others tell me
From the news
Mni Mnl <» sources
Total
(2,034)
76,261
2.5%
22.9%
34.8%
13.1%
26.7%
Not very Somewhat
Concerned concerned
(336)
12,587
3.8%
19.0%
24.5%
10.0%
42.8%
the water quality of the
Total
(2,034)
76,261
30.0%
20.8%
45.7%
1.3%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
21.4%
13.4%
46.2%
.3%
(942)
35,345
1.7%
25.0%
36.6%
9.2%
27.5%
lake?
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
31.2%
21.9%
44.6%
1.4%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
3.3%
24.5%
37.8%
20.9%
13.5%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
36.1%
22.5%
48.6%
1.7%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
.8%
3.6%
31.4%
7.6%
56.6%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
5.0%
23.9%
35.5%
1.0%
No opinion,
Don't know
12.5%
21.1%
12.1%
5.6%
36.5%
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KBOVJT m GWEKI U«ES EJWIROHMEOTRL CONDITIONS
17a. What additional information can you provide regarding what you see
in the environment?
Population (000's)
Water seems to be
improving
Pollution, garbage on
shores, in water
water murky, bad odor
Encourage involvement
Beaches cruddy
Diseased, dead, or
lack of fish
Need more action on
issue
Get rid of zebra
mussels
Lack of wildlife
Lack of wildflowers,
nature
Little evidence of
dumping
Warnings/advisories
Deer starving to
death
Algae, weed
overgrowth
Too many industries
Total
(636)
21,240
31.5%
25.7%
20.0%
9.7%
7.4%
1.8%
1.0%
.8%
.5%
.4%
.3%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.1%
Not very
Concerned
(55)
2,165
48.3%
16.0%
23.3%
9.6%
.4%
.9%
1.4%
.1%
Somewhat
Concerned
(305)
10,050
33.0%
24.1%
18.0%
11.3%
8.8%
2.3%
.3%
.2%
.7%
.5%
.5%
.1%
.3%
Very
Concerned
(271)
8,859
26.1%
29.2%
21.9%
7.9%
7.5%
1.5%
2.5%
1.1%
1.3%
.7%
.3%
Don't Know
(5)
166
11.9%
68.4%
10.4%
9.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
18. Over the past ten years, would you say the water quality of the lake
is improving, getting worse, or is staying about the same?
' ,. Total Not
very
Concerned
(n=) (2
Population (000 'sj 76
Improving
About the same
Getting worse
Don't Know
,034)
,261 12
29.8%
26.5%
21.7%
22.0%
19. What do you think are the biggest problems
Total Not
(336)
,587
22.4%
22.9%
19.4%
35.4%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
30.8%
28.3%
18.5%
22.4%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
35.1%
26.1%
26.7%
12.2%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
6.9%
25.0%
28.2%
39.9%
concerning lake water quality?
very
Concerned
(n=) (2
Population (OOO's) 76
Contaminants /pollution
Ship traffic
Dirty beaches
Zebra Mussels
Pesticides
Acid Rain
Oil Spills
There are no problems
People's Attitudes/
Behavior
Overpopulation
Lack of restrict tent
on pollut ion
Funding Problems
Harm to fish/Wildlife
Pleasure bo* ling
Algae, seaweed*
Harmful elements in water
Air pollution, emissions
Sewage runoff
Leaking barrels
Improve testing processes
Sinking water levels
B«ln^ o-v* * loole*«ft
,034}
,261 12
€1.8%
4.2%
3.7%
3.4%
2.6%
2.0%
1.7%
1.4%
1.31
.3%
.21
,2%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.1%
.1%
.1%
.1%
.1%
.0*
.0%
(336)
,587
50.8%
2.4%
2.6%
2.7%
1.0%
1.1%
2.8%
1.1%
1.9%
.0%
.4%
.2%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
58 .9%
5.2%
3.8%
3.9%
2.1%
2.5%
2.4%
1.6%
1.0%
.2%
.3%
.2%
.21
.2%
.0%
.2%
.2%
.1%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
74.3%
3.7%
3.9%
3.3%
4.1%
2.0%
.5%
1.4%
1.5%
.8%
.2%
.6%
.3%
.2%
.2%
.4%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.l«
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
40.6%
3.4%
5.1%
.9%
2.0%
.0%
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20. Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the water quality of the lake?
(n=)
Population (000 's)
State government
Local government
Environmental
Protection Agency
US Federal Government
Department of Natural
Resources
Everyone, from
communities to
corporations
Industries
Environment Canada
Coast Guard
Environment
Organizations
Water works
Nobody
Fish S Wildlife
Commission
Army Corp of
Engineers
Whoever pollutes it
Those who live around
the lake
Don't know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
25.4%
18.6%
17.5%
11.9%
O . 3*
2.9*
2.1%
1f\tL
.0%
1.0%
OB>
.2%
.0%
.0%
/\ft.
.0*
.0%
z
Not very Somewhat Very Don't Know
Concerned Concerned Concerned
(336)
12,587
19.5%
14.8%
14.5%
7.9%
5.5%
_ _.
.3%
1.4%
1.3*
1.5%
.2%
1 %
f\ A
. Ue
35.7%
(942)
35,345
25.7%
18.0%
17.5%
9.4%
9.3%
2.3%
4.1%
1.8%
1.4%
.3%
.3%
0%
• V T>
.1%
.1%
27.8%
(667)
24,984
27.7%
21.5%
20.7%
17.4%
9.9%
4.5%
3.0%
.3%
1.7%
.2%
.0%
.0%
20.0%
IB»J
3,345
25.7%
16.1%
5.2%
1.4%
2.3%
4.6%
.9%
1.6%
35.4?
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COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider it to
be a major p'roblera, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
a. Acid rain
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
41.0%
30.4%
8.8%
19.7%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
28.7%
33.1%
10.2%
27.9%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
38.8%
32.7%
8.3%
20.3%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
49.4%
27.6%
9.6%
13.4%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
48.2%
18.2%
2.9%
30.6%
b. Pollution in the bottem mud below the water
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
46.0%
23.3%
5.3%
25.4%
35.6%
25.3%
8.1%
31.1%
43.4%
25.4%
4.8%
26.4%
54.6%
20.3%
5.3%
19.8%
46.4%
17.1%
1.1%
35.4%
c. Chemicals washing into the lake from farms
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
56.5%
25.0%
6.0%
12.4%
52.8%
23.0%
6.4%
17.8%
53.4%
27.2%
6.5%
13.0%
65.3%
22.3%
5.4%
6.9%
38.3%
30.2%
4.6%
26.9%
d. Chemicals washing into the lake from cities
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
71.9%
15.6%
2.6%
9.8%
62.8%
17.4%
2.7%
17.1%
71.4%
16.5%
2.8%
9.3%
79.4%
13.7%
2.3%
4.7%
56.4%
14.5%
3.2%
26.0%
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CONDITIONS
21 Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider it to
be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total
• *
(n=) (2,034)
Population (000's) 76,261
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,581
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
f. Industries dumping
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. PCBs in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. DDT in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
45.5%
37.8%
4.0%
12.7%
chemicals in
75.9%
12.3%
2.7%
9.2%
44.5%
16.6%
6.2%
32.7%
35.1%
19.9%
10.5%
34.5%
39.0%
37.8%
3.9%
19.3%
the lake
68.9%
11.0%
3.7%
16.4%
29.1%
19.1%
7.1%
44.8%
26.3%
19.6%
11.0%
43.0%
43.1%
40.7%
4.8%
11.3%
74.0%
13.7%
3.1%.
9.2%
41.9%
15.3%
7.7%
35.1%
34.1%
19.3%
11.2%
35.4%
54.3%
33.5%
3.4%
8.9%
83.7%
10.9%
1.9%
3.5%
57.6%
18.4%
3.8%
20.3%
42.9%
21.8%
9.7%
25.6%
28.7%
39.8%
1.1%
30.4%
63.5%
12.2%
.6%
23.7%
32.3%
7.4%
5.9%
54.4%
21.2%
13.1%
6.6%
59.2%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
21. Of the following list of environmental problems £•"»£* Mhether *°U C°nSid6r "
be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
Total Not very Somewhat Very Don't Know
Concerned Concerned Concerned
(„,, (2,034) (336) (942) (667) (89)
Population (OOO's) 76,261 12,587 35,345 24,984 3,345
i. Exotic species like the Zebra Mussels
H.3°< ji-5 U1* S:S 2o:o%, ":?'
Minor "•" "•" ,M 6.9% 6.2%
'
j. Lake fish unsafe to eat
JJ..U5 **.*• ,- i Q •»»
i •» at 12 2% 15.6% 12.6% J.U.OB
„„. At All I3-8* "-|% 21.6% 12.7% 35.7%
Don't Know Zl.^ -»"J
k. Lake unsafe for swimming
Minor «-JJ ^6.7% w 23 3% 16 Q%
Not At All 2J-JJ 241% n()% 479%
Don't Know 21.1% j/.«
1. Lake unsafe for drinking water
Major 36.9% 26.il 34;% J7.J 2^.2^
Minor ".9% 21.6% » ^ ^% n
Not At All 16-3J «-« 22.3% 12.n 45.6%
Don't Know 22-8% *y'**
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CONDITIONS
22. Do you feel.there is anything you can do to help improve lake water quality?
(n=)
Population (OOO's)
No
Proper waste disposal
Join environment group
Write to congressman
Increase public
awareness
Beach clean ups
Recycle
More/better government
controls
Encourage involvement
More financial support
Avoid using hazardous
chemicals
Multiple responses
Don't know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
49.4%
9.7%
2.9%
3.5%
7.8%
1 9%
i • J U
4.1%
1.6%
1.6%
1.4%
.6%
.4%
15.2%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
65.9%
6.5%
.4%
1.7%
4.6%
1.8%
1.2%
1.2%
.2%
.2%
16.3%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
49.3%
9.6%
3.2%
4.1%
7.7%
2.0%
3.6%
1.4%
2.1%
1.0%
.6%
.4%
14.9%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
38.3%
12.6%
4.2%
4.0%
9.5%
2.8%
5.9%
2.3%
1.2%
2.7%
1.1%
.6%
14.9%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
70.3%
.6%
6.4%
.9%
3.4%
.0%
18.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
23. How active would you say you have been personally in helping to reduce
environmental pollution?
(n-)
Population (000's)
Very active
Somewhat active
Not very active
No response
24. Have you done any of the following things to help reduce water pollution
Total
(2,034)
76,261
10.3%
40.2%
48.3%
1.2%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
8.0%
26.3%
63.9%
1.8%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
6.6%
43.8%
48.3%
1.3%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
16.7%
42.1%
40.7%
.5%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
9.1%
40.5%
47.0%
3.4%
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
Cut back on water use
Volunteered in a
beach cleanup
Wrote to a public
official
Joined an
organization
Recycling
Proper w«»t* disposal
Don't know
Total
(2,034)
76,261
55.5%
9.3%
8.5%
7.1%
1.3%
.4%
36.3*
Not very Somewhat
Concerned Concerned
(336) (942)
35,345
54.2%
8.2%
5.8%
12,587
45.7%
6.5%
5.1%
4.3%
2.8%
46.9%
5.6%
1.0%
.6%
38.7%
16.7%
42.1%
40.7%
.5%
dlution
Very
>ncerned
(667)
24,984
62.2%
13.2%
14.5%
10.8%
1.1%
.4%
27.4%
9.1%
40.5%
47.0%
3.4%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
56.0%
2.9%
4.7%
4.6%
.8%
37.6%
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COMPARISON HELMED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
25. Have you participated with any local organization that helps with:?
(n=)
Population (OOO's)
Great Lakes Remedial
Action Plans known
as RAPS
ARCS program to deal
with contaminated
sediments
Lakewide Management
Plans, known as
LAMPS
No Response
Total
(2,034)
76,261
.4%
.4%
.2%
99.2%
Mot very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
.3%
99.7%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
.1%
.5%
.2%
99.1%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
1.1%
.4%
98.9%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
100.0%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
26. Do you feel .there is anything the government can do to help improve the lake?
Total Not very Somewhat
Concerned Concerned
(n») (2,034) (336) (942)
Population (000's) 76,261 12,587 35,345
No 9.9% 13.2% 10.0%
Better rule enforcement 20.0% 13.4% 20.5%
More restrictions on
industry 17.4% 12.5% 17,
Provide more funds 6.1% 6.1% 7.
Fines for polluters 5.5% 3.1% 5.
More education 5.4% 4.1% 5
More laws 4.1% 5.1% 3.2%
More restrictions
on chemicals 2.4% 1.7%
More research 1.2% 1.1% 1.
Multiple responses 1.1% .1% 1.
Perform clean up
activities .9% 1.6% .4%
Continue current
efforts .6% .6% .3%
Encourage involvement .2% .3% .2%
Don't know 25.2% 37.0% 25.2%
Very Don't Know
Concerned
(667) (89J
3%
5%
8%
3%
1.5%
6%
1%
24,984
1.1%
23.5%
18.6%
4.3%
6.9%
5.8%
4.7%
4.1%
.9%
1.8%
1.0%
1.1%
.1%
20.1%
3,345
17.4%
13.2%
28.2%
3.5%
.0%
8.5%
5.4%
1.4%
.3%
3.4%
18.7%
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COMPARISON mATfcu TO mSONM, CONCERN
RBOVJT TVffi GMAT LRKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
27. Is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
level is putting too much emphasis on Great Lakes environmental activities, too
little, or about the right amount?
(n=)
Population (000's)
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
Total
(2,034)
76,261
2.7%
29.6%
45.7%
21.9%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
5.9%
32.1%
28.9%
33.2%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
2.1%
34.5%
42.0%
21.3%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
1.7%
23.3%
60.0%
15.0%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
5.3%
14.6%
41.2%
39.0%
Total
(2,034)
76,261
20.1%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
18.0%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
18.7%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
21.3%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
34.1%
28. As far as you know, does the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
level work with other agencies and organizations to reduce Great Lakes pollution?
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
No
Yes, but could not
name any
State EPA
DNR
Canada
Greenpeace
City or County
Coast Guard
OSHA
Don't Know/No Opinion
22.3%
2.6%
.8%
.1%
.0%
.1%
.1%
.0%
53.7%
19.9%
1.0%
.2%
61.0%
23.9%
3.3%
.5%
.2%
.1%
53.3%
23.0%
2.7%
1.7%
.1%
.4%
.1%
.1%
50.6%
10.1%
1.4%
54.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal level overall on the job it is
doing for our country?
(n-)
Population (000'a]
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Don't Know/No Opinion
Total
(2,034)
76,261
2.5%
23.1%
48.4%
14.8%
11.2%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
2.2%
25.7%
35.8%
15.5%
20.9%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
1.8%
24.0%
52.7%
12.3%
9.3%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
3.4%
23.1%
48.0%
17.2%
8.2%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
3.9%
5.0%
54.0%
20.7%
16.4%
30. Is your home located in the Great Lakes Basin or is it outside the Great Lakes Basin?
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
Inside Great Lakes
Basin
Outside Basin
Unsure
Total
(2,034)
76,261
27.6%
61.2%
11.3%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
11.7%
77.3%
11.0%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
25.7%
62.4%
11.9%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
39.6%
49.5%
11.0%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
18.3%
74.6%
7.0%
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COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area, or a suburban
area?
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
33. including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Total
(n-) (2,034)
Population (000's)
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Refused
76,261
17.1%
30.4%
19.4%
17.2%
9.8%
3.1%
1.2%
.1%
1.7%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
20.1%
36.0%
16.8%
12.7%
9.1%
3.4%
.2%
1.6%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
15.6%
26.6%
22.4%
18.9%
10.4%
2.9%
1.3%
.0%
1.8%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
17.6%
32.5%
17.3%
17.8%
9.2%
3.2%
1.1%
1.3%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
18.1%
34.5%
11.8%
11.3%
10.9%
3.4%
4.6%
2.0%
3.4%
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
Total
(n-) (2,034)
Population (000's) 76,261
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Refused
56.3%
15.8%
16.4%
.2%
.8%
.7%
.1%
.0%
.6%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
59.7%
15.3%
13.5%
7.1%
1.2%
.5%
i at
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
52.8%
17.4%
17.8%
7.6%
1.7%
.8%
.0%
1.8%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
59.3%
14.1%
16.8%
6.6%
1.8%
.1%
.3%
.1%
.9%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
58.2%
13.4%
9.5%
8.3%
6.0%
4.6%
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COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
35. Is anyone in your household a member of an environmental organization?
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
Total Not very
Concerned
(n-)
Population (000 's)
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
(2,034)
76,261
6.0%
33.9%
4.7%
24.1%
20.4%
9.1%
1.8%
(336)
12,587
6.6%
42.2%
4.8%
19.4%
18.2%
6.8%
1.8%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
5.4%
30.7%
4.7%
26.4%
22.5%
8.0%
2.4%
Very Don't Know
Concerned
(667)
24,984
6.4%
33.0%
4.2%
23.5%
19.3%
12.6%
1.0%
(89)
3,345
7.5%
42.7%
7.0%
22 . 2%
14.9%
2.9%
2.8%
37. What is your racial or ethnic heritage?
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
White/caucasian
African-American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Oriental
Indian/Native
American
Mixed heritage
Refused
38. Are you currently employed
(n-)
to\>\il.«kt.i.oTi tOQO*s)
Total
(2,034)
76,261
85.8%
7.0%
2.3%
.9%
.7%
1.6%
1.6%
or retired?
Total
(2,034)
T6.261
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
79.7%
8.8%
4.1%
1.5%
1.3%
2.3%
2.3%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12.S8T
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
88.3%
5.7%
2.1%
.7%
.4%
1.3%
1.4%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
84.5%
8.5%
1.7%
.7%
.9%
1.9%
1.7%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
93.2%
2.9%
2.0%
2.0%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
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THE GKENE 1MES EJN1WJWENTKL CONDITIONS
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
(n-)
Population (000's)
Educator/teacher
Engineer or scientist
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional
Technician
Government official
Business owner/
manager
Sales (Major
purchases)
Sales clerk/retail
sales
Clerical/secretarial
Service
(Cook/beautician)
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/welder/
mechanic
Unskilled labor
Farmer/miner
Armed services
enlisted
Artist/musician/
sculptor
Consultant/
advertising/PR
Unemployed
Momenta ker
Student
Other
Total
(2,034)
76,261
6.5%
2.7%
8.3%
9.5%
2.4%
1.0%
5.6%
2.4%
4.6%
8.4%
3.0%
14.9%
5.7%
1.0%
.2%
.4%
.4%
.7%
12.7%
4.2%
5.3%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
1.5%
.9%
7.9%
10.9%
2.2%
2.4%
6.4%
1.8%
8.5%
8.0%
2.0%
11.0%
7.9%
1.1%
.9%
1.0%
12.7%
5.6%
7.4%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
6.9%
3.8%
8.6%
9.0%
3.1%
.3%
5.5%
2.5%
3.2%
9.0%
2.5%
14.9%
4.9%
1.2%
.1%
.1%
.1%
.6%
13.7%
5.1%
4.8%
Very Don't Know
Concerned
(667) (89)
24,984
9.1%
2.4%
8.1%
9.3%
1.3%
1.5%
5.2%
2.5%
4.4%
8.4%
3.8%
16.8%
5.2%
.6%
1.1%
.9%
.9%
11.2%
2.5%
4.7%
3,345
2.0%
8.1%
9.4%
3.4%
7.7%
3.4%
7.9%
3.5%
5.3%
15.0%
8.7%
2.1%
12.3%
2.9%
8.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON RELATED TO PERSONAL CONCERN
ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
39. What is your estimated household income?
(n-)
Population (OOO's)
Under $25,000
$25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 and over
Refused
Total
(2,034)
76,261
22.9%
14.9%
18.5%
13.1%
4.4%
1.5%
.8%
23.9%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
27.3%
22.2%
13.0%
10.1%
4.7%
1.8%
1.4%
19.4%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
21.1%
15.2%
21.0%
12.2%
3.7%
1.3%
.8%
24.6%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
21.9%
12.4%
18.8%
15.3%
5.5%
1.5%
.5%
24.1%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
32.8%
2.2%
10.9%
17.1%
3.2%
2.0%
.5%
31.3%
40. Gender of respondent
(n=)
Population (OOO's)
Male
Female
Total
(2,034)
76,261
46.6%
53.4%
Not very
Concerned
(336)
12,587
52.6%
47.4%
Somewhat
Concerned
(942)
35,345
45.7%
54.3%
Very
Concerned
(667)
24,984
46.8%
53.2%
Don't Know
(89)
3,345
32.6%
67.4%
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TABLES B-CROSS TABULATION BY QUESTION
TABLE 6 - Q.10: CLOSEST LAKE
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COHPMUSON OT CLOSEST TAKE
1. How concerned are you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?
Population (OOO's)
Not very Concerned
Somewhat Concerned
Very Concerned
Don't Know
Who do you think is
Population (OOO's)
EPA
State or Local
Government
Federal Government
Conservation
organizations
Everyone; community,
businesses
Total
76,261
16.5%
46.3%
32.8%
4.4%
watching out
Total
76,261
14.6%
13.1%
9.6%
6.5%
4.4%
Department of Natural
Resources 3 • 1*
Canada and U.S.
Coast Guard
Business
Don't Know
.:>«
.4%
.3%
47.5%
Lake
Superior
5,689
15.3%
50.4%
33.1%
1.2%
Lake Huron
2,771
1.0%
45.5%
50.6%
2.9%
for the environment of
Lake
Superior
5,689
11.0%
9.7%
7.7%
12.9%
5.6%
9.9%
na
. 91
.1%
Oft
.8%
41.5%
Lake Huron
2,771
10.5%
11.7%
17.3%
6.2%
6.1%
10.1%
38.1%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
13.9%
44.1%
39.0%
3.0%
Lake Erie
30,218
18.7%
47.7%
27.7%
5.9%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
21.1%
46.1%
27.3%
5.6%
the Great Lakes?
Lake
Michigan
26,256
17.9%
12.6%
10.5%
4.9%
5.4%
4.1%
.1%
fA
. Dv
.3%
43.7%
Lake Erie
30,218
15.7%
14.9%
9.0%
7.0%
3.8%
1.3%
1.0%
.5%
.4%
46.4%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
6.7%
11.6%
8.0%
5.6%
3.0%
.4%
64.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
•• SST
(OOO'S) 76,261 5,689 2,771
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
Do More "'II T2% '4% , « *'(l
Do Less '4% • - -• - " 9-0% 7-4% 3>1%
No Change
Don't Know
.,.« 84.6* M.« "••% •»•» "-.n
*«. 19flt »" »
Do Less • 13*>7% 4.6% 9.0% ----
No Change J-J* ";3% 1.0% 2.7% 3.3% -2%
b. Preventing new pollution
-:8 w:5 9'"0% ".'.5 III llh
Do Less '° 20.0% 1-0% 8-5*
No Change ••?? >9% 1.0% 2.7%
-- - ^ * fc V
c. Educating people about causes of pollution
86.2% 81.1% 85.6% 85.3% 863% 90.6%
S 22 i2l%% J:R -,% i?: «-;; I:R
No Change 1*'*J i 4% 1.0% 1-5% -D1!
Don't Know .
a. Muc.tin, P.OP1. ..out «««ct, .f poU«tion
'•••?: ":S "'•« f% u-S e:63l
ESS* "••« ",-S !:S ":X »
Don't Know >:"
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COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
3. For each of the following statements please state
efforts, less, efforts, or no change in current efforts
Total
Lake
Superior
Lake Huron
Population (000's) 76,261 5,689
e. Organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
82.3%
1.2%
13.3%
3.2%
70.6%
4.2%
18.1%
7.1%
2,771
75.5%
3.0%
20.5%
1.0%
the Great Lakes,
Lake
Michigan
26,256
80.3%
.8%
16.0%
2.9%
Lake Erie
30,218
84.9%
1.1%
10.5%
3.5%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
87.7%
.5%
10.3%
1.5%
f. Enforcing regulations on industries that pollute
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
87.6%
1.0%
9.5%
1.9%
86.0%
1.3%
11-2%
1.5%
79.4%
4.1%
14.5%
2.0%
g. scientific research about the quality of the water supply
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
77.6%
1.0%
17.4%
4.0%
69.0%
.9%
26.9%
3.3%
75.2%
2.1%
15.7%
7.0%
86.5%
1.0%
10.7%
1.8%
75.3%
1.6%
18.6%
4.5%
87.4%
.9%
8.9%
2.8%
80.5%
.4%
14.9%
4.1%
93.3%
.3%
6.3%
.2%
80.2%
.7%
17.1%
2.1%
h. Restoring fish and wildlife habitats
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
82.0%
.9%
13.6%
3.4%
78.4%
2.2%
16.8%
2.5%
86.5%
2.6%
7.9%
2.9%
82.7%
1.2%
13.2%
2.9%
78.3%
.2%
16.4%
5.1%
91.3%
.9%
6.9%
.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less, efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
Total Lake Lake Huron
4- Superior
Population (000 's)
76,261
5,689
*
i. Reducing pollution that harms the health of
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
j . Reducing pollution
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
k. Improving the taste
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
1. Keeping the beaches
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
90.6%
.3%
7.5%
1.7%
84.0%
.5%
13.2%
2.3%
that harms the health of
91.9%
.3%
6.6%
1.2%
of drinking
69.4%
.8%
25.0%
4.8%
open to the
69.7%
1.9%
23.5%
4.8%
87.4%
.5%
11.5%
.7%
water
56.0%
.4%
37.1%
6.5%
public
52.3%
3.3%
33.1%
11.3%
2,771
fish
93.0%
2.1%
3.9%
1.0%
people
95.0%
4.0%
1.0%
67.2%
30.8%
2.0%
78.2%
1.0%
17.8%
3.0%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
89.7%
.4%
7.7%
2.1%
91.5%
.6%
6.2%
1.6%
65.6%
.7%
28.2%
5.5%
65.3%
1.6%
28.3%
4.9%
Lake Erie
30,218
91.1%
.1%
7.2%
1.7%
92.3%
.1%
6.4%
1.2%
70.2%
1.2%
23.2%
5.3%
71.8%
2.3%
21.1%
4.8%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
94.2%
5.6%
.3%
93.5%
.3%
6.0%
.3%
83.2%
.3%
14.7%
1.7%
81.2%
1.4%
15.5%
1.9%
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4. is there any governmental action, not named, that you would lite to see get
more attention?
Population (000's)
No, Nothing
Enforcement/Pollution
Education
Protecting Lands
Endangered Flora
Endangered Fauna
Industrial
Restrictions
Boating Restrictions
Cooperate with Canada
Don't Know
Total
76,261
87.5%
4.9%
1.6%
.7%
.7%
.3%
.3%
.2%
.0%
3.8%
Lake
superior
5,689
82.7%
11.2%
1.3%
.8%
.0%
3.9%
Lake Huron
2,771
89.7%
4.0%
1.0%
2.1%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
Lake Erie
30,218
Lake
Ontario
11,328
3.2%
86.9%
3.8%
1.7%
1.5%
.6%
.3%
.4%
.4%
.1%
4.3%
89.4%
4.9%
.9%
.3%
.5%
.3%
.3%
.1%
3.4%
85.8%
4.5%
4.3%
1.4%
4.0%
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are cleaned of pollution
to an acceptable level?
Less than 5 years
Within 10 years
Within 25 years
Within 50 years
Within 75 years
Within 100 years
Over 100 years
Don't know
Total
Population (OOO's) 76,261
8.4%
38.8%
25.6%
2.8%
.4%
.6%
4.1%
19.3%
Lake
Superior
5,689
13.1%
28.3%
30.7%
2.7%
.3%
1.7%
3.81
19.3%
Lake Huron
2,771
5.0%
44.0%
33.4%
1%
0%
4.0%
7.5%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
Lake Erie
30,218
Lake
Ontario
11,328
10.2%
37.7%
27.3%
3.6%
.3%
.6%
4.3%
16.1%
6.1%
42.4%
22.2%
1.9%
.2%
.4%
3.6%
23.1%
9.1%
35.9%
26.0%
2.9%
1.4%
.6%
5.1%
19.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
Population (000's)
Industry .
Government
Everyone
Persons responsible
for polluting it
Canada
Boating/fishing
Non-specific
Total Lake Lake Huron
Superior
76,261
24.3%
17.9%
46.5%
4.8%
.2%
.1%
6.1%
5,689
24.2%
16.0%
53.4%
2.3%
.8%
3.3%
2,771
20.8%
13.3%
54.0%
8.0%
3.9%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
25.1%
15.5%
48.4%
4.6%
6.3%
Lake Erie
30,218
21.3%
21.5%
44.7%
5.8%
.2%
.2%
6.3%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
31.6%
15.9%
41.8%
3.1%
.3%
7.4%
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COMBNOLSON W CLOSEST LAKE
People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally.
Population (OOO'sJ
a. TV news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
76,261
60.3%
31.5%
7.6%
.5%
Lake
Superior
5,689
70.0%
22.6%
7.3%
.1%
Lake Huron
2,771
54.5%
37.1%
8.5%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
62.0%
30.9%
6.6%
.5%
Lake Erie
30,218
57.8%
33.4%
7.9%
.9%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
59.9%
31.2%
8.9%
b. TV news magazine shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
37.6%
39.1%
21.2%
2.1%
42.5%
35.1%
20.2%
2.2%
32.4%
42.8%
23.8%
1.0%
39.5%
35.7%
21.6%
3.3%
36.1%
41.8%
20.5%
1.5%
35.6%
41.1%
21.7%
1.6%
c. Radio talk shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.6%
42.5%
36.0%
2.9%
20.8%
37.0%
39.3%
2.9%
15.5%
35.0%
46.5%
2.9%
18.5%
43.4%
35.7%
2.4%
20.6%
42.3%
34.8%
2.3%
13.1%
45.6%
35.9%
5.4%
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
29.1%
42.3%
26.6%
2.0%
33.5%
43.1%
22.6%
.9%
29.2%
37.1%
31.4%
2.2%
30.6%
42.7%
25.1%
1.6%
27.7%
43.7%
26.8%
1.8%
27.2%
38.3%
30.5%
4.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
7. People get information about the environment from many source
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Lake Huron
2,771
*
Population (000 's)
e. Newspapers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
f . Magazines
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. Environmental
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. Government
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
76,261
61.9%
29.9%
7.9%
.3%
42.2%
40.5%
16.2%
1.1%
newsletters
24.3%
28.4%
43.2%
4.1%
13.3%
36.8%
46.1%
3.9%
Lake
Superior
5,689
63.9%
26.9%
9.2%
.0%
35.6%
46.2%
17.3%
.9%
15.6%
34.4%
47.4%
2.5%
11.9%
32.5%
51.1%
4.4%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
Lake Erie
30,218
Lake
Ontario
11,328
58.8%
26.6%
13.6%
1.0%
52.2%
27.2%
18.6%
2.1%
26.2%
38.0%
29.8%
6.1%
13.3%
41.6%
45.1%
61.0%
30.7%
8.1%
.2%
42.8%
40.0%
15.4%
1.7%
25.3%
25.4%
45.0%
4.3%
15.0%
32.3%
49.0%
3.7%
62.4%
30.1%
7.1%
.4%
40.2%
43.0%
16.0%
.7%
26.2%
26.5%
42.7%
4.6%
14.1%
38.9%
42.5%
4.5%
62.5%
29.6%
7.6%
.4%
46.8%
35.5%
17.4%
.3%
20.9%
35.1%
41.8%
2.2%
7.7%
42.4%
46.9%
3.0%
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GOMBMUSOK ff r CLOSEST LAKE
1. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie
Superior Michigan
Population (000's)
76,261
5,689
i. Advertisements for products and services
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.9%
43.3%
33.9%
3.8%
14.4%
51.5%
32.4%
1.7%
2,771
22.5%
32.5%
38.9%
6.1%
26,256
19.4%
38.4%
37.2%
5.0%
30,218
19.9%
46.2%
30.5%
3.4%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
16.6%
45.6%
35.1%
2.7%
j. Employers
Major
Minor
Mot At All
Don't Know
13.1%
33.6%
49.9%
3.4%
8.9%
35.3%
53.1%
2.7%
22.6%
33.6%
42.8%
1.0%
13.4%
29.5%
52.7%
4.4%
12.3%
37.8%
46.8%
3.0%
14.0%
30.8%
51.9%
3.3%
k. Computer program/internet
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
6.6%
24.3%
58.3%
10.9%
1.7%
28.0%
62.7%
7.7%
8.2%
20.5%
56.8%
14.5%
5.3%
23.1%
60.5%
11.1%
8.1%
25.4%
55.3%
11.2%
7.7%
23.0%
59.2%
10.1%
1. Great Lakes National Program Office/Library
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.6%
17.1%
53.8%
15.5%
8.2%
18.7%
59.6%
13.5%
14.4%
13.5%
49.8%
22.2%
12.0%
16.5%
55.9%
15.7%
15.7%
17.2%
50.4%
16.7%
14.4%
18.5%
55.8%
11.4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
Total Lake Lake Huron
Population (OOO's)
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
76,261
43.0%
6.3%
2.4%
23.4%
19.6%
5.2%
Lake
superior
5,689
34.9%
64.7%
.3%
.1%
2,771
29.5%
3.0%
54.2%
11.2%
2.1%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
Lake Erie
30,218
34.4%
2.0%
.3%
62.2%
.7%
.4%
46.8%
1.0%
.9%
3.1%
48.1%
.1%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
60.4%
1.9%
2.0%
1.9%
33.8%
9. Why do you feel that the lake is your lake?
Population (OOO's)
Closest to us
Grew up there, used
to live there
Fishing
Swimming
Family Outings
Boating
Own/rent cottage
property th*r*
Beauty
Drinking water
Quality of wat«r.
shore areas
Recreation
Economic Factor*
Don't Know
Total Lake Lake Huron
Superior
76,261
40.5%
6.0%
6.0%
4.4%
4.1%
2.6%
2.21
.91
.4%
.41
.1%
.0%
44.6%
5,689
46.3%
7.1%
6.3%
3.3%
7.0%
2.4%
2.1%
1.6%
.4%
1.0%
35.0%
2,771
37.9%
11.4%
9.0%
13.2%
2.1%
4.0%
6.2%
1.0%
30.5*
Lake
Michigan
26,256
49.9%
5.7%
5.6%
5.6%
4.7%
3.1%
2.8%
1.2%
.9%
.6%
.2%
35.7%
Lake Erie
30,218
39.5%
5.8%
5.6%
3.4%
2.4%
2.2%
1.3%
.6%
.2%
.1%
.1%
.1%
48.5%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
19.0%
5.3%
7.0%
2.8%
6.2%
2.4%
2.1%
.4%
.5%
63.3%
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COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
10. \lhich one of the Great Lafces do you live nearest to?
Total
Population (000«s) 76,261
Lake Superior 100.0%
Lake Huron 100.0%
Lake Michigan 100.0%
Lake Erie 100.0%
Lake Ontario 100.0%
Lake
Superior
5,689
100.0%
Lake Huron
2,771
100.0%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
Lake Erie
30,218
Lake
Ontario
11,328
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
11. How far would you have to drive to get to the nearest Great Lake?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 miles
5 to 9 miles
10 to 24 miles
25 to 49 miles
50 to 75 miles
75 to 100 miles
More than 100 miles
Unsure
Total
76,261
8.1%
4.2%
7.9%
8.2%
6.2%
7.8%
55.3%
2.3%
Lake
Superior
5,689
Lake Huron Lake
Michigan
2,771
26,256
9.8%
.3%
1.2%
3.0%
4.1%
11.1%
67.4%
3.0%
10.3%
3.0%
15.3%
22.4%
21.4%
8.0%
19.4%
11.9%
6.6%
11.3%
13.4%
7.1%
7.7%
40.6%
1.3%
Lake Erie
30,218
.8%
.1%
.2%
.0%
.7%
8.9%
63.1%
1.3%
5.
4.
6.
5.
5.
Lake
Ontario
11,328
4.1%
.8%
6.0%
4.0%
2.4%
3.6%
71.5%
7.6%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
12. How long would it take you to drive there?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
More than 1 hour
Don't know
Total
76,261
3.8%
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
4.2%
5.7%
4.3%
6.4%
66.1%
1.6%
Lake
Superior
5,689
8.1%
1.5%
.5%
.1%
.2%
.2%
3.3%
3.3%
79.5%
3.3%
Lake Huron
2,771
6.2%
4.1%
1.0%
2.1%
5.1%
17.4%
7.1%
16.5%
38.4%
2.1%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
5.
2.
.5%
.1%
4.4%
4.6%
6.4%
9.4%
6.2%
8.2%
52.3%
.9%
Lake Erie
30,218
.4%
.9%
2.2%
2.8%
3.9%
3.4%
3.1%
5.9%
73.1%
1.2%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
1.1%
1.
3.
1.
1.
.6%
.0%
.4%
.3%
3.2%
2.8%
2.9%
79.4%
3.3%
13. What activities have you and your family done at the lake in the
past 12 months?
Population (OOO's)
None, never go there
Swimming
Fishing
Boating
Walking/Jogging
Family Outings
Camping
Shore Activities
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake
Superior Michigan
76,261
63.3%
13.3%
13.0%
12.0%
10.5%
9.5%
4.9%
4.2%
5,689
50.9%
9.0%
14.1%
14.9%
18.5%
16.4%
12.4%
8.3%
2,771
39.4%
25.5%
26.3%
26.0%
15.2%
6.8%
1.0%
7.1%
26,256
Lake Brie
30,218
Lake
Ontario
11,328
56.1%
18.4%
13.8%
11.7%
14.6%
13.1%
5.3%
5.9%
70.9%
10.0%
12.1%
11.2%
6.1%
7.0%
3.4%
2.6%
72.2%
9.7%
9.4%
10.4%
7.4%
5.1%
5.5%
2.3%
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1995
CLOSEST LRKB
14. Have you or your family gone fishing at the Great Lafces in the past
year?
Population (OOO's)
No fishing
Fish for food
Fish for sport
Both for food and
sport
15. Has environmental
lake activities?
Population (OOO's)
Total
76,261
85.1%
1.4%
10.2%
for
3.2%
pollution ever
Total
76,261
No 78-8%
Swim/Beach warnings 1i"o*
Fish Advisories 6.8*
Cruddy beaches
Waste in water,
ashore
nnn ' t- Know
.2*
.9%
2.2%
Lake
Superior
5,689
82.9%
5.9%
7.9%
3.3%
caused you
Lake
Superior
5,689
82.3%
6.8%
8.3%
.9%
1.7%
Lake Huron
2,771
69.4%
1.0%
21.4%
8.2%
to stop any
Lake Huron
2,771
71.3%
11.4%
14.4%
1.0%
2.0%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
83.1%
1.4%
11.6%
3.8%
of your
Lake
Michigan
26,256
72.6%
16.0%
7.8%
.4%
1.0%
2.3%
Lake Erie
30,218
86.7%
1.2%
9.5%
2.6%
Lake Erie
30,218
80.9%
9.0%
6.4%
.1%
1.0%
2.5%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
90.5%
7.2%
2.3%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
OT C&
87 . 5%
7.9%
2.9%
1.6%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
16. How would you rate the water quality in the lake?
•
Population (OOO's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
No Opinion, Don't
Know
17. How do you find out
Population { OOO's)
What I see myself
What others tell me
From the news
Mill Hole sources
Total
76,261
2.5%
22.9%
34.8%
13.1%
26.7%
Lake
Superior
5,689
5.2%
38.5%
27.3%
8.6%
20.4%
about the water quality
Total
76,261
30.0%
20.8%
45.7%
1.3%
Lake
superior
5,689
33.8%
13.8%
48.3%
1.2%
Lake Huron
2,771
1.0%
36.0%
38.9%
11.3%
12.8%
of the lake?
Lake Huron
2,771
41.4%
10.0%
50.2%
2.1%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
3.1%
22.5%
40.4%
15.3%
18.7%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
38.7%
19.5%
44.3%
1.1%
Lake Erie
30,218
1.6%
19.1%
30.1%
15.2%
34.0%
Lake Erie
30,218
23.6%
22.9%
48.2%
.9%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
2.8%
22.7%
37.0%
5.1%
32.4%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
22.3%
24.3%
40.1%
2.7%
No opinion, Don't
Know
12.5%
16.1%
2.5%
9.1%
14.2%
16.5%
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COMPARISON B* CLOSEST IftKE
Ha. Mhat additional information can you provide regarding what you see in the environment?
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie Lake
Superior Michigan Ontario
Population (OOO'S) 21,240 1,720 1,034 9,638 6,648 2,200
"Improving ^ bC 31.5% 63.4%
pollution, garbage on 19 9% 19.2%
shores, in water 25.7% 6.4% 37.9% ** 84%
Water murky, bad odor 20.0% 12.7% 27.4% ^u. ^% ? Q%
Beaches cruddy 7.4% 9-0* 13 6% 11>3%
Encourage involvement 9.7% 5.5% 5.Z%
Diseased, dead, or 2 1% 2.7%
lack of fish 1-8% -1*
Need more action on 3_3%
issue 1-0%
Get rid of zebra 4% 1.4% 1.4%
mussels -8% 1.7%
Lack of wildlife -5%
Lack of wildflowers, g%
nature -4%
Little evidence of 7%
dumping •?* .5%
Warnings/advisories .2%
Dear starving to
death -2% 2.7%
Algae, weed .3% .0%
overgrowth •« >3%
Too many industries -1% •"
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
18. Over the past ten years, would you say the water JM«lityof the lake
is improving,, getting worse, or is staying about the same?
Population (000's)
Improving
About the same
Getting worse
Don't Know
Total
76,261
29.8%
26.5%
21.7%
22.0%
Lake
Superior
5,689
24.6%
37.2%
21.2%
17.0%
Lake Huron
2,771
24.5%
36.5%
28.6%
10.5%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
28.2%
32.3%
22.0%
17.5%
Lake Erie
30,218
36.3%
18.0%
18.9%
26.8%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
20.0%
28.2%
27.1%
24.7%
19. What do you think are the biggest problems concerning lake water quality?
Population (OOO's)
Contaminants/pollution
Ship traffic
Dirty beaches
Zebra Mussels
Pesticides
Acid Rain
Oil Spills
There are no problems
People's
Attitudes/Behavior
Overpopulation
Lack of restriction*
on pollution
Funding Probl»»*
Harm to ttsh/»ildlif*
Pleasure boating
Algae, seaweeds
Harmful elements In water
Air pollution/emissions
Sewage runoff
Leaking barrels
Improve testing
processes
Sinklnq w*t«r l«v«l«
%»V«»«^ WW*V\OOfe*4
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie
Superior Michigan
76,261
61.8%
4.2%
3.7%
3.4%
2.6%
2.0%
1.7%
1.4%
1.3%
.3%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.2%
** &
.2%
:«r .1%
i .1%
.1%
.1%
.1%
.O%
-O*
5,689
58.6%
9.3%
2.8%
5.9%
3.0%
2.6%
.9%
.9%
1.5%
.5%
.4%
.0%
.5%
. 1%
.9%
' -4*16*';
2,771
64.6%
11.2%
2.9%
2.1%
6.1%
1.0%
1.5%
1.0%
2. It
1.01
26,256
65.6%
3.8%
5.8%
1.8%
3.5%
.5%
.9%
2.0%
1.6%
7%
• £ 0
.3%
.4%
.5%
.2%
.3%
.2%
.2%
30,218
60.6%
3.8%
2.2%
4.5%
2.3%
1.6%
2.8%
1.4%
.9%
.1%
.5%
.0%
.3%
.0%
.0%
.1%
.1%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
57.4%
1.8%
3.2%
3.2%
.3%
6.4%
1.6%
1.4%
1.4%
. 3°
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W CLOSEST
20. Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the water quality of the lake?
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie
Superior Michigan
Population (OOO's)
State government
Local government
Environmental
Protection Agency
US Federal Government
Department of Natural
Resources
Everyone, from
communities to
corporations
Industries
Environment Canada
Coast Guard
Environment
Organizations
Water works
Nobody
Fish & Wildlife
Commission
Army Corp of
Engineers
Whoever pollutes it
Those who live around
the lake
Don't know
76,261
25.4%
18.6%
11.5%
11.9%
8ca
• 3^
3.5%
2.8%
2.1%
1.0%
Irttt.
.0%
Oft
.Zt
.0%
.0%
Aft
,u«
/\»
.0%
.0%
26.9%
5,689
17.0%
13.1%
12.5%
11.7%
19.3%
6.5%
2.2%
1.0%
IT*
. I*
At:
• 1 fl
.3%
29.2%
2,771
20.8%
10.1%
17.7%
12.4%
13.9%
4.9%
4.1%
3.2%
2.1%
18.0%
26,256
25.2%
21.7%
17.6%
11.3%
8.6%
4.0%
2.5%
.3%
1.2%
1.0%
.2%
.1%
.0%
26.3%
30,218
28.3%
19.4%
19.6%
12.2%
6.3%
2.6%
2.4%
1.0%
.7%
.8%
.4%
.1%
.0%
.0%
28.1%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
23.1%
13.8%
14.2%
12.2%
7.6%
3.2%
4.7%
9.2%
1.4%
1.4%
*> &
.2%
26.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
Total
Lake Lake
Huron
Superior
Population (OOO's)
a. Acid rain
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
76,261
41.0%
30.4%
8.8%
19.7%
5,689
42.7%
22.6%
10.0%
24.6%
2,771
41.8%
32.0%
15.1%
11.1%
b. Pollution in the bottera mud below the water
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
c. Chemicals washing
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
d. Chemicals washing
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
46.0%
23.3%
5.3%
25.4%
into the lake
56.5%
25.0%
6.0%
12.4%
into the lake
71.9%
15.6%
2.6%
9.8%
37.1%
26.0%
5.7%
31.3%
from farms
46.6%
29.4%
11.9%
12.1%
from cities
56.8%
28.7%
5.3%
9.2%
55.6%
21.8%
5.1%
17.5%
59.9%
30.4%
2.9%
6.8%
78.8%
19.7%
1.5%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
34.7%
33.0%
11.3%
21.0%
54.7%
25.5%
6.5%
13.3%
71.8%
15.2%
2.6%
10.4%
Lake Erie
30,218
42.9%
30.5%
6.5%
20.1%
59.6%
23.2%
4.7%
12.4%
74.0%
14.2%
2.4%
9.3%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
49.4%
27.8%
7.2%
15.6%
43.9%
23.6%
6.9%
25.6%
46.8%
24.3%
2.7%
26.2%
50.6%
19.0%
8.6%
21.8%
56.9%
25.3%
6.3%
11.6%
72.8%
12.6%
2.4%
12.2%
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COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total
« «
Population (000fs) 76,261
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
Lake
Superior
5,689
Lake Huron
-
2,771
Lake
Michigan
26,256
Lake Erie
30,218
Lake
Ontario
11,328
Major
Minor
Mot At All
Don't Know
f. Industries dumping
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. PCBs in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. DDT in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
45.5%
37.8%
4.0%
12.7%
chemicals in
75.9%
12.3%
2.7%
9.2%
44.5%
16.6%
6.2%
32.7%
35.1%
19.9%
10.5%
34.5%
38.3%
45.1%
5.0%
11.6%
the lake
69.2%
16.6%
3.1%
11.1%
40.0%
18.5%
6.3%
35.1%
27.1%
24.5%
15.4%
33.0%
53.8%
34.0%
4.0%
8.2%
80.2%
14.7%
.6%
4.6%
52.9%
21.1%
11.7%
14.2%
32.5%
27.5%
16.6%
23.4%
45.2%
35.4%
6.0%
13.3%
75.9%
12.9%
2.8%
8.4%
46.2%
18.5%
4.7%
30.7%
35.8%
21.5%
10.8%
32.0%
44.2%
39.6%
2.7%
13.4%
76.0%
11.9%
2.2%
10.0%
43.4%
14.3%
6.5%
35.8%
38.9%
16.6%
9.0%
35.5%
50.8%
36.0%
2.5%
10.8%
77.9%
9.1%
4.3%
8.8%
43.8%
16.2%
7.6%
32.5%
28.4%
21.0%
9.5%
41.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
, please state whether you consider
i problem at all. (cont.)
Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie ££
Superior Micnigan
Population (OOO'S, 76,261 5,689 2,771 26,256 30,218 11,328
i. Exotic'species like the Zebra Mussels
27'.« "'.9% 12*.5% 8*.7% 5.3% 8.8%
'- H;H sis
.
j. Lake fish unsafe to eat
s= as
Not At All ". JJ 22^% H
Don't Know 21.9% j.o.0*
k Lake unsafe for swimming
S-n »:a S:S S:S g:5 »:«
STStm : s-s '?:S S:S Jl:S S:S
Don't Know 21 •" 1J""
1. Lake unsafe for drinking water
u-s s-s »••« »:" »:S il:s
Don't Know 22.8%
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COMPARISON Bt OflSfcSt LAKE
22. Do you feel there is anything you can do to help improve lake water quality?
•
Population (OOO's)
No
Proper waste disposal
Join environment
group
Write to congressman
Increase public
awareness
Beach clean ups
Recycle
More/better
government
controls
Other personal action
More financial
support
Avoid using hazardous
chemicals
Multiple responses
Don't know
Total Lake Lake Huron
Superior
76,261
49.4%
9.7%
2.9%
3.5%
7.8%
1.9%
4.1%
1.6%
1.6%
1.4%
£. &
.6%
.4%
15.2%
5,689
48.4%
7.7%
4.5%
2.1%
9.8%
3.2%
3.3%
1.2%
.9%
.8%
.8%
17.3%
2,771
41.6%
17.9%
6.1%
3.0%
12.2%
5.1%
1.0%
3.0%
10.1%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
44.5%
11.7%
3.6%
3.6%
8.4%
2.5%
5.0%
1.0%
1.2%
1.3%
1.6%
.4%
15.2%
Lake Erie
30,218
52.4%
9.2%
1.6%
3.0%
6.8%
1.6%
3.8%
2.3%
1.8%
2.0%
.2%
.2%
15.1%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
55.2%
5.2%
3.1%
5.4%
6.7%
1.2%
2.7%
1.5%
1.6%
.3%
.8%
16.2%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
23. How active would you say you have been personally in helping to
reduce envircinmental pollution?
Total Lake
superior
Population (OOO's) 76,261
Very active
Somewhat active
Not very active
24 . Have you done any of the
Population (OOO's)
Cut back on water use
Volunteered in a
beach cleanup
Wrote to a public
official
Joined an
organization
Recycling
Proper waste disposal
Don't know
10.3%
40.2%
49.5%
following
Total
76,261
55.5%
9.3%
8.5%
7.1%
1.3%
.4%
36.3%
5,689
7.6%
40.1%
52.3%
things to
Lake
superior
5,689
56.6%
11.1%
11.7%
10.2%
1.2%
.0%
34.7%
Lake Huron
2,771
14.0%
35.7%
50.3%
help reduce
Lake Huron
2,771
55.3%
13.4%
2.9%
7.1%
2.1%
1.0%
37.0%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
10.6%
39.9%
49.5%
Lake Erie
30,218
8.6%
41.3%
50.2%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
14.4%
39.3%
46.3%
water pollution?
Lake
Michigan
26,256
50.0%
11.5%
8.4%
7.8%
1.8%
.3%
40.1%
Lake Erie
30,218
57.9%
8.9%
9.0%
6.0%
.1%
.6%
34.3%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
£ » <% B
61. 3%
3.7%
7.1%
6.5%
3.0%
.3%
33.5%
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BY CLOSEST LAKE
25. Have you participated with any local organization that helps with:?
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie Lake
Superior Michigan Ontario
Population (OOO's) 76,261 5,689 2,771 26,256 30,218 11,328
Great Lakes Remedial
Action Plans known „
as RAPS .4% .3% 1.0% -1%
ARCS program to deal
with contaminated .0% 1.4%
sediments -4% •=>*
Lakewide Management
Plans, known as 2%
£ 99 M 100.0% 9. 1.. ».*
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
26. Do you feel there is anything the government can do to help improve the lake?
Population (OOO's)
No
Better rule
enforcement
More restrictions on
industry
Provide more funds
Fines for polluters
More education
More laws
More restrictions on
chemicals
More research
Multiple responses
Perform clean up
activities
Continue current
efforts
Encourage involvement
Don't know
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie
Superior Michigan
76,261
9.9%
20.0%
17.4%
6.1%
5.5%
5.4%
4.1%
2.4%
1.2%
1.1%
.9%
.6%
.2%
25.2%
5,689
11.7%
21.4%
12.4%
4.6%
9.0%
3.2%
5.9%
.4%
1.7%
1.1%
.8%
.1%
.4%
27.2%
2,771
9.4%
21.7%
12.2%
8.0%
8.3%
5.0%
4.9%
2.9%
1.0%
26.6%
26,256
11.6%
17.9%
15.9%
6.1%
5.9%
5.9%
5.0%
2.9%
1.6%
1.3%
1.1%
.9%
1%
• X 9
23.6%
30,218
8.2%
20.9%
21.0%
6.8%
4.4%
4.8%
3.3%
1.7%
.9%
.9%
.6%
.7%
.3%
25.4%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
9.8%
21.3%
15.0%
4.1%
4.7%
7.0%
3.1%
3.7%
1.0%
1.5%
1.5%
.2%
27.1%
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COVttARISON W. CLOSEST 1AKE
21. Is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental Protection ^ency at the Federal
level is putting too much emphasis on Great Lakes Environmental activities, too
little, or about the right amount?
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake
Superior Michigan
Population (OOO's)
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
76,261
2.7%
29.6%
45.7%
21.9%
28. As far as you know, does the U.S.
level work with other agencies and
Population (OOO's)
No
Yes, but could not
name any
State EPA
DNR
Canada
Greenpeace
City or County
Coast Guard
OSHA
Don't Know/No Opinion
Total
76,261
20.1%
22.3%
2.6%
Oft
. O v
.0%
.1%
.1%
.0%
53.7%
5,689
3.3%
35.1%
36.7%
24.8%
Environmental
organizations
2,771
37.9%
53.2%
8.9%
Protection
to reduce
26,256
3.1%
29.7%
49.9%
17.2%
Lake Erie
30,218
2.8%
27.8%
45.4%
24.0%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
2.0%
29.3%
39.4%
29.3%
Agency at the Federal
Great Lakes pollution?
Lake Lake Huron Lake
Superior Michigan
5,689
10.3%
20.7%
6.0%
•a 5%
*? • «J w
Oft,
. 0$
nft.
• Q$
58.7%
2,771
28.0%
22.3%
1.0%
2.1%
46.6%
26,256
22.0%
22.1%
2.2%
1.2%
.1%
.2%
.0%
.1%
52.0%
Lake Erie
30,218
19.5%
22.3%
3.5%
.3%
.1%
.0%
.1%
54.2%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
20.4%
23.5%
.2%
55.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal level overall on the job it is
doing for our country?
• *
Population (OOO's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Don't Know/No Opinion
30. Is your home located in
Basin?
Population (OOO's)
Inside Great Lakes
Basin
outside Basin
llnnure
Total
76,261
2.5%
23.1%
48.4%
14.8%
11.2%
the Great
Total
76,261
27.6%
61.2%
11.3%
Lake Lake Huron
Superior
5,689
5.6%
21.6%
47.7%
9.0%
16.0%
Lakes Basin
Lake
Superior
5,689
16.4%
64.9%
18.7%
2,771
1.0%
25.9%
55.1%
7.0%
11.0%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
2.4%
23.2%
47.1%
17.2%
10.1%
Lake Erie
30,218
2.4%
25.2%
49.1%
12.7%
10.5%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
1.5%
17.6%
48.3%
19.5%
13.0%
or is it outside the Great Lakes
Lake Huron
2,771
61.7%
23.3%
15.0%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
39.4%
46.8%
13.8%
Lake Erie
30,218
21.6%
69.5%
8.9%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
13.6%
79.5%
6.9%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area, or a suburban
area?
Total Lake
Population (000's) 76,261
Rural 32.6%
Urban 23.1%
Suburban 41.3%
Unsure 2.9%
Lake Huron
Superior
5,689
37.6%
21.4%
35.0%
6.0%
Lake
2,771
27.8%
23.8%
44.4%
4.0%
Lake Erie
Michigan
26,256
36.4%
25.5%
34.8%
3.3%
Lake
30,218
30.6%
22.9%
45.0%
1.4%
Ontario
11,328
28.0%
18.9%
49.0%
4.1%
32.' Is your age:
Population (000's)
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie
Superior Michigan
76,261
5,689
2,771
26,256
30,218
Lake
Ontario
11,328
25 and under
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
66 to 75
76 and over
Refused
12.2%
24.0%
24.6%
13.8%
10.3%
10.1%
3.8%
1.1%
9.5%
19.6%
27.8%
21.8%
10.0%
5.3%
4.3%
1.8%
11.8%
24.5%
24.9%
11.4%
12.1%
8.2%
4.0%
3.0%
11.2%
24.5%
23.4%
13.7%
9.9%
10.1%
5.6%
1.6%
14.6%
22.7%
25.5%
13.3%
8.8%
11.2%
3.2%
.7%
10.0%
28.3%
23.4%
12.1%
14.6%
10.1%
1.3%
.2%
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COMBRRISON B* CLOSEST LftKB
33. Including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Population (OOO's)
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Refused
Total
76,261
17.1%
30.4%
19.4%
17.2%
9.8%
3.1%
1.2%
.1%
1.7%
Lake
Superior
5,689
16.7%
25.6%
22.3%
19.1%
10.2%
4.7%
.1%
1.4%
Lake Huron
2,771
27.0%
23.6%
14.1%
19.3%
10.4%
2.0%
.6%
3.0%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
18.8%
28.4%
20.2%
17.9%
8.3%
2.7%
1.4%
2.4%
Lake Erie
30,218
16.8%
32.8%
19.3%
15.5%
10.6%
2.4%
1.3%
.2%
1.1%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
11.6%
33.0%
17.4%
18.6%
11.2%
5.4%
1.4%
1.4%
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
Total Lake Lake Huron
Population (OOO's)
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Refused
76,261
56.3%
15.8%
16.4%
7.2%
1.8%
.7%
.1%
.0%
1.6%
Lake
Superior
5,689
50.7%
15.5%
23.1%
7.4%
1.8%
.1%
1.4%
2,771
61.7%
11.2%
16.4%
6.1%
1.0%
.6%
3.0%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
55.5%
15.7%
16.7%
6.9%
2.0%
.8%
.3%
.1%
1.9%
Lake Erie
30,218
58.9%
16.9%
13.3%
6.8%
1.8%
1.0%
1.3%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
52.7%
14.5%
20.6%
9.2%
1.6%
1.4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
35. Is anyone in your household a member of an environmental organization?
• v
Population (OOO's)
No/Don't know
Yes
35a. If YES, which one:
Population (OOO's)
Audubon Society
cousteau Society
Ducks Unlimited
Greenpeace
National Wildlife
Federation
Nature Conservancy
Sierra club
Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
National
Evironmentalist
Group
Local Activist Group
Other Group
Long Island Water
Campaign
Wildlife Association
Boy Scouts
National Parks
Association
Don't Know
Total
76,261
93.3%
6.7%
Total
5,114
3.5%
5.4%
8.3%
14.4%
6.0%
5.4%
5.7%
1.7%
2.7%
2.2%
14.0%
3.0%
.4%
.4%
.1%
26.1%
Lake Lake Huron
Superior
5,689 2,771
88.6% 89.6%
11.4% 10.4%
Lake Lake Huron
Superior
648 288
7.5%
19.9%
10.3%
25.3% 18.8%
.4%
7.3%
.2%
7.3%
8.8%
5.4%
27.5% 61.3%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
91.6%
8.4%
Lake
Michigan
2,198
3.2%
3.0%
14.8%
16.9%
6.8%
6.1%
8.5%
1.6%
3.6%
1.6%
13.0%
21.0%
Lake Erie
30,218
95.5%
4.5%
Lake Erie
1,359
4.5%
2.5%
9.1%
10.0%
6.9%
7.4%
.2%
8.4%
6.6%
11.3%
.2%
32.9%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
94.5%
5.5%
Lake
Ontario
621
24.7%
3.4%
3.4%
49.5%
3.4%
3.4%
12.0%
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36. Mhat is the highest level of school you completed?
•
Population (OOO's)
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
37. What is your racial or
Population (OOO's)
White/caucasian
African-American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Oriental
Indian/Native
American
fUxed heritage
Refused
Total
76,261
6.0%
33.9%
4.7%
24.1%
20.4%
9.1%
IOft
* O v
Lake
Superior
5,689
8.4%
35.3%
6.6%
23.8%
15.3%
8.8%
1.8%
ethnic heritage?
Total Lake
Superior
76,261
85.8%
7.0%
2.3%
.9%
.7%
1.6%
1 £%
J. • Do
5,689
87.5%
1.1%
5.8%
1.7%
.1%
• 1.8%
2.0%
Lake Huron
2,771
5.0%
26.6%
2.1%
26.6%
23.7%
12.1%
4.0%
Lake Huron
2,771
89.0%
5.0%
3.0%
2.9%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
5.5%
33.4%
4.5%
26.0%
20.3%
7.5%
2.7%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
82.4%
9.2%
2.0%
.6%
1.0%
2.9%
1.8%
Lake Erie
30,218
5.5%
35.7%
5.9%
22.3%
19.2%
10.4%
1.0%
Lake Erie
30,218
90.2%
4.8%
1.7%
.9%
.4%
1.1%
.8%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
7C 9-
. 3B
31.2%
1.4%
24.2%
*•» e A ft
25.4%
8.7%
1.5%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
80.6%
11.1%
2.7%
1.4%
1 4%
i . T U
.2%
2.6%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
38. Are you currently employed or retired?
•
Population (000 's)
Not retired
Retired
Total
76,261
79.5%
20.5%
Lake
Superior
5,689
82.0%
18.0%
Lake Huron
2,771
80.8%
19.2%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
76.5%
23.5%
Lake Erie
30,218
79.8%
20.2%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
84.1%
15.9%
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<3«EAT U=V>CES BASTKI SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
Total Lake Lake Huron Lake Lake Erie Lake
Superior Michigan Ontario
Population (OOO's) 76,261 5,689 2,771 26,256 30,218 11,328
Educator/teacher 6.5% 9.0% 16.8% 5.6% 5.0% 8.9%
Engineer or scientist 2.7% 1.8% 1.0% 2.4% 3.2% 3.1%
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional 8.3% 9.4% 6.0% 7.8% 7.8% 10.7%
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional 9.5% 6.2% 8.0% 9.2% 10.2% 10.1%
Technician 2.4% .0% 4.0% 1.3% 3.8% 1.9%
Government official 1.0% 1.7% 1.0% 1.0% 1.4%
Business m „ „„
owner/manager 5.6% 4.6% 8.2% 4.3% 5.4% 9,4%
Sales (Major „„ „ ,.
purchases) 2.4% 2.5% 5.1% 2.7% 1.8% 2.7%
Sales clerk/retail M „
sales 4.6% 4.4% 5.0% 4.8% 4.6% 4.6%
Clerical/secretarial 8.4% 9.7% 7,2% 9.9% 8.3% 5.1%
Service
(Cook/beautician) 3.0% 2.9% 1.0% 2.3% 3.4% 4.1%
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/welder/
mechanic 14.9% 16.2% 13.9% 17.0% 15.2% 8.6%
Unskilled labor 5.7% 6.5% 3.0% 6.4% 5.7% 4.2%
Farmer/miner 1.0% 1.6% 1.1% 1.2% -4%
Armed services
enlisted .2% .5% .4%
Artist/musician/
sculptor -«« 1-7% -4% -2% -3%
Consultant/
advertising/PR
Unemployed
Homemaker
Student
Other
.4*
, 7»
12. 7«
4.2«
5.3*
2.2%
13.5%
2.0%
3.7%
2.6%
9.0%
1.0%
7.21
.1%
.8%
13.1%
4.2%
5.2%
.1%
.5%
12.4%
4.4%
5.5%
1.2%
.7%
12.7%
5.6%
5.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY CLOSEST LAKE
39. What is your estimated household income?
Population (000's)
Under $25*000
$25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 and over
Refused
Total
76,261
22.9%
14.9%
18.5%
13.1%
4.
1.
.4%
,5%
.8%
23.9%
Lake
Superior
5,689
26.1%
7.3%
22.7%
14.5%
7.1%
.9%
1.3%
20.0%
Lake Huron
2,771
17.2%
17.2%
12.9%
5.0%
5.6%
5.1%
1.0%
36.1%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
19.7%
17.0%
19.1%
14.4%
3.5%
1.5%
.9%
23.9%
Lake Erie
30,218
Lake
Ontario
11,328
25.7%
16.7%
17.1%
10.9%
4.6%
.8%
.8%
23.3%
22.6%
8.6%
20.4%
17.1%
4.4%
2.4%
.3%
24.2%
40. Gender of respondent
Population (000's)
Male
Female
Total
76,261
46.6%
53.4%
Lake
Superior
5,689
50.4%
49.6%
Lake Huron
2,771
53.6%
46.4%
Lake
Michigan
26,256
46.2%
53.8%
Lake Erie
30,218
47.2%
52.8%
Lake
Ontario
11,328
42.4%
57.6%
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TABLES B-CROSS TABULATION BY QUESTION
TABLE 7 - Q. 11: DISTANCE TO LAKE
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COHfiNMSOtt W WStNKS 10
1. How concerned are you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?
Total Less 5 to 9 10 to 25 to 50 to 75 to More Unsure
than 5 miles 24 49 75 100 than
miles miles miles miles miles 100
miles
Population (OOO's) 76
Not very Concerned
Somewhat Concerned
Very Concerned
Don't Know
,261
16.5%
46.3%
32.8%
4.4%
6,180
12.0%
35.4%
49.1%
3.6%
3,165
8.8%
38.2%
46.9%
6.1%
6,032
8.4%
52.4%
39.0%
.1%
6,269 4
4.1%
43.5%
51.0%
1.3%
,699
10.6%
46.5%
39.3%
3.6%
5,969 42,177 1
11.7%
48.2%
32.5%
7.6%
21.1%
48.0%
25.8%
5.2%
,771
40.2%
43.6%
14.6%
1.7%
2. Who do you think is watching out for the environment of the Great Lakes?
_ _..-•• - c «-« o in t-n 25 to 50 to 75 to More Unsure
icaj. i
*.*•
JC39 -*
» «BK C VI
man j «
miles
Population (OOO's) 76,261
EPA
State or Local
Government
Federal Government
Conservation
organizations
Everyone; community,
businesses
Department of Natural
Resources
Canada and U.S.
Coast Guard
Business
Don't Know
14.6%
13.1%
9.6%
6.5%
4.4%
3.1%
.5%
.4%
.3%
47.5%
6,180
14.2%
16.5%
9.1%
9.5%
.5%
5.9%
/\ A
.0%
.2%
43.9%
\r\S •* «•
94
49 1
rs
100 t
ban
miles miles miles miles 100
3,165
11.6%
18.8%
13.5%
4.9%
• 15.8%
6.5%
.8%
28.2%
6,032
23.1%
14.5%
6.9%
8.8%
2.9%
3.1%
0%
• V M
39 '.7%
6,269
17.1%
13.2%
13.2%
6.7%
3.8%
4.5%
.0%
1.1%
40.4%
4,699
17.5%
13.0%
17.1%
3.4%
1.7%
7.6%
.0%
39.6%
5,969
13.8%
15.8%
8.6%
2.1%
8.0%
4.8%
.2%
.6%
.3%
45.7%
42,177
13.3%
11.7%
8.5%
6.7%
4.4%
1.6%
.9%
.6%
.1%
52.2%
1,771
8.7%
10.6%
8.7%
8.7%
.1%
63.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
Total
Less 5
to 9
than 5 miles
• *
Population (000 's) 76,261
miles
6,180
3,165
10 to
24
miles
6,032
25 to
49
miles
6,269
50 to
75
miles
4,699
75 to
100
miles
5,969
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
42,177
1,771
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
b. Preventing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
c . Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
d. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
89.6%
.4%
7.7%
2.3%
new pollution
88.5%
.8%
8.5%
2.2%
people about the
86.2%
.6%
12.1%
1.1%
87.2%
.5%
10.2%
2.1%
92.4%
.5%
5.5%
1.6%
92.5%
.3%
6.0%
1.3%
92.4%
6.4%
1.3%
88.5%
1.0%
8.4%
2.1%
86.3%
1.1%
11.1%
1.5%
93.4%
.2%
5.3%
1.1%
89.7%
1.1%
7.8%
1.4%
86.
1.
8.
2.
91.
6.
2.
6%
8%
9%
7%
1%
8%
0%
93.6%
.0%
6.2%
.2%
85.5%
.0%
13.7%
.8%
88.
.
8.
2.
8%
2%
1%
9%
87.5%
1.1%
8.6%
2.8%
98.0%
2.0%
98.8%
1.2%
causes of pollution
83.5%
.9%
15.5%
.0%
88.9%
10.2%
.9%
87.5%
.9%
11.1%
.4%
83.5%
.7%
14.3%
1.5%
81.1%
.5%
18.4%
85.9%
.2%
13.6%
.3%
86.6%
11
1
.7%
.2%
.5%
100.0%
peopl* about »ff*ct« of pollution
tC.Tt
.7%
11 M
.9%
§4.3%
.9%
14.7%
.0%
88.9%
1.8%
8.4%
.9%
86.5%
1.9%
11.2%
.4%
83.7%
.1%
15.2%
.9%
84
16
.0%
.0%
88.4%
.2%
9.4%
1.9%
87
11
1
.0%
.7%
.2%
.1%
98.8%
1.2%
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.
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
•
Total
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
Population (OOO's) 76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
e. Organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
f . Enforcing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
g. Scientific
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
h. Restoring
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don ' t Know
82.
1.
13.
3.
3%
2%
3%
2%
80.6%
1.4%
16.0%
2.0%
regulations on industries
87.
1.
9.
1.
6%
0%
5%
9%
research about the
77.
1.
17.
4.
fish and wildl
92.
11.
3.
6%
0%
4*
0%
88.6%
1.3%
9.6%
.5%
83.0%
2.5%
13.8%
.8%
85.3%
.7%
12.2%
1.8%
82.7%
1.5%
14.9%
1.0%
76.
19.
4.
7%
2%
1%
83.
1.
13.
1.
6%
6%
7%
1%
81.7%
1.2%
12.6%
4.4%
that pollute
86.5%
2.7%
8.8%
2.1%
quality of the
72.0%
4.3%
18.4%
5.31
75.6%
23.5%
.9%
88.0%
1.9%
9.5%
.5%
water
75.0%
.7%
21.7%
2.6%
88.4%
1.3%
9.3%
.9%
supply
76.7%
1.9%
19.2%
2.2%
85.
.
11.
2.
69.
2.
22.
5.
6%
9%
3%
2%
3%
0%
7%
9%
93.
.
5.
77.
•
15.
6.
4%
9%
7%
9%
7%
3%
1%
86.4%
.7%
10.2%
2.8%
79.6%
.4%
16.1%
4.0%
ifv habitats
01
9*
6%
4t
94.3%
1.3*
12.2%
2.21
78.8%
2.8*
15.2*
3.2%
84.2*
.5*
12.7*
2.6*
85.7%
2.4*
10.7*
1.3*
75.
1.
16.
6.
7*
3*
3*
71
86.
•
11.
1.
9%
3%
7%
1%
80.6%
.6%
14.8%
4.0%
100.0%
95.7%
3.7%
.7%
87.6%
8.0%
4.4%
94.5%
1.8%
3.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less, efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cent.)
Total
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to 50 to 75 to More
49 75 100 than
miles miles miles 100
miles
Unsure
Population (OOO's) 76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
i. Reducing pollution that harms the health of fish
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
90.6%
.3%
7.5%
1.7%
90.
•
9.
4%
4%
1%
1%
89.8%
.5%
7.6%
2.1%
j. Reducing pollution that harms the health of
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
k. Improving the taste
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
1. Keeping the beaches
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
91.9%
.3%
6.6%
1.2%
94.
•
5.
of drinking
69.4%
.8%
25.0%
4.8%
open to
69.7%
1.9%
23.5%
4.8%
59.
i
38,
the
65
2
30
2
5%
4%
0%
1%
91.2%
2.1%
6.6%
.1%
91.
•
5.
2.
3%
8%
8%
1%
93.2%
.9%
4.2%
1.6%
88.6%
1.2%
6.6%
3.6%
94.6%
.0%
5.4%
89.5% 100.0%
.1%
8.6%
1.9%
people
91.3%
1.7%
5.0%
2.0%
93.9%
.6%
5.3%
.2%
90.9%
.6%
7.8%
.7%
94.9%
.1%
5.0%
.0%
90.8%
7.6%
1.7%
98.8%
1.2%
water
,5%
.7%
.9%
.9%
68.3%
28.7%
• 3.0%
61
35
3
.1%
.5%
.0%
.4%
63.5%
1.7%
32.0%
2.8%
61.7%
31.8%
6.5%
72.3%
1.9%
22.9%
2.9%
72.7%
.7%
20.3%
6.2%
87.8%
11.1%
1.1%
public
.0%
.7%
.3%
.0%
76.7%
1.0%
19.3%
3.0%
70
24
4
.2%
.7%
.9%
.2%
70.5%
2.1%
24.1%
3.3%
61.2%
1.8%
31.5%
5.6%
73.1%
1.1%
24.6%
1.2%
69.5%
2.2%
22.2%
6.0%
85.5%
7.6%
6.9%
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WRIT 1995
W£ BISTPNOS 10
4. is there any governmental action, not named, that you would like to see get
more attention?
Population (000's)
No, Nothing
Enforcement/Pollution
Education
Protecting Lands
Endangered Flora
Endangered Fauna
Industrial
Restrictions
Boating Restrictions
Cooperate with Canada
Don't Know
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
87.5%
4.9%
1.6%
.7%
.7%
,3%
.3%
.2%
.0%
3.8%
6,180
81.5%
7.7%
1.6%
1.3%
1.1%
.4%
.4%
6.1%
3,165
81.1%
9.3%
2.1%
5.1%
2.4%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
82.2%
4.2%
3.8%
2.1%
1.1%
.9%
.4%
5.2%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
87.4%
3.6%
3.0%
.7%
5%
• *J o
.2%
4.6%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
87.9%
4.1%
1.1%
.1%
.6%
6.3%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
82.9%
6.1%
1.2%
.8%
2.9%
1.0%
.6%
.0%
4.4%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
90.1%
4.2%
1.2%
.2%
.4%
.2%
.2%
.3%
3.0%
Unsure
1,771
90.2%
8.7%
1.1%
,. .o. ion, do you think it «1U t.,e be.or. the Great I*.. «e de.ned o£ poUution
to an acceptable level?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 years
Within 10 years
Within 25 years
Within 50 years
Within 75 years
Within 100 years
Over 100 years
Don't know
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
8.4%
38.8%
25.6%
2.8%
.4%
.6%
4.1%
19.3%
6,180
10.7%
36.5%
31.8%
3.7%
.6%
.5%
4.4%
11.9%
3,165
16.7%
37.1%
23.6%
2.4%
.4%
1.1%
4.9%
13.7%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
12.6%
39.3%
30.2%
3.6%
.4%
.9%
4.7%
8.3%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
7.7%
43.5%
26.8%
4.1%
.0%
.5%
3.4%
14.0%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
9.7%
33.8%
24.8%
6.1%
.0%
.7%
5.5%
19.3%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
3.2%
40.0%
26.8%
1.4%
1.1%
8.5%
19.0%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
7.5%
39.4%
24.1%
2.4%
.6%
.4%
2.9%
22.7%
1,771
8.9%
27.1%
19.7%
1.8%
11.4%
31.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
Population (000's)
Industry
Government
Everyone
Persons responsible
for polluting it
Canada
• Boating/fishing
• Non-specific
Total
76,261
24.3%
17.9%
46.5%
4.8%
.2%
.1%
6.1%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
20.4%
13.6%
57.6%
5.4%
1.0%
.1%
1.9%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
32.1%
21.3%
37.5%
4.7%
4.5%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
23.6%
18.8%
46.2%
4.2%
.5%
.5%
6.2%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
19.9%
19.7%
50.7%
4.9%
4.8%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
19.8%
9.4%
58.0%
6.6%
.6%
5.5%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
18.6%
19.4%
46.4%
11.8%
3.9%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
26.7%
18.4%
43.9%
3.7%
.1%
7.1%
Unsure
1,771
16.8%
21.5%
44.7%
3.3%
13.7%
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L99S
D1S1NJCE TO INfc
People get information about the environment from many d««««jt sources.
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally.
Total Less 5 to 9 10 to 23 to 50 to 75 to More Unsure
than 5 miles 24 49 75 100 than
miles miles miles miles miles 100
nm.es
Population (000 's)
a. TV news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
b. TV news magazine
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
c. Radio talk shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
76,261
60.
31.
7.
shows
37.
39.
21.
2.
18.
42.
36.
2,
29
42
26
2
3%
5%
6%
CO.
DS
6%
1%
2%
1%
.6%
,5%
,0%
.9%
.1%
.3%
.6%
.0%
6,180
59.3%
35.7%
5.0%
37.0%
36.7%
25.4%
1.0%
17.2%
45.2%
36.3%
1.3%
29.1%
41.2%
28.8%
.9%
3,165
61.
31.
7.
46.
27.
21.
5.
17,
43,
34
5
30
40
24
4
2%
0%
8%
1%
4%
2%
3%
1%
,3%
.1%
.5%
.1%
.7%
.9%
.3%
.1%
6,032
60.1%
30.8%
8.5%
.5%
40.0%
42.2%
17.1%
.7%
23.1%
41.5%
34.4%
1.0%
36.1%
39.2%
24.6%
.0%
6,269
59.6%
34.9%
5.4%
.0%
34.7%
42.3%
19.1%
4.0%
17.5%
41.9%
38.6%
2.0%
26.5%
43.8%
28.3%
1.3%
4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
65.0%
30.3%
4.0%
.6%
38.6%
39.7%
19.7%
2.0%
16.4%
42.2%
39.0%
2.4%
27.8%
47.2%
21.9%
3.1%
54.9%
37.5%
7.7%
34.8%
36.4%
27.4%
1.5%
18.2%
38.8%
40.1%
2.8%
31.8%
38.9%
29.0%
.3%
61.7%
29.7%
8.0%
.5%
37.8%
39.7%
20.6%
1.9%
18.8%
42.8%
35.3%
3.1%
28.4%
42.2%
27.1%
2.3%
39.1%
34.6%
18.9%
7.4%
26.8%
41.6%
23.6%
8.1%
18.3%
42.3%
30.0%
9.3%
21.8%
52.6%
16.9%
8.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
.7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Total
Population (000's)
e. Newspapers
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
f. Magazines
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. Environmental
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. Government
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
61.9%
29.9%
7.9%
.3%
42.2%
40.5%
16.2%
1.1%
newsletters
24.3%
28.4%
43.2%
4.1%
IJ.1%
J6.M
46.1%
3.9*
71.0%
25.4%
3.5%
46.5%
33.8%
17.9%
1.8%
26.0%
27.0%
4S.5%
l.S%
13.5%
33.1%
52.3%
1.2%
63.0%
31.4%
4.7%
.9%
41.2%
33.2%
20.5%
5.1%
31.1%
21.2%
40.5%
7.2%
20.9%
34.1%
42.9%
2.1%
65.4%
28.5%
6.1%
.0%
47.5%
38.6%
12.6%
1.2%
25.7%
31.1%
39.0%
4.1%
12.3%
35.4%
50.2%
2.1%
69.3%
24.8%
5.9%
.0%
48.
37.
12.
1.
26.
30.
38.
4.
14
39
42
3
3%
7%
9%
1%
.0%
.9%
.9%
.2%
.4%
.8%
.4%
.4%
62.
27.
9.
2%
4%
5%
9%
45.1%
43.9%
10.4%
.6%
22
26
48
2
13
37
45
2
.1%
.8%
.2%
.9%
.9%
.5%
.9%
.7%
61.0%
28.8%
10.1%
31.8%
48.2%
20.0%
.0%
27.1%
27.3%
38.3%
7.4%
17.2%
34.3%
43.1%
5.5%
58.7%
31.9%
9.0%
.4%
41.2%
41.6%
16.5%
.7%
22.7%
29.0%
44.5%
3.8%
12.3%
37.9%
45.6%
4.2%
68.9%
28.2%
3.0%
41.1%
32.7%
22.5%
3.7%
31.0%
20.6%
43.4%
5.0%
5.5%
27.4%
54.0%
13.1%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Total
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
Population (000*s) 76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
i. Advertisements for products and services
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
j . Employers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
k. Computer
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.9%
43.3%
33.9%
3.8%
13.1%
33.6%
49.9%
3.4%
program/internet
6.6%
24.3%
58.3%
10.9%
1. Great Lakes National Program
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.6%
17.1%
53.8%
15.5%
17.2%
46.3%
34.6%
2.0%
17.1%
28.1%
53.8%
1.0%
4.4%
21.5%
68.4%
5.6%
25.5%
40.2%
25.6%
8.7%
12.5%
35.1%
44.3%
8.0%
7.2%
22.2%
54.2%
16.5%
16.3%
40.7%
40.9%
2.1%
13.5%
33.3%
52.0%
1.1%
8.2%
19.8%
57.9%
14.1%
20.
38.
36.
4.
15.
32.
47.
4.
9.
21.
55.
13.
4%
4%
9%
3%
9%
4%
2%
5%
3%
7%
7%
3%
16.4%
38.6%
37.9%
7.1%
16.7%
27.3%
51.0%
5.1%
7.8%
22.0%
59.0%
11.2%
26.
38.
31.
4.
8,
36
48
6
5
27
51
16
4%
6%
0%
0%
.6%
.7%
.4%
.3%
.6%
.4%
.0%
.0%
18.8%
45.6%
32.4%
3.2%
12.8%
34.7%
50.0%
2.6%
6.5%
25.5%
58.8%
9.2%
1.9%
37.7%
47.1%
13.3%
1.2%
34.0%
50.4%
14.4%
2.7%
27.1%
48.5%
21.7%
Office/Library
11.4%
14.7%
64.4%
9.5%
15.1%
9.9%
54.3%
20.7%
11.9%
21.2%
51.0%
15.9%
14.
15.
54.
15.
5%
.7%
,3%
.5%
10.9%
12.5%
53.6%
23.0%
15
13
49
20
.3%
.9%
.9%
.9%
14.1%
18.8%
53.5%
13.6%
12.2%
12.6%
42.4%
32.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
Population (OOO's)
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Total
76,261
43.0%
6.3%
2.4%
23.4%
19.6%
5.2%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
9.6%
9.4%
6.0%
44.6%
25.4%
5.1%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
13.5%
2.6%
2.7%
45.2%
30.9%
5.0%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
15.2%
2.9%
6.1%
42.4%
23.1%
10.3%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
18.6%
2.9%
5.0%
49.7%
18.9%
4.9%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
38.6%
5.1%
6.4%
24.0%
21.0%
4.8%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
37.1%
11.2%
2.4%
21.8%
24.9%
2.5%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
57.7%
6.8%
.7%
13.1%
17.3%
4.4%
Unsure
1,771
74.0%
1.1%
1.9%
3.9%
19.1%
9. Why do you feel that the lake is your lake?
Population (OOO's)
Closest to us
Grew up there, used
to live there
Fishing
Swimming
Family Outings
Boating
Own/rent cottage
property there
Beauty
Drinking water
Quality of water,
shore areas
Recreation
Economic Factors
Don't Know
Total
76,261
40.5%
6.0%
6.0%
4.4%
4.1%
2.6%
2.2%
.9%
.4%
.4%
.1%
0%
* v a
44.6%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
70.9%
10.0%
7.8%
6.0%
4.0%
4.4%
7.4%
1.8%
.4%
1.1%
9.8%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
66.3%
5.2%
5.7%
11.5%
• 2.1%
4.5%
4.4%
.1%
3.9%
2.1%
1.0%
15.6%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
66.4%
7.7%
7.8%
6.9%
2.5%
3.8%
4.0%
1.3%
1.1%
18.5%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
61.9%
7.6%
9.9%
10.3%
5.4%
7.3%
2.3%
.8%
1.0%
.9%
.5%
19.3%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
45.7%
1.6%
9.9%
11.1%
4.3%
2.9%
2.2%
1.8%
.4%
39.9%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
49.2%
5.4%
8.2%
5.8%
4.0%
5.3%
2.0%
.3%
1.5%
.2%
37.7%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
27.0%
5.7%
3.9%
1.6%
4.1%
1.0%
1.1%
.7%
.1%
.1%
59.7%
Unsure
1,771
2.0%
1.8%
12.4%
8.7%
1.1%
74.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
10. Which one of the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
Population (000fs)
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
7.5%
3.6%
34.4%
39.6%
14.9%
6,180
9.0%
4.6%
50.6%
28.2%
7.6%
3,165
.6%
2.7%
54.9%
38.9%
3.0%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
1.1%
7.0%
49.4%
31.2%
11.2%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
2.7%
9.9%
56.1%
24.0%
7.3%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
5.0%
12.6%
39.8%
36.8%
5.7%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
10.6%
3.7%
33.9%
45.0%
6.8%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
9.1%
1.3%
25.3%
45.2%
19.2%
1,771
9.8%
19.7%
21.7%
48.8%
11. How far would you have to drive to get to the nearest Great Lake?
Population (000's)
Less than 5 miles
5 to 9 miles
10 to 24 miles
25 to 49 miles
50 to 75 miles
75 to 100 miles
More than 100 miles
Unsure
Total
76,261
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
6,180 3,165
100.0%
100.0%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
100.0%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
100.0%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
100.0%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
100.0%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
100.0%
Unsure
1,771
100.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
12.' How long would it take you to drive there?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
More than 1 hour
Don't know
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
10 to 25 to 50 to 75 to
24 49 75 100
miles miles miles miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
3.8%
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
4.2%
5.7%
4.3%
6.4%
66.1%
1.6%
45.7%
19.3%
21.0%
9.6%
1.6%
2.3%
.5%
2.7%
5.7%
23.4%
32.1%
33.9%
1.8%
.1%
.3%
2.5%
3.1%
10.8%
27.2%
38.9%
10.5%
3.7%
1.8%
1.5%
5.8%
28.4%
36.5%
25.5%
3.4%
.3%
.3%
5.0%
45.1%
49.5%
.6%
8.6%
90.8%
1.0%
98.9%
.1%
.4%
3.7%
1.3%
35.5%
59.2%
13. What activities have you and your family done at the lake in the
past 12 months?
Population (OOO's)
None, never go there
Swimming
Fishing
Boating
Walking/Jogging
Family Outings
Camping
Shore Activities
Total
76,261
63.3%
13.3%
13.0%
12.0%
10.5%
9.5%
4.9%
4.2%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
20.0%
33.2%
27.3%
26.2%
38.9%
22.5%
9.6%
6.1%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
36.1%
23.5%
18.9%
18.2%
17.9%
28.1%
.4%
13.3%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
40.9%
27.8%
25.7%
22.1%
18.8%
13.5%
10.0%
8.5%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
33.7%
26.9%
20.2%
22.8%
13.5%
14.3%
5.6%
8.4%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
47.9%
17.6%
20.4%
20.7%
12.9%
9.1%
7.5%
4.6%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
63.8%
11.0%
14.4%
8.7%
5.6%
7.3%
8.5%
4.5%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
80.2%
6.0%
6.9%
6.0%
4.9%
5.7%
3.2%
1.7%
Unsure
1,771
82.6%
1.2%
3.7%
3.9%
2.0%
.3%
10.4%
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14. Have you or your family gone fishing at the Great Lafces In the past
year?
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
Population (OOO's)
No fishing
Fish for food
Fish for sport
Both for food and for
sport
76,261
85.1%
1.4%
10.2%
3.2%
6,180 3,165
62.2%
4.4%
25.2%
8.2%
15. Has environmental pollution ever caused
lake activities?
Population (OOO's)
No
Swim/Beach warnings
Fish Advisories
Cruddy beaches
Waste in water,
ashore
n«n ' t- Know
Total
76,261
78.8%
11.2%
6.8%
O Q.
.2%
.9%
2.2%
Less 5
than 5
miles
6,180
57.5%
24.5%
14.3%
.4%
3.2%
75.1%
.1%
15.3%
9.5%
you to
to 9
miles
3,165
54.5%
27.5%
10.4%
i o%
A • V w
.8%
5.9%
10 to 25 to 50 to
24 49 75
miles miles miles
6,032 6,269 4,699
73.7%
3.2%
14.7%
8.4%
stop any
10 to
24
miles
6,032
63.8%
21.9%
11.5%
1.2%
1.6%
73.0%
1.9%
18.8%
6.3%
of your
25 to
49
miles
6,269
69.2%
14.0%
14.2%
.9%
.2%
1.4%
76.3%
1.3%
14.9%
7.5%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
74.4%
10.5%
9.3%
2.7%
3.2%
75 to
100
miles
More Unsure
than
100
miles
5,969 42,177
83.7%
3.0%
11.3%
2.0%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
86.8%
5.0%
5.9%
.9%
1.4%
93.4%
.7%
5.3%
.7%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
87.0%
6.6%
3.8%
.1%
.7%
1.9%
1,771
96.3%
3.7%
Unsure
1,771
71.3%
21.2%
314
. /*
3.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
16'. How would you rate the water quality in the lake?
• *
Population (000 's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
No Opinion, Don't
Know
17. How do you find out
Population (OOO's)
What I see myself
What others tell me
From the news
Multiple sources
Total
76,261
2.5%
22.9%
34.8%
13.1%
26.7%
about the
Total
76,261
30.0%
20.8%
45.7%
1.3%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
5.4%
34.3%
44.8%
12.4%
3.2%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
5.8%
25.5%
37.7%
23.2%
7.8%
water quality of
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
54.2%
21.4%
39.4%
3.5%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
52.5%
13.1%
48.5%
.3%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
2.8%
34.0%
41.8%
15.5%
6.0%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
3.4%
21.3%
51.1%
18.0%
6.2%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
4.6%
30.1%
36.3%
13.6%
15.4%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
.4%
24.3%
41.6%
16.2%
17.6%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
1.9%
19.4%
29.0%
10.9%
38.7%
Unsure
1,771
4.1%
23.3%
12.2%
60.4%
the lake?
10 to
24
miles
6,032
46.6%
21.9%
44.0%
.7%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
46.0%
17.9%
45.1%
.6%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
37.2%
23.2%
41.6%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
32.4%
20.8%
51.1%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
19.9%
21.5%
46.6%
1.7%
Unsure
1,771
6.6%
14.2%
42.9%
No opinion. Don't
Know 12.5% .9%
.3%
2.6%
4.9%
7.9%
8.1% 17.8% 37.7%
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lla. What additional information can you provide regarding what you see
in the environment?
-_ ._ ™r .._ cn «•„ -75 to More Unsure
Total
Population (OOO'S)
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
21,240 3,317 1,449 2,597 2,719 1,622 1,923 7,495 117
31-5* 33'6% 23'9% 29'9% "^ "'^ 38"8% **'** "'°%
Pollution, garbage on 6% 36 1% 25.9% 21.0% 23.5% 59.8%
shores, in water 25.7% 21.0% 23.3% *> ^ g% lfi_3% 19.5% 23.3%
Water murky, bad odor 20.0% 21.0% 20.5% ij.« g>3% 18 1% ^.1%
Encourage Involvement 9.7% 9.4% 7.1% ^.31 ^ ^% 2 2% 4 1% 4.8%
Beaches cruddy 7-" D-"s
^"rof fisn' " 1-8% 4.6% 5.0% 1.8% 1.7% 2-8%
Need more action on 2.9%
issue 1'°*
Get rid of zebra 1-2% 1>1% 1.6% -S*
mussels '!•!
Lack of wildlife -5%
Laclc of wildflowers, 1>7% 1.7%
nature •*
Little evidence of 2.5%
dumping "9* 7% 1'7%
Warnings/advisories -2*
Deer starving to •«
death -z*
Algae, weed .3%
overgrowth .2% .8% 1.7% .1%
Too many industries •!%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
18. T>ver the past ten years, would you say the water quality of the lake
is improving,, getting worse, or is staying about the same?
Population (OOO's)
Improving
About the same
Getting worse
Don't Know
Total
76,261
29.8%
26.5%
21.7%
22.0%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
46.8%
35.7%
14.7%
2.8%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
41.7%
34.4%
20.4%
3.6%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
45.1%
31.9%
17.7%
5.3%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
36.5%
27.9%
27.3%
8.3%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
37.5%
25.4%
19.4%
17.6%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
23.3%
40.2%
20.5%
16.0%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
23.7%
22.7%
23.3%
30.4%
Unsure
1,771
19.2%
6.5%
16.1%
58.3%
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COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
19. What do you think are the biggest problems concerning lake water quality?
Population (OOO's)
Contaminants/pollution
Ship traffic
Dirty beaches
Zebra Mussels
Pesticides
Acid Rain
Oil Spills
There are no problems
People's
Attitudes/Behavior
Overpopulation
Lack of restrictions
on pollution
Funding Problems
Harm to Fish/Wildlife
Pleasure boating
Algae, seaweeds
Harmful elements in
water
Air pollution/emissions
Sewage runoff
Leaking barrels
Improve testing
processes
Sinking water levels
Being overlooked
Landfills
Don't Know
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
i 61.8%
4.2%
3.7%
3.4%
2.6%
2.0%
1.7%
1.4%
1.3%
.3%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.1%
is .1%
.1%
.1%
.1%
.0%
.0%
.0%
26.3%
6,180
67.8%
5.6%
3.7%
3.1%
5.9%
1.8%
.5%
2.7%
.1%
1.6%
.9%
1.0%
.5%
.2%
14.8%
3,165
73.6%
5.6%
6.8%
6.6%
.3%
2.8%
.8%
.5%
1.0%
.8%
11.2%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
71.5%
4.5%
4.1%
6.0%
4.8%
.4%
.6%
1.7%
.7%
.0%
1.1%
.5%
.5%
17.9%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
73.8%
7.6%
2.7%
5.8%
6.6%
.8%
.9%
1.8%
1.0%
.9%
.0%
.1%
.0%
.5%
15.0%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
73.5%
6.2%
4.0%
3.4%
.8%
1.3%
.9%
.6%
2.2%
.6%
.4%
.6%
15.2%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
62.5%
1.8%
4.2%
6.0%
1.9%
2.6%
2.5%
1.6%
.6%
.3%
.0%
.0%
.3%
.3%
.0%
24.4%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
56.0%
3.6%
3.6%
2.2%
1.7%
2.6%
1.9%
1.1%
1.6%
.5%
.4%
.0%
.1%
.0%
.1%
.1%
33.2%
1,771
49.6%
1.2%
1.5%
18.9%
1.5%
32.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
20. Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the water quality of the
lake?
Total Less 5 to 9 10 to 25 to 50 to 75 to More Unsure
than 5 miles 24 49 75 100 than
miles miles miles miles miles 100
•• miles
Population (OOO's) 76,261
State government
Local government
Environmental
Protection Agency
US Federal Government
Department of Natural
Resources
Everyone, from
communities to
corporations
Industries
Environment Canada
Coast Guard
Environment
Organizations
Water works
Nobody
Fish £ Wildlife
Commission
Army Corp of
Engineers
Whoever pollutes it
Those who live around
the lake
Don't know
25.4%
18.6%
17.5%
11.9%
8.5%
3.5%
2.8%
2.1%
1.0%
1.0%
.2%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
26.9%
6,180
29.7%
21.2%
15.9%
12.5%
8.7%
5.2%
3.0%
.7%
1.2%
1.9%
.5%
.1%
24.3%
3,165
19.2%
25.8%
17.9%
10.4%
13.5%
6.7%
.9%
3.0%
.9%
.8%
.5%
.1%
20.7%
6,032
31.0%
29.5%
17.4%
14.0%
7.0%
3.8%
2.4%
1.4%
.1%
.8%
*• «
.5%
16.4%
6,269
30.5%
21.1%
19.3%
16.3%
11.9%
4.9%
2.9%
1.4%
1.6%
.5%
"
.0%
18.2%
4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
27.
11.
18.
12.
14.
4.
2.
2.
2.
24
1%
4%
7%
5%
6%
9%
8%
1%
.1%
. 1%
.0%
.9%
29.2%
15.1%
12.2%
17.1%
13.1%
2.1%
3.5%
.5%
1.2%
2.0%
.3%
.2%
24.4%
23.
16.
18.
10.
6,
3
3
2
1
7%
7%
5%
,6%
.5%
.1%
.0%
.7%
.9%
.2%
.1%
30.1%
5.8%
24.7%
8.7%
9.9%
1.4%
.1%
49. 5^
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COWNUSON
10 LRKE
21 Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
Total
Population (OOO's)
a. Acid rain
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
b. Pollution
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
c. Chemicals
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
d. Chemicals
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
41.0%
30.4%
8.8%
19.7%
32.
34.
18.
15.
5%
3%
3%
0%
37.5%
36.7%
11.3%
14.5%
34.5%
35.5%
15.9%
14.1%
36.9%
38.1%
10.2%
14.7%
44.0%
30.1%
13.3%
12.7%
48.7%
30.0%
6.2%
15.1%
42.8%
27.5%
6.2%
23.4%
36.1%
32.9%
1.2%
29.8%
in the bottom mud below the water
46.0%
23.3%
5.3%
25.4%
washing into the
56.5%
25.0%
6.0%
12.4%
washing into the
71.9%
15.6%
2.6%
9.8%
43.
28.
13.
14.
lake
54.
29.
9.
6,
lake
67
24
4
4
3%
5%
6%
6%
from
.6%
.3%
.6%
.6%
from
.0%
.0%
.2%
.8%
55.4%
21.2%
5.1%
18.3%
farms
59.5%
26.8%
.4.5%
9.2%
cities
72.9%
14.4%
3.2%
9.4%
48.9%
26.0%
6.9%
18.3%
53.6%
29.6%
7.4%
9.4%
80.7%
12.0%
3.3%
4.0%
53.1%
20.6%
5.6%
20.7%
60.3%
28.0%
3.5%
8.2%
81.1%
11.6%
2.1%
5.1%
50.6%
25.1%
3.9%
20.4%
50.5%
31.0%
7.9%
10.6%
70.3%
23.5%
.4%
5.8%
47.
23.
3.
25.
63.
23.
4.
9,
71
20
7
1%
5%
7%
7%
,1%
.1%
.5%
.3%
.9%
.0%
.4%
.7%
43.3%
23.4%
4.1%
29.2%
56.7%
22.5%
6.1%
14.7%
71.0%
13.8%
3.0%
12.2%
50.3%
1.2%
10.2%
38.3%
44.1%
31.5%
.2%
24.2%
51.7%
22.7%
.2%
25.4%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
Population (000's) 76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
f. Industries dumping
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. PCBs in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. DDT in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
45.5%
37.8%
4.0%
12.7%
chemicals
75.
12.
2.
9.
9%
3%
7%
2%
44.5%
16.6%
6.2%
32.7%
35
19
10
34
.1%
.9%
.5%
.5%
33.9%
46.5%
9.1%
10.5%
in the
71.0%
16.8%
6.0%
6.2%
44.0%
21.4%
8.3%
26.3%
29.8%
30.3%
8.6%
31.3%
50.1%
31.0%
3.0%
15.8%
lake
79.5%
14.4%
.3%
5.8%
54.2%
19.5%
2.4%
23.8%
32.1%
24.8%
11.1%
32.0%
52.5%
32.0%
7.4%
8.0%
84.3%
9.4%
4.2%
2.1%
53.1%
22.5%
6.0%
18.4%
45.1%
23.2%
10.9%
20.7%
52.2%
36.7%
3.2%
7.9%
82.4%
10.4%
2.2%
5.0%
50.6%
17.5%
6.5%
25.3%
37.4%
23.6%
10.5%
28.5%
48.0%
41.6%
2.5%
8.0%
79.
14.
1.
3.
49.
17.
4.
29.
38
24
9
27
7%
9%
8%
6%
,1%
.4%
,3%
.3%
.5%
.1%
.6%
.8%
46.0%
38.0%
4.7%
11.3%
75.3%
13.3%
4.0%
7.4%
43.7%
16.6%
2.3%
37.4%
32.7%
23.7%
7.1%
36.5%
44.1%
37.6%
3.3%
15.0%
74.7%
11.4%
2.3%
11.6%
42.2%
14.8%
6.8%
36.2%
34.7%
16.4%
11.1%
37.8%
52.5%
36.9%
10.6%
53.5%
20.8%
25.7%
24.2%
11.2%
9.9%
54.7%
28.0%
11.2%
11.0%
49.7%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a maj,or problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
Population (OOO's) 76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
i. Exotic species like the Zebra Mussels
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
34.6%
21.1%
7.4%
36.9%
42.5%
20.9%
17.4%
19.2%
43.4%
21.5%
8.0%
27.1%
43.8%
20.2%
12.1%
23.9%
49.5%
23.3%
6.2%
21.0%
36.7%
30.7%
6.8%
25.8%
42.2%
19.0%
3.5%
35.3%
28.0%
20.9%
6.4%
44.7%
31.4%
3.8%
.2%
64.6%
j . Lake fish unsafe to eat
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
k. Lake unsafe
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
1. Lake unsafe
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
33.3%
31.0%
13.8%
21.9%
for swimming
21.2%
32.7%
24.9%
21.1%
29. -7%
41.7%
19.9%
8.7%
18.1%
44.0%
32.7%
5.3%
51.2%
27.9%
11.8%
9.1%
28.6%
44.4%
23.0%
4.0%
41.0%
33.6%
14.2%
11.1%
20.4%
36.5%
35.3%
7.7%
44.5%
29.3%
13.5%
12.7%
23.7%
38.9%
31.1%
6.3%
33.7%
37.6%
19.7%
9.0%
11.0%
44.6%
31.0%
13.4%
39.2%
36.3%
9.1%
15.4%
16.4%
36.9%
24.6%
22.0%
29.2%
28.7%
13.4%
28.6%
23.0%
26.9%
21.5%
28.6%
21.9%
16.0%
6.6%
55.5%
12.0%
31.4%
11.5%
45.2%
for drinking water
36.9%
23.9%
16.3%
22.8%
27.0%
32.2%
35.4%
5.5%
44.2%
23.5%
26.0%
6.3%
34.1%
23.6%
27.6%
14.7%
43.9%
26.4%
22.7%
6.9%
38.1%
32.0%
11.3%
18.7%
32.3%
34.2%
11.2%
22.2%
37.7%
20.4%
12.0%
29.8%
35.4%
16.4%
4.6%
43.6%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
22. Do' you feel there is anything you can do to help improve lake water quality?
Population (000's)
No
Proper waste disposal
Join environment
group
Write to congressman
Increase public
awareness
Beach clean ups
Recycle
More/better
government
controls
Other personal action
More financial
support
Avoid using hazardous
chemicals
Multiple responses
Don't know
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
49.4%
9.7%
2.9%
3.5%
7.8%
1.9%
4.1%
1.6%
1.6%
1.4%
.6%
.4%
15.2%
6,180
42.0%
11.8%
2.1%
3.9%
9.2%
4.7%
4.9%
1.6%
3.7%
.6%
1.4%
1.2%
12.8%
3,165
44.2%
9.9%
6.0%
3.0%
6.7%
3.8%
3.4%
2.3%
.9%
6.1%
.6%
13.2%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
36.4%
16.2%
3.9%
2.3%
9.2%
2.0%
7.6%
.5%
4.2%
.5%
1.4%
.5%
15.4%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
29.6%
17.7%
9.0%
2.6%
11.5%
4.3%
6.0%
1.0%
2.0%
1.6%
1.4%
.4%
13.0%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
47.4%
13.8%
2.2%
3.5%
6.1%
3.9%
3.9%
2.4%
1.3%
2.7%
.6%
1.9%
10.3%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
50.0%
10.6%
1.8%
4.6%
7.8%
1.4%
3.1%
3.8%
.5%
16.2%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
55.7%
6.8%
2.1%
3.4%
7.4%
.9%
3.4%
1.4%
1.2%
1.8%
.1%
15.8%
1,771
51.6%
5.0%
8.7%
2.4%
1.1%
31.2%
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GREAT _.
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
23. How active would you say you have been personally in helping to
reduce environmental pollution?
• •
Population (OOO's)
Very active
Somewhat active
Not very active
Total
76,261
10.3%
40.2%
49.5%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
6.
46.
46.
24 . Have you done any of the following
Total
Less
than
9%
9%
3%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
8.4%
31.8%
59.8%
things to
5
5 to 9
miles
miles
Population (OOO's)
Cut back on water use
Volunteered in a
beach cleanup
Wrote to a public
official
Joined an
organization
Recycling
Proper waste disposal
Don't know
76,261
55.5%
9.3%
8.5%
7.1%
1.3%
.4%
36.3%
6,180
48.
22.
10.
11.
1.
1.
32.
2%
e%
5%
5%
6%
0%
2%
3,165
53.6%
9.9%
11.6%
4.8%
3.1%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
10
41
48
help
10
24
.4%
.5%
.1%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
13.3%
37.7%
49.1%
reduce water
to
miles
6,032
53
19
.2%
.5%
6.3%
8
36.7% 38
.0%
.7%
.6%
.1%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
58.9%
12.2%
7.8%
6.4%
2.2%
1.5%
32.8%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
13.7%
43.5%
42.8%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
9.8%
37.1%
53.0%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
10.0%
40.9%
49.1%
Unsure
1,771
13.5%
21.2%
65.3%
pollution?
50 to
75
miles
4,699
56.7%
8.1%
9.4%
9.7%
.4%
1.7%
32.8%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
52.2%
6.8%
9.1%
5.5%
.9%
.0%
38.7%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
57.6%
6.3%
8.3%
6.8%
1.2%
.2%
36.2%
Unsure
1,771
37.3%
1.8%
4.9%
1.5%
59.4%
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5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
25. Have you participated with any local organization that helps with:?
Total Less 5 to 9 10 to 25 to 50 to 75 to More Unsure
than 5
miles
Population (OOO's) 76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
Great Lakes Remedial
Action Plans known
as RAPS .4% .6% 3.1% .6% -1%
ARCS program to deal
with contaminated
sediments .4% .1% 1.5% •«
Lakewide Management
Plans, known as ^ ^ 3% 1%
No^sponse 99*.2% 99.4% 100.0% 96.9% 99.4% 98".6% 99".7% 99~.4% 100.0%
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26. Do you feel there is anything the government can do to help improve the lake?
Population (OOO's)
No
Better rule
enforcement
More restrictions on
industry
Provide more funds
Fines for polluters
More education
More laws
More restrictions on
chemicals
More research
Multiple responses
Perform clean up
activities
Continue current
efforts
Encourage involvement
Don't know
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
9.9%
20.0%
17.4%
6.1%
5.5%
5.4%
4.1%
2.4%
1.2%
1.1%
.9%
.6%
.2%
25.2%
6,180
8.8%
17.6%
16.1%
7.9%
9.1%
5.1%
1.6%
1.7%
2.4%
2.3%
1.6%
.5%
25.4%
3,165
13.1%
22.1%
18.4%
4.4%
5.6%
7.1%
4.8%
4.1%
2.0%
1.3%
2.5%
14.7%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
6.2%
22.4%
17.8%
5.6%
7.1%
7.8%
3.4%
2.4%
1.0%
2.7%
2.7%
1.0%
.8%
19.1%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
9.6%
23.1%
19.9%
5.0%
9.1%
6.6%
3.7%
2.8%
1.7%
1.7%
.0%
.0%
16.7%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
14.5%
18.9%
16.9%
6.9%
1.5%
3.8%
5.6%
1.5%
.7%
3.6%
1.3%
.0%
25.0%
75 to More Unsure
100 than
miles 100
miles
5,969 42
9.1%
23.5%
7.1%
5.3%
4.5%
7.0%
5.2%
6.6%
1.8%
1.0%
.5%
".4%
27.3%
,177
9.9%
19.3%
18.1%
6.4%
4.8%
5.0%
3.5%
1.9%
1.1%
.4%
1.0%
.5%
.1%
28.1%
1,771
13.0%
12.7%
27.6%
3.7%
1.2%
23.8%
18.11
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
27 is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
level is putting too much emphasis on the Great Lakes Environmental activities, too
little, or about the right amount?
Population (OOO's)
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
Total Less
than 5
miles
76,261
2.7%
29.6%
45.7%
21.9%
6,180
3.1%
28.8%
53.0%
15.1%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
3.9%
32.0%
52.0%
12.1%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
2.2%
35.9%
52.5%
9.4%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
1.7%
25.0%
57.4%
16.0%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
3.9%
33.4%
51.6%
11.2%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
1.9%
25.1%
53.4%
19.7%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
3.0%
29.6%
40.8%
26.6%
1,771
27.8%
20.4%
51.8%
28 As far as you know, does the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
level work with other agencies and organizations to reduce Great Lakes pollution?
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
Population (OOO's)
No
Yes, but could not
name any
State EPA
DNR
Canada
Greenpeace
City or County
Coast Guard
OSHA
Don't Know/No Opinion
76,261
20.1%
22.3%
2.6%
.8%
.1%
.0%
.1%
.1%
.0%
53.7%
6,180
20.8%
22.6%
1.8%
3.2%
.9%
50.7%
3,165
27.0%
24.8%
.9%
1.0%
46.4%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
17.1%
26.8%
3.1%
1.5%
Oft
• £1>
51.4%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
19.2%
22.4%
3.3%
1.9%
Cft
. fB
0%
• V O
52.7%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
20.5%
21.7%
5.1%
.6%
1.0%
1.1%
50.0%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
15.9%
20.3%
2.8%
.0%
61.0%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
20.8%
22.5%
2.5%
.4%
.1%
.0%
53.5%
1,771
15.0%
4.9%
80.1%
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29. How would you rate the U.S.
doing for our .country?
E.P.A. at the Federal level overall on the job it is
Population (000's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Don't Know/No Opinion
Total
76,261
2.5%
23.1%
48.4%
14.8%
11.2%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
1.8%
26.7%
45.8%
10.8%
15.0%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
5.9*
18.5%
41.8%
22.6%
11.2%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
.8%
29.9%
47.7%
15.8%
5.8%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
3.9%
19.8%
50.3%
14.1%
11.9%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
5.7%
25.5%
48.1%
11.6%
9.0%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
2.6%
17.5%
53.8%
19.8%
6.2%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
1.9%
23.6%
49.2%
14.8%
10.5%
Unsure
1,771
3.7%
8.3%
30.1%
4.2%
53.7%
30. Is your home located in the Great Lakes Basin or is it outside the Great lakes
Basin?
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
Population (OOO's) 76,261 6,180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
Inside Great Lakes
Basin
Outside Basin
Unsure
27.6% 85.9% 73.3% 77.3% 51.6% 37.2% 13.5%
61.2% 5.5% 17.6% 15.1% 28.3% 37.8% 71.7%
11.3% 8.6% ' 9.1% 7.7% 20.0% 25.0% 14.7%
6.6% 9.4%
84.9% 66.1%
8.4% 24.6%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area,
or a suburban area?
Population (000'sj
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Unsure
Total
76,261
32.6%
23.1%
41.3%
2.9%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
27.0%
29.6%
39.5%
3.9%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
28.0%
38.8%
31.3%
1.9%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
16.4%
25.3%
57.4%
.9%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
29.4%
14.0%
52.6%
4.0%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
43.1%
20.8%
34.1%
2.0%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
35.9%
24.5%
39.1%
.5%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
35.4%
22.7%
38.9%
3.0%
Unsure
1,771
22.4%
10.7%
54.6%
12.4%
32. Is your age:
Population (000's)
25 and under
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
66 to 75
76 and over
Refused
Total
76,261
12.2%
24.0%
24.6%
13.8%
10.3%
10.1%
3.8%
1.1%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
11.3%
21.6%
22.9%
14.3%
9.1%
13.0%
6.7%
1.1%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
8.7%
21.2%
22.2%
14.3%
10.2%
16.0%
6.5%
.9%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
12.2%
20.5%
22.6%
16.9%
15.5%
8.5%
3.8%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
9.2%
28.6%
26.1%
12.8%
11.2%
5.0%
4.9%
2.2%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
12.7%
18.9%
26.6%
16.0%
11.4%
9.7%
2.5%
2.1%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
16.3%
20.1%
21.2%
17.1%
10.0%
6.9%
6.5%
1.9%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
11.9%
24.9%
25.3%
13.2%
9.9%
11.0%
2.9%
.9%
Unsure
1,771 .
26.4%
37.8%
25.3%
2.3%
.7%
4.3%
1.8%
1.5%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
33. Including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Population (000's)
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Refused
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
17.1%
30.4%
19.4%
17.2%
9.8%
3.1%
1.2%
.1%
1.7%
6,180
19.6%
32.5%
23.7%
12.9%
6.2%
2.9%
.1%
2.1%
3,165
23.7%
28.8%
16.8%
15.7%
8.4%
5.8%
.9%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
15.7%
26.9%
19.1%
22.6%
12.6%
2.5%
.6%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
14.1%
35.4%
16.2%
24.5%
6.4%
1.5%
.0%
.0%
1.8%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
16.3%
30.4%
15.4%
18.1%
12.1%
1.6%
3.5%
2.5%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
17.0%
25.8%
20.7%
17.9%
13.2%
4.8%
.6%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
17.5%
30.9%
19.4%
15.5%
9.8%
3.3%
1.7%
.2%
1.8%
1,771
4.1%
25.5%
27.3%
26.1%
11.7%
5.2%
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
Population (OOO's)
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
six
Seven
Refused
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
56.3%
15. e%
16.4%
7.2%
. T%
.1%
.0%
1.6%
6,180
63.0%
17.5%
12.9%
3.7%
1.2%
1.7%
3,165
62.1%
10.3%
16.4%
5.5%
4.8%
.9%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
54.1%
19.1%
16.5%
6.6%
3.1%
.6%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
54.8%
14.7%
22.7%
4.9%
1.0%
.0%
2.0%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
57.1%
14.5%
16.3%
6.6%
3.2%
.3%
2.0%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
49.5%
23.8%
12.6%
8.6%
4.2%
.3%
.2%
.6%
.3%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
56.8%
14.9%
15.8%
8.3%
1.2%
1.1%
.2%
1.7%
1,771
44.8%
11.2%
33.5%
5.3%
5.2%
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36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
Population (000'a)
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
Total Less 5
than 5
miles
76,261
6.0%
33.9%
4.7%
24.1%
20.4%
9.1%
1.8%
6,180
5.6%
28.0%
3.9%
27.9%
20.3%
11.3%
3.1%
to 9
miles
3,165
5.7%
37.3%
2.5%
31.6%
11.1%
9.9%
1.8%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
2.7%
37.2%
4.4%
26.0%
22.1%
7.5%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
5.8%
27.9%
3.9%
26.6%
21.3%
11.3%
3.2%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
2.5%
30.8%
7.0%
26.7%
19.6%
11.3%
2.0%
75 to
100
miles
More Unsure
than
100
miles
5,969 42,177
7.2%
38.7%
7.3%
23.0%
16.4%
7.4%
6.5%
34.5%
4.6%
22.1%
21.5%
9.0%
1.8%
1,771
13.7%
33.8%
1.5%
27.2%
18.3%
5.4%
37. What is your racial or ethnic heritage?
Population (OOO's)
White/caucasian
African-American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/oriental
Indian/Native
American
Mixed heritage
Refused
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
85.8%
7.0%
2.3%
.9%
.7%
1.6«
1 .**
6,180
75.9%
10.5%
6.4%
1.5%
3.2%
2.5%
3,165
72.0%
18.8%
2.6%
1.8%
2.2%
2.5%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
84.2%
8.4%
3.9%
.5%
.2%
2.1%
.7%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
92.7%
1.0%
1.1%
1.6%
.1*
2.11
1.4%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
87.8%
4.7%
1.1%
1.4%
1.0%
4.0%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
91.9%
3.4%
1.2%
1.5%
2.0%
.1%
More Unsure
than
100
miles
42,177
87.9%
6.5%
1.3%
.9%
.6%
1.4%
1.4%
1,771
51.9%
19.9%
18.9%
6.4%
2.9%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
38. Are you currently employed or retired?
•
.
• *
Population (OOO's)
Not retired
Retired
Total
76,261
79.5%
20.5%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
73.1%
26.9%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
75.8%
24.2%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
76.3%
23.7%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
78.0%
22.0%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
77.6%
22.4%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
81.2%
18.8%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
81.1%
18.9%
Unsure
1,771
85.2%
14.8%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
Population (OOO's)
Educator/teacher
Engineer or scientist
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional
Technician
Government official
Business
owner/manager
Sales (Major
purchases)
Sales clerk/retail
sales
Clerical/secretarial
Service
(Cook/beautician)
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/welder/
mechanic
Unskilled labor
Farmer/miner
Armed services
enlisted
Artist/musician/
sculptor
Consultant/
advertising/PR
Unemployed
Horaemaker
Student
Other
Total Less 5 to 9
than 5 miles
miles
76,261
6.5%
2.7%
8.3%
9.5%
2.4%
1.0%
5.6%
2.4%
4.6%
8.4%
3.0%
14.9%
5.7%
1.0%
.2%
.4%
.4%
.7%
12.7%
4.2%
5.3%
6,180
7.9%
1.1%
5.5%
12.4%
.8%
.1%
2.2%
3.4%
5.1%
13.2%
2.1%
16.3%
9.5%
2.1%
1.1%
6.5%
3.2%
7.5%
3,165
4.9%
1.3%
9.2%
7.5%
1.0%
6.4%
3.3%
2.0%
5.0%
3.0%
21.0%
3.8%
1.0%
.8%
.1%
1.9%
20.1%
2.6%
5.0%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
6.5%
1.9%
6.3%
13.2%
2.0%
7.1%
5.7%
2.8%
15.9%
2.8%
15.1%
1.8%
.1%
.4%
.9%
10.5%
2.2%
4.9%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
6.8%
3.5%
8.4%
7.6%
2.1%
1.4%
4.6%
4.5%
3.6%
6.6%
.8%
21.9%
3.1%
.4%
.9%
.5%
13.2%
3.4%
6.8%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
8.5%
4.4%
8.7%
9.4%
2.3%
.0%
4.1%
3.0%
1.6%
5.4%
4.9%
21.9%
3.3%
.7%
1.2%
.6%
.5%
10.9%
2.9%
5.9%
75 to More Unsure
100 than
miles 100
miles
5,969 42,
10.8%
2.3%
6.6%
9.6%
2.0%
.3%
3.5%
3.1%
5.8%
4.4%
3.3%
21.3%
3.3%
.8%
.5%
.8%
.4%
1.3%
10.3%
7.2%
2.4%
177
5.7%
3.0%
9.0%
9.3%
3.0%
1.6%
6.7%
1.0%
5.2%
8.2%
3.0%
11.6%
6.9%
1.5%
.2%
.1%
.3%
.7%
13.2%
4.4%
5.4%
1,771
3.7%
10.4%
8.7%
9.9%
5.9%
9.4%
11.5%
2.2%
24.9%
10.7%
2.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY DISTANCE TO LAKE
39. What is your estimated household income?
Population (000'a}
Under $25,000
$25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 and over
Refused
Total
76,261
22.9%
14.9%
18.5%
13.1%
4.4%
1.5%
.8%
23.9%
Less
than 5
miles
6,180
24.5%
11.9%
16.7%
16.7%
3.9%
3.1%
2.2%
21.0%
5 to 9
miles
3,165
36.1%
9.2%
15.4%
13.9%
5.3%
2.1%
18.0%
10 to
24
miles
6,032
13.6%
16.8%
22.8%
15.2%
6.3%
5.5%
.5%
19.2%
25 to
49
miles
6,269
15.2%
16.6%
19.4%
13.0%
3.8%
2.7%
.2%
29.1%
50 to
75
miles
4,699
17.5%
12.6%
18.8%
10.5%
9.3%
2.0%
1.6%
27.8%
75 to
100
miles
5,969
23.2%
14.1%
17.1%
16.7%
3.8%
.5%
.5%
24.1%
More
than
100
miles
42,177
24.5%
15.7%
18.8%
12.4%
3.7%
.6%
.7%
23.6%
Unsure
1,771
27.1%
13.4%
10.0%
1.2%
8.7%
1.5%
38.1%
40. Gender of respondent
Total
Less
than 5
miles
5 to 9
miles
10 to
24
miles
25 to
49
miles
50 to
75
miles
75 to
100
miles
More
than
100
miles
Unsure
Population (OOO's) 76,261 6.180 3,165 6,032 6,269 4,699 5,969 42,177 1,771
Male
Female
46.6%
53.4%
48.6%
51.4%
47.5%
52.5%
52.3%
47.7%
48.0%
52.0%
58.1%
41.9%
57.9%
42.1%
42.3%
57.7%
47.8%
52.2%
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TABLES B-CROSS TABULATION BY QUESTION
TABLE 8 - Q. 16: LAKE WATER QUALITY
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1. HOW concerned are you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?
t
» *
Population (OOO's)
Not very Concerned
Somewhat Concerned
Very Concerned
Don't Know
2. Who do you think is
Population (OOO's)
EPA
State or Local
Government
Federal Government
Conservation
organizations
Everyone; community
businesses
Total
76,261
16.5%
46.3%
32.8%
4» &
.4*
watching out
Total
76,261
14.6%
13.1%
9f ft.
.6%
6 Cft
.5%
i
S • 3*
Department of Natural • , 1t
Resources
Canada and U.S.
Coast Guard
Business
Don't Know
«S * A V
.5%
Jt tt.
.4%
.3%
47.5%
Excellent
1,941
24.5%
31.0%
43.1%
1.4%
Good
17,441
13.7%
50.6%
35.0%
.7%
for the environment of
Excellent Good
1,941
26.7%
15.3%
1 4%
O • "i 9 •
a 3%
V • w w
6.3%
•6.7%
.1%
35.3%
17,441
15.1%
15.6%
7.9%
8.6%
4.7%
4.5%
.3%
.1%
.5%
42.8%
Fair
26,528
11.6%
48.8%
35.6%
4.0%
Poor No Opinion,
Don ' t Know
9,977
12.6%
32.6%
52.3%
2.5%
the Great Lakes?
Fair Poor
26,528
18.2%
11.9%
10.3%
6.1%
3.4%
4.4%
.5%
.3%
45.0%
9,977
16.1%
10.7%
14.4%
5.4%
6.5%
1.8%
.0%
.9%
44.2%
20,374
26.4%
47.7%
16.6%
9.3%
•
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
7.6%
13.5%
8.2%
5-1 «
.7%
4.2%
.5%
1 7%
A • ' <*
.8%
"1 9*
.1%
57.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
• •
Total
Population (000 's) 76,261
Excellent
1,941
Good
17,441
Fair
26,528
Poor
9,977
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
b. Preventing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
c. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
d. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
89.6%
.4%
7.7%
2.3%
new pollution
88.5%
.8%
8.5%
2.2%
75.8%
4.6%
17.6%
2.0%
75.2%
22.8%
2.0%
83.7%
.6%
12.6%
3.1%
86.7%
.5%
10.5%
2.3%
92.8%
.2%
5.8%
1.2%
89.4%
1.5%
7.2%
1.9%
97.5%
.1%
2.1%
.3%
92.7%
5.7%
1.6%
88.1%
.1%
7.7%
4.1%
88.2%
.7%
8.5%
2.6%
people about causes of pollution
86.2%
.6%
12.1%
1.1%
people about effects
86.7%
.7%
11.6%
.9%
70.6%
2.6%
22.4%
4.4%
of pollution
70.6%
2.6%
22.4%
4.4%
82.7%
.6%
16.2%
.4%
82.0%
1.1%
16.0%
.9%
87.2%
.9%
11.6%
.3%
87.9%
.8%
11.1%
.2%
91.5%
.6%
7.9%
93.2%
.6%
6.1%
86.7%
.0%
10.5%
2.8%
87.7%
.0%
10.3%
2.0%
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IKR*
••
Total
76,261
Excellent
1,941
Population (000's)
e. organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
Good
17,441
Fair
26,528
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
f. Enforcing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
82.3% 71.0%
1.2% 5.3%
13.3% 21.1%
3.2% 2.6%
regulations on industries that
87.6% 71.3%
1.0% 1-2%
g!s% 24.0%
1.9% 3.4%
g. Scientific research about the quality of
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
h. Restoring
Do More
Do Less
No Change
77.6% 61.8%
1.0% 2.6%
17.4% 32.2%
4.0% 3.4%
fish and wildlife habitats
82.0% 74.2%
9% 3.3%
13^6% 19.1%
•» 4% 3.4%
80.0%
1.0%
17.7%
1.3%
pollute
84.2%
2.2%
12.4%
1.2%
the water supply
67.1%
1.7%
26.5%
4.7%
77.4%
1.7%
18.3%
2.6%
83.4%
1.3%
12.8%
2.5%
90.6%
.9%
7.9%
.6%
79.7%
.8%
15.5%
3.9%
84.8%
. .6%
12.5%
2.1%
Poor
9,977
89.5%
9.2%
1.3%
94.7%
.3%
5.0%
.0%
85.6%
.6%
9.8%
4.0%
89.4%
.8%
8.2%
1.6%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
80.4%
1.3%
11.5%
6.8%
84.6%
.3%
9.9%
5.1%
81.5%
.4%
14.5%
3.6%
79.6%
.4%
13.2%
6.8%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE HATER QUALITY
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
Total
Excellent
Good
Population (000's) 76,261 1,941 17,441
i. Reducing pollution that harms the health of fish
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
90.6%
.3%
7.5%
1.7%
80.2%
1.2%
16.6%
2.0%
84.6%
.8%
12.6%
2.0%
Fair
26,528
93.2%
.3%
6.0%
.6%
Poor
9,977
97.9%
1.4%
.7%
No opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
89.7%
7.1%
3.2%
j. Reducing pollution that harms the health of people
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
91.9%
.3%
6.6%
1.2%
81.8%
1.2%
14.9%
2.0%
86.2%
.5%
12.1%
1.3%
94.8%
.3%
4.6%
.2%
98.0%
1.5%
.5%
91.0%
.3%
6.1%
2.6%
k. Improving the taste of the drinking water
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
69.4%
.8%
25.0%
4.8%
42.8%
1.7%
53.4%
2.1%
62.6%
.3%
32.4%
4.7%
70.5%
1.1%
24.4%
4.0%
77.6%
20.0%
2.4%
72.4%
1.1%
19.2%
7.4%
1. Keeping the beaches open to the public
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
69.7%
1.9%
23.5%
4.8%
57.4%
4.7%
33.4%
4.6%
63.7%
2.4%
30.3%
3.6%
70.6%
1.1%
25.2%
3.1%
80.4%
2.0%
15.8%
1.8%
69.6%
2.3%
18.4%
9.6%
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4. Is there any governmental action, not named, that you would like to see get
more attention?
Population (OOO's)
•
No, Nothing
Enfo rcement/Pollution
Education
Protecting Lands
Endangered Flora
Endangered Fauna
Industrial
Restrictions
Boating Restrictions
Cooperate with Canada
Don't Know
Total
76,261
87.5%
4.9%
1.6%
.7%
.7%
.3%
.3%
.2%
.0%
3.8%
Excellent Good
1,941
94.3%
2.0%
.2%
.1%
3.3%
17,441
88.3%
4.7%
1.6%
.5%
.4%
.6%
.2%
.1%
3.6%
Fair
26,528
84.5%
6.0%
2.0%
.9%
.8%
.1%
.3%
.4%
5.0%
Poor
9,977
85.3%
6.2%
1.2%
.8%
.9%
.9%
.3%
4.4%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
91.2%
3.3%
1.5%
.7%
.8%
.2%
.1%
2.2%
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are cleaned of pollution
to an acceptable level?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 years
Within 10 years
Within 25 years
Within 50 years
Within 75 years
Within 100 years
Over 100 years
Don't know
Total
76,261
8.4%
38.8%
25.6%
2.8%
.4%
.6%
4.1%
19.3%
Excellent
1,941
22.7%
47,3%
•3.0%
2.8%
.3%
23.9%
Good
17,441
14.5%
40.4%
26.0%
2.3%
.0%
.8%
3.5%
12.5%
Fair
26,528
8.1%
42.3%
31.0%
3.6%
.2%
.3%
3.7%
10.6%
Poor
9,977
3.7%
38.4%
33.8%
3.6%
.8%
1.2%
4.3%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
4.6%
32.3%
16.1%
14.2%
1.9%
1.0%
.4%
5.4%
38.4%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
Population (OOO's)
industry .
Government
Everyone
Persons responsible
for polluting it
Canada
Boating/fishing
Non-specific
Total
76,261
24.3%
17.9%
46.5%
4.8%
.2%
6.1%
Excellent
1,941
12.8%
27.2%
49.8%
.2%
1.6%
8.3%
Good
17,441
23.2%
20.0%
47.8%
3.2%
.4%
.2%
5.2%
Fair
26,528
26.2%
16.7%
47.7%
4.7%
.1%
.1%
4.5%
Poor
9,977
24.1%
20.6%
48.6%
4.0%
2.7%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
24.1%
15.4%
42.7%
7.2%
10.6%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
many different sources. Please
a minor source, or not a source
state it eacn ot tiic Lv*.*.v-t."y — - —j— •
of environmental information at all for you personally.
Population (OOO's)
a. TV news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
76,261
Excellent
1,941
Good
17,441
Fair
26,528
Poor
9,977
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
60.3%
31.5%
7.6%
.5%
54.0%
38.9%
7.2%
57.4%
35.7%
6.8%
.0%
64.1%
30.1%
5.4%
.3%
62.5%
30.6%
6.0%
.9%
57.5%
29.5%
11.8%
1.2%
b. TV news magazine shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
37.6%
39.1%
21.2%
2.1%
42.3%
36.8%
18.6%
2.2%
36.2%
44.0%
18.6%
1.2%
37.0%
43.0%
18.3%
1.6%
43.1%
34.8%
20.6%
1.5%
36.3%
32.2%
27.6%
3.9%
c. Radio talk shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.6%
42.5%
36.0%
2.9%
32.8%
31.4%
35.1%
.8%
18.9%
41.3%
36.8%
3.0%
17.5%
47.4%
33.4%
1.7%
19.3%
47.8%
31.3%
1.6%
18.2%
35.6%
41.2%
5.1%
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
29.1%
42.3%
26.6%
2.0%
44.5%
30.0%
25.5%
29.6%
43.9%
25.8%
.7%
30.6%
43.9%
24.5%
1.0%
31.7%
38.8%
27.4%
2.1%
23.8%
41.6%
29.9%
4.7%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Population (000's)
e. Newspapers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
76,261
61.9%
29.9%
7.9%
.3%
Excellent
1,941
59.5%
31.2%
9.3%
Good
17,441
63.0%
29.5%
7.5%
Fair
26,528
61.6%
31.6%
6.1%
.7%
Poor
9,977
63.9%
29.2%
6.7%
.2%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
60.8%
28.1%
11.0%
.1%
f. Magazines
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
42.2%
40.5%
16.2%
1.1%
47.8%
26.7%
25.5%
42.2%
42.2%
14.6%
1.0%
42.7%
43.8%
12.3%
1.2%
48.0%
34.5%
17.1%
.3%
38.1%
39.2%
21.3%
1.4%
g. Environmental newsletters
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
24.3%
28.4%
43.2%
4.1%
26.7%
33.4%
34.0%
6.0%
24.2%
32.3%
39.8%
3.7%
28.6%
28.5%
39.8%
3.1%
25.7%
34.9%
38.2%
1.1%
17.9%
21.3%
54.0%
6.8%
h. Government
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.3%
36.8%
46.1%
3.9%
25.2%
17.6%
52.4%
4.8%
13.4%
39.5%
44.9%
2.2%
12.3%
40.5%
44.3%
2.9%
15.0%
39.7%
42.8%
2.6%
12.4%
29.9%
50.6%
7.1%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE HATER QUALITY
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Total
Excellent
Population (000's) 76,261 1,941
i. Advertisements for products and services
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
j . Employers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
k. Computer
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.9%
43.3%
33.9%
3.8%
13.1%
33.6%
49.9%
3.4%
program/ internet
6.6%
24.3%
58.3%
10.9%
1. Great Lakes National Program
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
13.6%
17.1%
53.8%
15.5%
15.4%
42.3%
37.0%
5.4%
5.0%
25.8%
63.7%
5.5%
1.4%
34.6%
57.7%
6.3%
Office/Library
18.0%
15.5%
58.9%
7.6%
Good
17,441
16.8%
45.5%
34.2%
3.5%
16.6%
35.4%
46.2%
1.8%
7.9%
25.4%
58.7%
8.0%
14.2%
17.1%
54.1%
14.5%
Fair
26,528
21.5%
43.5%
31.8%
3.1%
13.7%
35.7%
48.1%
2.5%
6.6%
30.0%
54.0%
9.5%
15.7%
20.6%
49.3%
14.4%
Poor
9,977
22.0%
45.0%
31.8%
1.2%
12.4%
36.3%
50.3%
1.0%
9.3%
24.4%
53.6%
12.7%
18.1%
14.8%
50.3%
16.9%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
16.2%
40.4%
37.2%
6.2%
10.4%
28.7%
54.0%
6.9%
4.8%
14.7%
65.8%
14.7%
7.9%
13.8%
60.4%
17.9%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
Total Excellent Good Fair
•
Population (000's) 76,261 1,941 17,441 26,528
No . 43.0% 30.1% 31.2% 33.2%
Lake Superior 6.3% 15.2% 11.3% 4.5%
Lake Huron 2.4% 1.4% 3.8% 2.3%
Lake Michigan 23.4% 32.0% 26.6% 31.3%
Lake Erie 19-6% 18.5% 20.4% 20.1%
Lake Ontario 5.2% 2.7% 6.7% 8.6%
Poor
9,977
33.8%
6.7%
4.0%
21.8%
31.2%
2.5%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
71.7%
3.4%
.7%
10.3%
12.8%
1.1%
9. Why do you feel that the lake is your lake?
Total Excellent
Population (OOO's) 76,261
Closest to us 40.5%
Grew up there, used
to live there 6.0%
Fishing 6.0%
Swimming 4.4%
Family Outings 4.1%
Boating 2.6%
Own/rent cottage
property there 2.2%
Beauty •9*
Drinking water -4%
Quality of water,
shore areas .4%
Recreation -1%
Economic Factors .0%
Don't Know 44.6*
1,941
52.3%
4.7%
3.7%
. 6.6%
7.9%
3.5%
4.6%
• .3%
.1%
.2%
30.1%
Good
17,441
44.1%
Fair
26,528
47.4%
Poor
9,977
49.5%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
22.8%
6.7%
9.
5.
6.
0%
6%
0%
2.5%
5.7%
.8%
.8%
.5%
33.5%
7.5%
7.8%
4.7%
4.5%
4.2%
1.4%
1.1%
.4%
.6%
.2%
35.0%
4.3%
7.9%
7.9%
4.0%
3.7%
2.2%
.8%
.7%
.3%
36.7%
4.3%
.4%
1.0%
1.6%
.1%
.6%
.3%
.2%
71.9%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
10. Which one of the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
Total Excellent Good
Population (000's)
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
76,261
14.9%
1,941
16.5%
17,441
Fair
26,528
14.8%
Poor
9,977
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
7.5%
3.6%
34.4%
39.6%
15.2%
1.4%
42.4%
24.5%
12.6%
5.7%
33.9%
33.1%
5.8%
4.1%
40.0%
34.3%
4 f Ad.
4.9%
3.1%
40.2%
45.9%
C flft
5.7%
1.7%
24.1%
50.5%
1fl.0%
11. How far would you have to drive to get to the nearest Great Lake?
Total Excellent Good Fair
Population (000's) 76,261
Less than 5 miles
5 to 9 miles
10 to 24 miles
25 to 49 miles
50 to 75 miles
75 to 100 miles
More than 100 miles
Unsure
1,941
17,441
26,528
Poor
9,977
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
8.1%
4.2%
7.9%
8.2%
6.2%
7.8%
55.3%
2.3%
17.1%
9.4%
8.6%
11.0%
11.2%
1.2%
41.5%
12.2%
4.6%
11.7%
7.7%
8.1%
8.3%
47.0%
.4%
10.4%
4.5%
9.5%
12.1%
6.4%
9.4%
46.2%
1.6%
7.7%
7.4%
9.4%
11.3%
6.4%
9.7%
46.1%
2.2%
1.0%
1.2%
1.8%
1.9%
3.6%
5.1%
80.2%
5.3%
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12. How long would it take you to drive there?
Total Excellent
Population (000's)
Less than 5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
More than 1 hour
Don't know
76,261
3.8%
2.0%
.9%
.0%
.2%
5.7%
4.3%
6.4%
66.1%
1.6%
2.
3.
4,
1,941
7.2%
11.2%
2.3%
3.0%
5.4%
5.6%
8.4%
7.8%
49.2%
Good
17,441
5.9%
4.
3.
3.
4.
.0%
.6%
.0%
.1%
6.3%
5.9%
8.0%
58.7%
.6%
Fair
26,528
4.
1.
3.
.9%
.9%
.3%
3.7%
6.1%
8.6%
5.3%
6.6%
59.4%
.3%
Poor
9,977
3.6%
.5%
6.2%
5.7%
6.0%
6.5%
4.4%
7.9%
58.4%
.8%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
.4%
.3%
.2%
.6%
.8%
1.0%
1.2%
4.0%
86.7%
4.7%
13. What activities have you and your family done at the lake in the
past 12 months?
Total Excellent Good Fair
Population (OOO's)
None, never go there
Swimming
Fishing
Boating
Walking/Jogging
Family Outings
Camping
Shore Activities
76,261
63.3%
13.3%
13.0%
12.0%
10.5%
9.5%
4.9%
4.2%
1,941
37.2%
23.6%
23.9%
30.0%
21.9%
15.6%
10.9%
5.2%
17,441
46.6%
19.0%
19.8%
17.9%
16.1%
13.7%
7.9%
5.8%
26,528
Poor
9,977
55.0%
16.6%
13.2%
15.1%
14.4%
13.1%
6.2%
5.8%
56.8%
17.0%
21.3%
13.5%
6.4%
7.2%
5.2%
4.7%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
94.3%
1.6%
1.7%
.6%
1.5%
1.8%
.0%
.5%
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14. Have you or your family gone fishing at the Great Lakes in the past
year?
*
Population (000 's)
No fishing
Fish for food
Fish for sport
Both for food and
sport
15. Has environmental
lake activities?
Population (OOO's)
No
Total
76,261
85.1%
1.4%
10.2%
for
3.2%
pollution ever
Total
76,261
78.8%
Swim/Beach warnings 11.2%
Fish Advisories
Cruddy beaches
Waste in water,
ashore
Don't Know
6.8%
.2%
.9%
2.2%
Excellent
1,941
71.4%
2.8%
22.1%
3.7%
caused you to
Excellent
1,941
87.1%
10.8%
2.0%
Good
17,441
77.4%
2.1%
14.7%
5.8%
stop any of
Good
17,441
84.3%
9.6%
5.1%
.4%
.7%
Fair
26,528
83.0%
1.6%
11.7%
3.7%
your
Fair
26,528
69.1%
16.2%
10.8%
.3%
.9%
2.7%
Poor
9,977
78.3%
1.9%
16.4%
3.5%
Poor
9,977
62.0%
17.7%
11.6%
.3%
3.5%
4.8%
No Opinion,
Don ' t Know
20,374
99.1%
.3%
.3%
.2%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
94.1%
2.9%
1.2%
.0%
1.8%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE HATER QUALITY
16. How would you rate the water quality in the lake?
Total Excellent Good
Fair
No opinion, Don't
Know
12.5%
3.4%
.8%
2.0%
Poor No Opinion,
Don't Know
Population ( 000 ' s )
Excellent^
Good
Fair
Poor
No Opinion, Don't
Know
17. How do you find out
Population (000 's)
What I see myself
What others tell me
From the news
Multiple sources
76,261
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
about the water
Total
76,261
30.0%
20.8%
45.7%
1.3%
1,941
100.0%
quality of
Excellent
1,941
57.5%
9.8%
36.9%
2.4%
17,441
100.0%
the lake?
Good
17,441
43.3%
23.6%
43.5%
1.1%
26,528
100.0%
Fair
26,528
36.1%
25.2%
50.3%
1.2%
9,977
100.0%
Poor
9,977
38.1%
27.0%
48.3%
.4%
20,374
100.0%
No Opinion,
Don ' t Know
20,374
4.2%
10.6%
41.3%
2.0%
43.3%
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17a. What additional information can you provide regarding what you see
in the environment?
Good Fair
Population (000'si
Water murky, bad odor
Encourage involvement
Beaches cruddy
Diseased, dead, or
lack of fish
Need more action on
issue
Get rid of zebra
mussels
Lack of wildlife
Lack of wildf lowers,
nature
Little evidence of
dumping
Warnings/advisories
Deer starving to
death
Algae, weed
overgrowth
Too many industries
Total
21,240
31.5%
20.0%
9.7%
1-8%
1-0*
-5%
-4*
Excellent
1,119
68.0%
11.5%
^,036
64.6%
4^5%
.0%
5%
9%
"
8,707
15.9%
1
)%
>%
;%
i%
3%
9%
6%
5%
,4%
Poor No Opinion,
Don't Know
4'.3% 49.8%
6.9%
5.7%
1.8%
1.4%
-1%
4%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
18. Over the past ten years, would you say the water quality of the lake
is improving,, getting worse, or is staying about the same?
Total Excellent Good Fair Poor No Opinion,
Don't Know
• •
Population (OOO's) 76,261 1,941 17,441 26,528 9,977 20,374
Improving" 29.8% 68.5% 44.6% 34.5% 18.9% 12.5%
About the same 26.5% 23.8% 32.6% 34.8% 26.5% 10.9%
Getting worse 21.7% 2.8% 12.3% 23.0% 45.0% 18.5%
Don't Know 22.0% 5.0% 10.5% 7.6% 9.5% 58.2%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
19. What do you think are the biggest problems concerning lake water quality?
Total Excellent Good Fair Poor
Population (OOO's) 76,261
Contaminants/pollution 61.8%
Ship traffic 4.2%
Dirty beaches 3.7%
Zebra Mussels 3.4%
Pesticides 2.6%
Acid Rain 2.0%
Oil Spills 1.7%
There are no problems 1.4%
People's
Attitudes/Behavior 1.3%
Overpopulation .3%
Lack of restrictions
on pollution .2%
Funding Problems .2%
Harm to Fish/Wildlife .2%
Pleasure boating .2%
Algaef seaweeds .2%
Harmful elements in
water .1%
Air pollution,
emissions ,1%
Sewage runoff .1%
Leaking barrels .1%
Improve testing
processes .1%
Sinking water levels .01
Being overlooked .01
Landfills .0%
Don't Know 26.31
1,941
40.0%
4.9%
9.6%
9.1%
.1%
1.6%
.1%
19.9%
1.6%
1.4%
1.6%
15.9%
17,441
60.3%
4.4%
3.5%
3.9%
1.1%
2.6%
1.3%
3.3%
.8%
.1%
.0%
.3%
.3%
.3%
.3%
.1%
26.1%
26,528
71.6%
5.4%
5.2%
3.8%
4.2%
1.7%
2.7%
.2%
.6%
.3%
.3%
.6%
.3%
.3%
.1%
.1%
.2%
.1%
.0%
.21
.0%
16.7%
9,977
82.9%
3.4%
5.4%
2.3%
4.7%
1.2%
1.2%
.9%
1.5%
.5%
.1%
.5%
.3%
.3%
9.7%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
42.2%
2.8%
.4%
2.3%
.9%
2.2%
1,3%
.1%
2.8%
.1%
.1%
47.9%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
20. Who do-you feel is responsible for monitoring the water quality of the lake?
Total Excellent Good Fair Poor No Opinion,
Don't Know
Population (000's) 76,261 1,941 17,441 26,528 9,977 20,374
State government 25.4% 20.0% 26.6% 27.8% 28.9% 19.9%
Local government 18.6% 12.5% 17.7% 16.3% 21.3% 21.4%
Environmental
Protection Agency 17.5% 20.3% 15.8% 19.6% 18.1% 15.7%
US Federal Government 11.9% 6.2% 13.5% 11.7% 13.8% 10.2%
Department of Natural
Resources 8.5% 20.8% 10.3% 10.7% 7.5% 3.6%
Everyone, from
communities to
corporations 3.5% 2.0% 3.4% 4.0% 7.3% 1.5%
Industries 2.8% 1.5% 2.4% 2.7% 3.3% 3.2%
Environment Canada 2.1% .3% 1.1% 2.3% .8% 3.4%
Coast Guard 1.0% .3% .6% 1.0% .7% 1.5%
Environment
Organizations 1.0% 1.2% .3% 1.4% 1.7%
Water works .2% .2% .3% .5% .0%
Nobody .0% .1% .1%
Fish t Wildlife
Commission .0% .0% .3%
Army Corp of
Engineers .0% 1.0%
Whoever pollutes it .0% .1% .0%
Those who live around
the lake .0% .0%
Don't know 26.9% 30.3% 26.0% 22.4% 21.1% 36.0
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
Population (OOO's)
a. Acid rain
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
76,261
41.0%
30.4%
8.8%
19.7%
Excellent
1,941
8.7%
40.8%
29.2%
21.3%
Good
17,441
Fair
26,528
Poor
9,977
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
36.1%
34.2%
13.8%
15.9%
46.6%
33.4%
7.9%
12.1%
52.2%
26.6%
7.3%
13.9%
35.5%
24.2%
4.6%
35.7%
b. Pollution in the bottem mud below the water
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
46.0%
23.3%
5.3%
25.4%
17.1%
28.1%
29.8%
25.0%
40.6%
27.6%
7.4%
24.5%
52.5%
27,7%
3.4%
16.5%
63.0%
15.3%
3.0%
18.7%
36.5%
17.4%
5.0%
41.1%
c. Chemicals washing into the lake from farms
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
56.5%
25.0%
6.0%
12.4%
33.0%
24.8%
28.8%
13.3%
47.3%
32.0%
9.0%
11.7%
61.9%
27.3%
4.3%
6.5%
74.7%
15.9%
3.7%
5.7%
50.8%
20.6%
4.7%
23.8%
d. Chemicals washing into the lake from cities
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
71.9%
15.6%
2.6%
9.8%
47.5%
20.5%
12.8%
19.3%
65.9%
21.7%
5.3%
7.2%
79.2%
14.3%
1.6%
4.8%
86.8%
11.2%
.3%
1.7%
62.7%
13.9%
1.8%
21.6%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
21. Of the"following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Population (OOO's)
Total
76,261
Excellent
1,941
Good
17,441
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
f. Industries dumping
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. PCBs in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. DDT in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
45.5%
37.8%
4.0%
12.7%
chemicals in
75.9%
12.3%
2.7%
9.2%
44.5%
16.6%
6.2%
32.7%
35.1%
19.9%
10.5%
34.5%
19.1%
42.6%
17.4%
20.9%
the lake
45.1%
20.5%
21.5%
12.9%
20.2%
30.1%
11.7%
38.0%
12.7%
21.1%
27.0%
39.2%
41.5%
40.6%
7.3%
10.6%
71.9%
16.2%
4.7%
7.2%
41.3%
21.4%
9.6%
27.8%
30.4%
25.5%
13.4%
30.7%
Fair
26,528
47.9%
42.8%
3.1%
6.1%
82.5%
13.6%
1.2%
2.7%
48.9%
17.4%
6.1%
27.6%
37.2%
24.1%
10.3%
28.4%
Poor
9,977
60.8%
30.9%
2.2%
6.1%
94.4%
3.8%
.8%
1.0%
61.4%
12.7%
1.2%
24.7%
50.8%
17.0%
5.6%
26.6%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
40.7%
31.9%
2.1%
25.4%
64.6%
10.5%
2.1%
22.9%
35.6%
11.9%
5.5%
47.0%
31.1%
11.0%
8.9%
49.1%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
21 Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total Excellent Good Fair Poor No Opinion,
Don't Know
Population (OOO'S) 76,261 1,941 17,441 26,528 9,977 20,374
i. Exotic species like the Zebra Mussels
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
j. Lake fish unsafe to eat
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
k. Lake unsafe for swimming
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
1. Lake unsafe for drinking water
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
34.6%
21.1%
7.4%
36.9%
24.7%
30.3%
23.5%
21.6%
40.2%
26.9%
8.9%
24.0%
39.6%
24.4%
7.8%
28.2%
41.0%
17.0%
5.7%
36.3%
21.0%
13.1%
5.0%
60.9%
33.3%
31.0%
13.8%
21.9%
10.4%
23.8%
45.7%
20.1%
23.4%
41.1%
22.9%
12.6%
36.4%
39.9%
12.8%
10.9%
66.2%
18.4%
7.6%
7.8%
23.6%
17.-?%
7.5%
51.2%
21.2%
32.7%
24.9%
21.1%
6.1%
22.2%
56.4%
15.3%
13.8%
36.1%
39.7%
10.5%
22.0%
41.3%
27.2%
9.5%
43.4%
32.9%
13.5%
10.2%
17.1%
19.6%
12.0%
51.3%
36.9%
23.9%
16.3%
22.8%
22.7%
22.2%
41.8%
13.4%
24.0%
31.3%
29.5%
15.2%
42.4%
29.4%
15.5%
12.7%
66.4%
15.7%
8.1%
9.7%
27.6%
14.7%
7.8%
49.9%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
22. Do you fesl there is anything you can do to help improve lake water quality?
Population (OOO's)
No
Proper waste disposal
Join environment
group
Write to congressman
Increase public
awareness
Beach clean ups
Recycle
More/better
government
controls
Other personal action
More financial
support
Avoid using hazardous
chemicals
Multiple responses
Don't know
Total
76,261
49.4%
9.7%
2.9%
3.5%
7.8%
1.9%
4.1%
1.6%
1.6%
1.4%
.6%
.4%
15.2%
Excellent
1,941
51.6%
14.7%
5.6%
9.1%
3.8%
.1%
.1%
3.4%
2.0%
.5%
9.2%
Good
17,441
46.0%
13.1%
2.2%
2.8%
8.0%
2.0%
4.9%
.9%
2.3%
1.2%
1.1%
.6%
14.8%
Fair
26,528
42.3%
11.2%
4.8%
4.2%
10.7%
3.3%
4.3%
1.5%
1.3%
1.4%
.8%
.2%
13.9%
Poor
9,977
37.5%
10.7%
2.7%
1.8%
11.6%
1.9%
7.1%
2.5%
2.4%
2.7%
.7%
.9%
17.6%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
67.2%
3.8%
.8%
3.4%
2.1%
.2%
1.9%
1.8%
.9%
.9%
.2%
16.7%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE HATER QUALITY
23. How active would you say you have been personally in helping to
reduce environmental pollution?
• *
Population (OOO's)
Very active
Somewhat active
Not very active
Total
76,261
10.3%
40.2%
49.5%
24. Have you done any of the following
Population (OOO's)
Cut back on water use
Volunteered in a
beach cleanup
Wrote to a public
official
Joined an
organization
Recycling
Proper waste disposal
Don't know
Total
76,261
55.5%
9.3%
8.5%
7.1%
1f% Q,
. 3%
.4%
36.3%
Excellent
1,941
11.1%
37.1%
51.8%
things to
Excellent
1,941
53.1%
19.4%
16.9%
7.3%
•j*
• «j Q
28.9%
Good
17,441
10.4%
40.8%
48.8%
help reduce
Good
17,441
53.9%
11.4%
6.8%
8.1%
.5%
.5%
37.3%
Fair
26,528
12.2%
43.1%
44.6%
water pollution
Fair
26,528
57.3%
11.3%
11.3%
10.0%
1.2%
.8%
32.5%
Poor
9,977
12.5%
39.0%
48.5%
Poor
9,977
62.7%
9.1%
11.8%
3.6%
1.6%
.3%
32.1%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
6.3%
36.8%
56.9%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
51.3%
4.2%
3.8%
4.0%
1.9%
43.3%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
25. Have you participated with any local organization that helps with:?
Population (OOO's)
Great Lakes Remedial
Action Plans known
as RAPS
ARCS program to deal
with contaminated
sediments
Lakewide Management
Plans, known as
LAMPS
No Response
Total
76,261
.4%
.4%
.2%
99.2%
Excellent Good Fair
1,941 17,441 26,528
.2% .8% .4%
.2% .6% .7%
4.4%
95.4% 99.0% 99.1%
Poor No Opinion,
Don't Know
9,977 20,374
.7%
.2%
99.3% 99.8%
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Population (000*s)
No
Better rule
enforcement
More restrictions on
industry
Provide more funds
Fines for polluters
More education
More laws
More restrictions on
chemicals
More research
Multiple responses
Perform clean up
activities
Continue current
efforts
Encourage involvement
Don't know
MAY 199S
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
'thing the
Total
76,261
9.9%
20.0%
17.4%
6.1%
5.5%
5.4%
4.1%
2.4%
1.2%
1.1%
.9%
.6%
.2%
25.2%
government can do to help Improve the lake?
Excellent
1,941
14.6%
20.1%
14.9%
8.1%
1.5%
6.8%
3.0%
.5%
7.9%
1.6%
21.2%
Good
17,441
12.0%
20.9%
12.6%
4.5%
7.0%
5.8%
2.7%
1.8%
1.8%
1.2%
.6%
1.4%
.2%
27.6%
Fair
26,528
8.5%
22.8%
17.8%
6.7%
5.4%
5.9%
4.9%
2.5%
1.8%
1.4%
1.0%
.4%
.3%
20.7%
Poor
9,977
10.0%
22.4%
18.6%
6.4%
10.2%
6.1%
3.0%
1.9%
.9%
1.4%
.6%
1.0%
.1%
17.4%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
9.6%
14.4%
20.6%
6.2%
2.2%
4.1%
5.3%
2.8%
.3%
.5%
.6%
.1%
33.2%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
27. Is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
- level is putting too much emphasis on the Great Lakes Environmental activiteis, too
little, or ab'out the right amount?
Population ( 000 ' s )
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
Total
76,261
2.7%
29.6%
45.7%
21.9%
Excellent
Good
1,941 17,441
8.7%
38.1%
30.5%
22.7%
28. As far as you know, does the U.S. Environmental
' level work with other agencies and organizations
Population (OOO's)
No
Yes, but could not
name any
State EPA
DNR
Canada
Greenpeace
City or County
Coast Guard
OSHA
Don't Know/Mo Opinion
Total
76,261
20.1%
22.3%
2.6%
.8%
.1%
.0%
.1%
.1%
.0%
53.7%
Excellent
1,941
27.5%
25.8%
3.6%
.1%
43.0%
3.4%
37.6%
43.7%
15.3%
Protection
to reduce
Good
17,441
13.4%
25.0%
3.3%
1.4%
.3%
f\m
.0%
.1%
56.4%
Fair
26,528
2.6%
30.3%
53.7%
13.4%
Poor
9,977
1.4%
20.0%
67.3%
11.3%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
2.5%
25.7%
27.9%
43.9%
Agency at the Federal
Great Lakes pollution?
Fair
26,528
22.2%
24.4%
2.8%
1.1%
.1%
A ft-
. fl'S
O Q.
.2%
48.8%
Poor
9,977
25.0%
23.6%
1.6%
.9%
.3%
48.5%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
20.1%
16.2%
2.2%
1 a.
• x «
61.4%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal level overall on the job it is
doing for our country?
« *
Population (000 's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Don't Know/No Opinion
30. Is your home located in
Basin?
Population (OOO's)
Inside Great Lakes
Basin
Outside Basin
ItniBiire
Total
76,261
2.5%
23.1%
48.4%
14.8%
11.2%
the Great
Total
76,261
27.6%
61.2%
11.3%
Excellent
1,941
9.9%
44.8%
19.8%
19.2%
6.4%
Lakes Basin
Excellent
1,941
55.1%
40.7%
4.2%
Good
17,441
2.8%
35.3%
44.4%
9.8%
7.6%
Fair
26,528
1.1%
20.4%
56.1%
15.9%
6.5%
or is it outside the Great
Good
17,441
35.5%
54.0%
10.5%
Fair
26,528
32.0%
55.2%
12.8%
Poor
9,977
4.0%
16.1%
46.7%
26.5%
6.8%
Lakes
Poor
9,977
37.0%
57.4%
5.6%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
2.5%
17.7%
45.5%
11.5%
23.0%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
7.9%
78.8%
13.4%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area, or a suburban
area?
Population (OOO's)
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Unsure
Total
76,261
32.6%
23.1%
41.3%
2.9%
Excellent Good
1,941 17,441
28.8%
25.2%
37.3%
8.7%
26.2%
23.5%
45.3%
5.1%
Fair
26,528
36.1%
24.3%
37.4%
2.2%
Poor No Opinion,
Don't Know
9,977
36.5%
17.0%
46.1%
.3%
20,374
32.2%
24.1%
41.0%
2.7%
32. Is your age:
Total Excellent
Population (OOO's) 76,261 1,941
25 and under 12-2% 1.6%
26 to 35 24.0% 27.3%
36 to 45 24.6% 16.0%
11 to it 13-8% 23.2%
56 to 65 10.3% 8.8%
66 to 75 10.1% 11-«
76 and over 3-8% 10.2%
Refused I-1* 1>61
Good
17,441
Fair
26,528
Poor
9,977
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
11.4%
23.3%
25.3%
16.4%
11.9%
7.2%
3.8%
.6%
13.9%
24.6%
22.9%
14.8%
10.3%
10.4%
2.1%
1.0%
12.7%
24.9%
35.7%
10.5%
7.0%
5.2%
2.7%
1.4%
11.6%
23.1%
21.6%
11.2%
10.5%
14.5%
6.0%
1.5%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
33. including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Total Excellent Good Fair
Population (OOO's)
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Refused
76,261
1,941
17.1%
30.4%
19.4%
17.2%
9.8%
3.1%
1.2%
.1%
1.7%
31. 7%
15.5%
16.3%
14.1%
18.7%
3.7%
17,441
26,528
Poor
9,977
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
12.4%
31.3%
19.4%
21.3%
9.2%
3.9%
.7%
1%
• A O
1.7%
17.1%
30.9%
21.4%
15.1%
10.6%
3.3%
.5%
.0%
1.0%
16.9%
24.5%
22.5%
20.5%
10.6%
2.8%
.3%
.7%
1.3%
19.7%
33.4%
15.5%
15.0%
8.2%
2.2%
3.0%
2.9%
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
Total Excellent Good Fair
Population {OOO's)
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Refused
76,261
56.3%
15.8%
16.4%
7.2%
1.8%
.7%
.1%
.0%
1.6%
1,941
17,441
55.1%
11.2%
14.4%
18.5%
.8%
51.2%
18.4%
19.1%
8.1%
1.2%
.3%
.1%
1.7%
26,528
56.9%
18.5%
15.0%
5.7%
2.9%
.1%
.9%
Poor
9,977
53.5%
13.8%
21.8%
.8%
.2%
.5%
.8%
.3%
.3%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
61.5%
11.6%
13.4%
7.2%
1.3%
1.9%
3.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
35. is anyone in your household a member of an environmental organization?
Population (OOO's)
No/Don't know
Yes
35a. If YES, which one:
Population (OOO's)
Audubon Society
Cousteau Society
Ducks Unlimited
Greenpeace
National Wildlife
Federation
Nature Conservancy
Sierra club
Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
National
Evironmentalist
Group
Local Activist Group
Other Group
Long Island Water
Campaign
Wildlife Association
Boy Scouts
National Parks
Association
Don't Know
Total Excellent
76,261 1,941
93.3% 93.0%
6.7% 7.0%
Total Excellent
5,114 135
3.5%
5.4%
8.3%
14.4% 17.8%
6.0% 1.9%
5.4% 34.9%
5.7% 17.7%
1.7%
2.7%
2.2%
.7%
14.0% 22.9%
3.0%
.4%
.4%
.1%
26.1% 4.8%
Good
17,441
92.3%
7.7%
Good
1,334
4.8%
9.2%
9.3%
14.0%
9.1%
5.0%
1.8%
7.5%
11.5%
.2%
27.6%
Fair
26,528
92.1%
7.9%
Fair
2,087
3.9%
4.6%
23.4%
2.9%
3.1%
7.3%
4.1%
5.4%
1.7%
15.5%
1.0%
27.1%
Poor
9,977
93.0%
7.0%
Poor
697
19.5%
5.0%
12.9%
13.9%
4.5%
15.5%
28.7%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
95.8%
4.2%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
861
4.0%
17.9%
8.1%
4.0%
9.5%
13.2%
17.9%
2.5%
22.9%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
V
Population ( 000 ' s )
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
37. What is your racial
Population (000 's)
White/caucasian
African-American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Oriental
Indian/Native
American
Mixed heritage
Refused
Total
76,261
6.0%
33.9%
4.7%
24.1%
20.4%
9.1%
1.8%
Excellent
1,941
20.8%
27.8%
.4%
22.5%
12.0%
16.5%
Good
17,441
4.1%
33.6%
6.0%
23.1%
20.7%
10.8%
1.7%
Fair
26,528
5.0%
32.8%
3.7%
25.6%
22.3%
9.0%
1.5%
Poor
9,977
6.1%
36.0%
5.3%
28.1%
17.3%
6.9%
.3%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
7.5%
35.1%
4.8%
21.3%
19.9%
8.2%
3.3%
or ethnic heritage?
Total
76,261
85.6%
7.0%
2.3%
.9%
.7%
1.6%
1.6%
Excellent
1,941
64.4%
7.9%
3.4%
.7%
•3.5%
.1%
Good
17,441
87.4%
6.6%
1.8%
.3%
1.2%
.9%
1.8%
Fair
26,528
86.1%
8.0%
1.3%
.7%
.8%
2.2%
.8%
Poor
9,977
81.0%
7.7%
5.9%
1.0%
.8%
1.4%
2.1%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
86.7%
6.3%
1.8%
1.4%
.1%
1.3%
2.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
38. Are you currently employed or retired?
•
Population (OOO's)
Not retired
Retired
Total
76,261
79.5%
20.5%
Excellent
1,941
69.1%
30.9%
Good
17,441
80.7%
19.3%
Fair
26,528
82.1%
17.9%
Poor
9,977
85.1%
14.9%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
73.4%
26.6%
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COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
Total Excellent Good Fair Poor No Opinion,
Don't Know
*
Population (000's) 76,261 1,941 17,441 26,528 9,977 20,374
Educator/teacher 6.5% 14.9% 7.2% 6.7% 5.4% 5.4%
Engineer or scientist 2.7% 1.4% 1.8% 2.9% 1.7% 3.9%
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional 8.3% 3.2% 7.4% 9.6% 10.4% 6.7%
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional 9.5% 6.1% 12.0% 10.7% 8.8% 6.3%
Technician 2.4% 1.4% 1.4% 3.0% 2.4% 2.4%
Government official 1.0% 1.5% 1.9% .2%
Business
owner/manager 5.6% 4.8% 5.4% 3.3% 6.7% 8.5%
Sales (Major
purchases) 2.4% 9.2% 2.3% 3.1% 2.3% 1.0%
Sales clerk/retail
sales 4.6% .1% 4.9% 4.1% 3.1% 6.4%
Clerical/secretarial 8.4% 1.9% 7.7% 7.7% 11.3% 9.2%
Service
(Cook/beautician) 3.0% 2.0% 2.1% 3.1% 3.5% 3.5%
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/welder/
mechanic 14.9% 30.9% 15.5% 18.0% 13.6% 9.3%
Unskilled labor 5.7% 2.3% 3.5% 5.5% 8.7% 6.6%
Farmer/miner 1.0% .1% 1.0% 1.1% 1.1% -9*
Armed services
enlisted .2% .3% .2% .2%
Artist/musician/
sculptor .4% .6% .6% .3%
Consultant/
advertising/PR
Unemployed
Homemaker
Student
Other
.4%
.7%
12.7%
4.2%
5.3%
.2%
16.1%
1.1%
4.3%
.1%
.6%
12.3%
4.3%
8.2%
.6%
.5%
8.6%
4.3%
4.2%
.6%
.9%
12.0%
2.7%
4.4%
.1%
1.1%
18.3%
5.1%
4.9%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY LAKE WATER QUALITY
39. What is your estimated household income?
Total Excellent
Population (000(s) 76,261 1,941
Under $25,000 22.9% 34.9%
$25,000 to $34,999 14.9% 5.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 18.5% 15.1%
$50,000 to $74,999 13.1% 11.5%
$75,000 to $99,999 4.4% 16.0%
$100,000 to $149,999 1.5% 2.6%
$150,000 and over .8% .8%
Refused 23.9% 13.5%
Good
17,441
Fair
26,528
Poor
9,977
18.1%
16.1%
13.0%
18.4%
5.4%
3.2%
1.1%
24.7%
21.2%
17.1%
20.9%
14.8%
3.6%
1.3%
.6%
20.4%
23.6%
13.9%
27.2%
10.9%
4.9%
.4%
19.0%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
27.7%
12.3%
16.2%
7.4%
3.3%
.7%
1.3%
31.1%
40. Gender of respondent
Population (OOO's)
Male
Female
Total
76,261
46.6%
53.4%
Excellent
1,941
50.5%
49.5%
Good
17,441
54.3%
45.7%
Fair
26,528
48.3%
51.7%
Poor
9,977
43.0%
57.0%
No Opinion,
Don't Know
20,374
39.3%
60.7%
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TABLES B-CROSS TABULATION BY QUESTION
TABLE 9 - Q. 8 - YOUR LAKE (AII but QS 10-26)
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'YOUR LAKE'
GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
1. How concerned are you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great lakes?
• •
Population (000 's)
Not very Concerned
Somewhat Concerned
Very Concerned
Don't Know
Total
76,242
16.5%
46.4%
32.7%
4.4%
Who do you think is watching out
Population (OOO's)
EPA
State or Local
Government
Federal Government
Conservation
organizations
Everyone; community,
businesses
Department of Natural
Resources
Canada and U.S.
Coast Guard
Business
Don't Know
Total
76,242
14.6%
13.1%
9.6%
6.5%
4.4%
3.1%
.5%
.4%
.3%
47.5%
No
32,789
26.5%
44.4%
22.3%
6.8%
for the
No
32,789
10.5%
11.2%
6.8%
5.2%
4.1%
2.1%
;7%
.5%
.1%
56.8%
Lake
Superior
4,821
13.1%
46.0%
37.7%
3.2%
environment
Lake
Superior
4,821
13.6%
11.7%
12.1%
7.3%
4.9%
8.9%
.1%
.1%
1.0%
40.5%
Lake
Huron
1,848
1.3%
30.0%
65.6%
3.1%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
8.7%
46.1%
44.4%
.8%
Lake Erie
14,985
9.6%
50.4%
35.0%
5.0%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
6.8%
56.1%
37.1%
of the Great Lakes?
Lake
Huron
1,848
6.0%
9.1%
18.1%
6.2%
10.8%
12.2%
37.6%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
19.4%
14.2%
9.0%
6.4%
4.6%
4.9%
.7%
.2%
40.5%
Lake Erie
14,985
18.5%
16.9%
9.2%
9.8%
4.0%
.9%
1.0%
.0%
.9%
38.7%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
17.1%
12.8%
12.5%
3.3%
4.7%
49.7%
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GREAT 1AKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
-YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
•
Total
Population (000 's) 76,242
No Lake
Superior
32,789
4,821
Lake
Huron
1,848
Lake
Michigan
17,833
Lake Erie
14,985
Lake
Ontario
3,967
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
b . Preventing
Do More
Do Less
No change
Don't Know
c . Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
d. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
89.7%
.4%
7.7%
2.3%
new pollution
88.5%
.8%
8.5%
2.2%
people about causes
86.2%
.6%
12.1%
1.1%
88.0%
.2%
8.6%
3.1%
88.3%
.8%
8.0%
2.9%
88.1%
1.3%
10.5%
84.1%
.0%
15.8%
.1%
95.6%
4.4%
98.7%
1.3%
91.1%
.3%
6.7%
2.0%
90.1%
.4%
8.1%
1.4%
89.7%
7.8%
2.5%
86.8%
.5%
9.9%
2.8%
96.3%
2.1%
1.6%
90.3%
5.5%
3.7%
.5%
of pollution
86.2%
.5%
11.4%
1.9%
82.7%
1.1%
13.0%
3.3%
87.9%
10.6%
1.5%
87.3%
.5%
12.1%
83.8%
.6%
15.7%
93.5%
1.9%
4.6%
people about effects of pollution
86.7%
.7%
11.6%
.9%
86.3%
.5%
11.6%
1.6%
82.2%
1.0%
13.6%
3.2%
89.6%
4.6%
4.4%
1.5%
86.8%
.6%
12.6%
86.7%
.4%
12.9%
94.7%
1.6%
3.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
•• ausr
Total
No
Lake
Superior
Population (OOO's) 76,242 32,789 4,821
e. Organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
Lake Lake Lake Erie Lake
Huron Michigan Ontario
1,848 17,833 14,985 3,967
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
f. Enforcing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
82.3%
1 2%
X • f~ w
13.3%
3 2%
w • *• v
79.1%
1.0%
14.8%
5.1%
regulations on industries that
87.6%
1 0%
X • vl D
9.5%
1.9%
84.4%
.7%
11.3%
3.6%
g. Scientific research about the quality of
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
h. Restoring
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
77.6%
1 n%
J. • Vo
17.4%
4.0%
fish and wildlife
82.0%
9%
13.6%
3.4%
76.5%
.7%
17.8%
5.0%
habitats
80.8%
.8%
13.4%
4.9%
75.1%
4.2%
14.6%
6.0%
pollute
86.5%
.9%
11.2%
1.4%
the water
71.9%
1.0%
25.4%
1.6%
81.3%
.6%
15.5%
2.6%
84.6%
3.1%
12.3%
84.6%
3.1%
10.8%
1.5%
supply
74.0%
20.0%
6.0%
87.8%
9.2%
2.9%
90.0%
1.6%
8.2%
.3%
79.0%
2.0%
16.5%
2.6%
84.5%
1.4%
13.2%
.9%
90.6%
.7%
7.7%
1.1%
80.6%
.2%
15.7%
3.4%
79.1%
.2%
16.7%
4.0%
93.9%
.8%
5.3%
78.2%
1.9%
13.6%
6.3%
90.4%
2.7%
5.0%
1.9%
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GREAT IAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
Total No Lake
Superior
• *
Population
i . Reducing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don ' t Know
j . Reducing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don ' t Know
(OOO's) 76,242 32
,789
pollution that harms the health
90.6%
.3%
7.5%
1.7%
89.2%
.2%
7.9%
2.6%
pollution that harms the health
91.9%
.3%
6.6%
1.2%
k. Improving the taste of drinking
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
1. Keeping
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
69.4%
.8%
25.0%
4.8%
the beaches open to the
69.7%
1.9%
23.5%
4.8%
90.9%
.4%
6.6%
2.1%
water
71.4%
.8%
22.2%
5.6%
public
70.2%
1.4%
22.2%
6.2%
4,821
of fish
85.8%
1.5%
10.0%
2.7%
of people
86.6%
1.5%
11.1%
.8%
61.9%
.5%
29.2%
8.4%
56.4%
3.4%
31.5%
8.7%
Lake
Huron
1,848
93.6%
6.4%
100.0%
67.1%
30.0%
2.9%
75.6%
1.5%
22.9%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
92.5%
.5%
6.5%
.6%
93.6%
.1%
6.2%
66.1%
.7%
29.1%
4.1%
67.7%
2.1%
27.8%
2.4%
Lake Erie
14,985
91.6%
7.5%.
.9%
92.4%
6.7%
.9%
67.7%
1.2%
26.8%
4.3%
72.4%
3.1%
19.3%
5.3%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
94.0%
5.2%
. .8%
93.5%
.8%
5.0%
.8%
83.8%
.8%
15.4%
77.9%
22.1%
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"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
Is there any governmental action, not named, that you would like to see get
more attention?
Population (000's)
No, Nothing
Enforcement/Pollution
Education
Protecting Lands
Endangered Flora
Endangered Fauna
Industrial
Restrictions
Boating Restrictions
Cooperate with Canada
Don't Know
Total
76,242
.3%
.2%
.0%
3,8%
No
32,789
Lake
Superior
4,821
.3%
2.1%
.1%
7.4%
Lake
Huron
1,848
B7.5%
4.9%
1.6%
.7%
.7%
.3%
91.5%
3.8%
1.0%
.3%
.6%
.5%
76.6%
14.0%
.4%
1.6%
85.9%
4.6%
3.1%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
Lake Erie
14,985
Lake
Ontario
3,967
6.4%
64.8%
3.4%
3.0%
1.8%
.7%
.1%
.3%
.6%
.1%
5.1%
86.4%
6.2%
1.3%
.4%
1.0%
.2%
.4%
.2%
3.9%
84.4%
5.2%
3.9%
6.5%
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are cleaned of pollution
to an acceptable level?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 years
Within 10 years
Within 25 years
Within 50 years
Within 75 years
Within 100 years
Over 100 years
Don't know
Total
8.4%
38.8%
25.6%
2.8%
.4%
.6%
4.1%
19.3%
No
76,242 32,789
8.0%
33.9%
23:3%
2.4%
.1%
.4%
4.6%
27.2%
Lake
Superior
4,821
7.5%
28.9%
36.5%
2.9%
3.2%
2.0%
5.1%
13.9%
Lake
Huron
1,848
Lake
Michigan
17,833
Lake Erie
14,985
Lake
Ontario
3,967
6.0%
38.7%
35.7%
9.0%
1.5%
9.1%
10.6%
42.3%
26.8%
3.1%
.3%
.7%
3.4%
12.8%
7.8%
46.6%
22.2%
2.5%
.4%
.4%
4.7%
15.3%
6.0%
46.4%
33.1%
3.0%
.5%
1.9%
9.1%
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"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
•
Population (OOO's)
Industry.
Government
Everyone
Persons responsible
for polluting it
Canada
Boa ting/ fishing
Non-specific
Total
76,242
24.3%
17.9%
46 5%
*1 W • »J v
4.8%
.2%
.1%
6.1%
No Lake
Superior
32,789
22.7%
18.7%
44.7%
5.1%
1 &
. 1%
.1%
8.6%
4,821
25.5%
16.0%
51.1%
2.7%
4.7%
Lake
Huron
1,848
27.7%
7.7%
54.0%
7.7%
2.9%
Lake
Michigan
17.833
24.3%
16.5%
49.4%
5.0%
4.9%
Lake Erie
14,985
22.9%
19.5%
47.0%
5.5%
.4%
.2%
4.4%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
40.5%
18.8%
38.4%
.5%
.8%
i.i%
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"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
of'environmental Information at all for you personally.
No
Population (OOO's)
a. TV news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
76,242
32,789
Lake
Superior
4,821
Lake
Huron
1,848
Lake
Michigan
17,833
Lake Erie
14,985
Lake
Ontario
3,967
60.3%
31.5%
7.6%
.5%
58.0%
31.6%
9.7%
.8%
63.8%
29.6%
6.1%
.5%
59.8%
34.2%
6.0%
65.1%
29.4%
5.3%
59.7%
33.6%
6.1%
.7%
56.9%
34.2%
8.9%
b. TV news magazine shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
37.5%
39.1%
21.2%
2.1%
33.7%
38.4%
25.2%
2.6%
50.1%
31.7%
15.2%
3.0%
37.1%
42.7%
20.2%
40.5%
38.1%
18.9%
2.4%
38.5%
42.3%
17.9%
1.3%
36.8%
44.7%
18.5%
c. Radio talk shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.6%
42.5%
36.0%
2.9%
15.6%
42.4%
38.3%
3.7%
22.6%
40.9%
31.2%
5.4%
18.8%
39.6%
40.1%
1.5%
19.4%
44.9%
33.6%
2.1%
24.8%
38.2%
35.1%
1.9%
11.6%
52.6%
34.9%
.9%
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
29.1%
42.3%
26.6%
2.0%
25.0%
42.2%
30.6%
2.2%
35.5%
41.0%
20.3%
3.2%
34.7%
32.9%
30.5%
1.9%
32.7%
42.6%
23.4%
1.3%
32.1%
41.3%
23.9%
2.6%
25.0%
51.1%
23.8%
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MAY 1995
"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Populati.on (000's)
e. Newspapers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
76,242
No
32,789
Lake
Superior
4,821
Lake
Huron
1,848
Lake
Michigan
17,833
Lake Erie
14,985
Lake
Ontario
3,967
61.9%
29.9%
7.9%
.3%
56.5%
32.9%
10.6%
69.5%
20.9%
9.6%
.0%
64.5%
27.8%
6.2%
1.5%
64.8%
29.3%
5.6%
.3%
66.7%
27.6%
5.0%
.8%
65.7%
28.2%
5.0%
1.1%
f. Magazines
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
42.2%
40.5%
16.2%
1.1%
38.7%
38.8%
21.8%
.6%
47.9%
38.8%
12.3%
1.0%
56.2%
28.0%
12.7%
3.1%
45.2%
41.6%
11.7%
1.6%
40.3%
45.5%
12.7%
1.4%
51.5%
38.7%
9.7%
g. Environmental newsletters
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
24.3%
28.4%
43.2%
4.1%
19.8%
25.0%
51.0%
4.3%
24.1%
37.2%
36.7%
2.0%
29.5%
35.6%
27.3%
7.7%
28.7%
28.7%
38.2%
4.4%
28.0%
31.6%
36.5%
3.9%
26.2%
29.4%
42.1%
2.2%
h. Government
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.3%
36.8%
46.1%
3.9%
8.7%
34.9%
51.0%
5.4%
15.1%
42.8%
40.1%
2.1%
13.9%
40.4%
45.8%
16.5%
36.3%
44.5%
2.7%
20.5%
39.0%
36.8%
3.6%
6.9%
36.3%
55.5%
1.3%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
ofaenvironmentai Information at all for you
Total No
Lake
Superior
Population (OOO's) 76,242 32,789 4,821
i. Advertisements for products and services
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
j . Employers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
k . Computer
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.9%
43.3%
33.9%
3.8%
13.1%
33.6%
49.9%
3.4%
program/ internet
6.6%
24.3%
58.2%
10.9%
1. Great Lakes National Program
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.6%
17.1%
53.7%
15.5%
16.8%
43.5%
35.3%
4.5%
10.2%
32.5%
53.6%
3.7%
4.2%
20.3%
64.6%
10.9%
17.6%
54.7%
26.6%
1.0%
12.7%
37.7%
42.5%
7.1%
7.0%
31.9%
50.2%
10.9%
Office/Library
8.5%
16.2%
59.6%
15.7%
12.5%
21.7%
51.5%
14.4%
Lake
Huron
1.8«B
Lake
Michigan
17,633
25.3%
38.4%
34.8%
1.5%
6.2%
25.4%
46.6%
21.8%
17.2%
11.7%
42.2%
28.9%
Lake Erie
14,985
13.9%
33.7%
48.5%
4.0%
6.4%
26.9%
56.4%
10.4%
14.8%
17.2%
52.2%
15.9%
16.8%
36.3%
45.1%
1.8%
12.2%
27.0%
50.1%
10.7%
23.0%
16.6%
46.2%
14.2%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
14.2%
24.1%
60.1%
1.6%
6.0%
25.1%
60.3%
8.7%
15.3%
23.2%
48.8%
12.6%
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-YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
'
Population (000 ' s)
Mo
nu •
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
9. Why do you feel that
Population (OOO's)
Closest to us
Grew up there, used
to live there
Fishing
Swimming
Family Outings
Boating
Own/rent cottage
property there
Beauty
Drinking water
Quality of water,
shore areas
Recreation
Economic Factors
Don't Know
Total
76,242
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
the lake is
Total
76,242
40.5%
6.0%
6.0%
4.4%
4.1%
2.6%
2.2%
B4
. o v
.4%
.4%
.1%
.0%
44.6%
No Lake
Superior
32,789 4,821
100.0%
100.0%
your lake?
No Lake
Superior
32,789 4,821
55.5%
16.7%
7.4%
4.2%
10.3%
3.1%
2.8%
5.5%
14
• A*
2.8%
100.0% 7.6%
Lake
Huron
1,848
100.0%
Lake
Huron
1,848
55.1%
16.1%
9.0%
15.2%
1.5%
1.5%
12.4%
3.1%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
100.0%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
73.5%
11.2%
9.3%
8.3%
6.7%
4.7%
4.4%
1.3%
1.3%
.4%
.3%
1.9%
Lake Erie
14,985
100.0%
Lake Erie
14,985
79.8%
7.2%
12.2%
8.3%
4.4%
5.8%
1.8%
.3%
.4%
.2%
.2%
.2%
1.5%
ljdK.C
Ontario
3,967
100.0%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
53.1%
9.4%
13.7%
4.0%
18.6%
2.9%
6.1%
1.2%
1.6%
8.0%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
28,
little, or about the right amount?
* •
Populatipn (OOO's)
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
Total
76,242
2.7%
29.6%
45.7%
21.9%
No
32,789
3.3%
28.7%
36.3%
31.7%
Lake
Superior
4,821
1.3%
36.3%
39.4%
22.9%
Lake
Huron
1,848
26.6%
69.2%
4.2%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
2.3%
32.6%
53.1%
12.1%
Lake Erie
14,985
3.2%
25.8%
55.1%
15.9%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
1.3%
31.7%
51.8%
15.2%
As far as you know, does the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the ^deral
Jevel workyw?th other agencies and organizations to reduce Great Lakes pollution?
Population (OOO's)
No
Yes, but could not
name any
State EPA
DNR
Canada
Greenpeace
City or County
Coast Guard
OSHA
Don't Know/No Opinion
Total
76,242
20.1%
22.3%
2.6%
.8%
.1%
.0%
.1%
.1%
.0%
53.7%
No
32,789
19.2%
19.3%
1.8%
.4%
.1%
i 1%
59.0%
Lake
superior
4,821
17.1%
25.7%
6.0%
3.3%
1/1 tL
. 0%
/\a
. 0%
46.9%
Lake
Huron
1,848
25.2%
12.1%
4.6%
3 1%
^ • ^ V
55.1%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
23.3%
22.7%
3.1%
1.3%
Oft
. 1%
49^2%
Lake Erie
14,985
16.3%
27.7%
3.2%
.7%
.2%
.0%
.0%
51.8%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
28.7%
25.1%
.0%
.5%
45.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal level overall
on the job it is doing for our country?
Population (OOO's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Don't Know/No Opinion
Total
2.5%
23.1%
48.4%
14.8%
11.2%
No
76,242 32,789
2.5%
21.6%
46.1%
15.6%
14.3%
Lake
Superior
4,821
5.5%
19.3%
55.9%
8.1%
11.1%
Lake
Huron
1,848
1.5%
21.6%
53.8%
12.7%
10.4%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
2.2%
25.3%
48.5%
14.5%
9.5%
Lake Erie
14,985
2.1%
27.4%
48.5%
14.6%
7.4%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
1.4%
15.9%
55.7%
19.0%
7.9%
30. Is your home located in the Great Lakes Basin or is it outside
the Great Lakes Basin?
Population (OOO's)
Inside Great Lakes
Basin
Outside Basin
Unsure
Total
76,242
27.6%
61.1%
11.3%
No
32,789
10.9%
77.5%
11.6%
Lake Lake Lake Lake Erie Lake
Superior Huron Michigan Ontario
4,821
23.5%
60.1%
16.4%
1,848 17,833 14,985
66.7%
19.6%
13.7%
49.3%
38.1%
12.6%
33.8%
57.7%
8.6%
3,967
31.5%
63.1%
5.4%
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MAY 1995
"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area, or a suburban
area?
Lake Erie
Population (000's)
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Unsure
Lake
Total
76,242
32.6%
23.2%
41.3%
2.9%
No
32,789
34.5%
21.9%
40.0%
3.6%
Lake
Superior
4,821
36.2%
21.1%
39.6%
3.1%
Laice
Huron
1,848
38.3%
16.2%
42.7%
2.8%
JJOK.C
Michigan
17,833
29.6%
25.0%
42.2%
3.1%
JJC&ftV* **»» —
14,985
30.7%
22.7%
44.8%
1.8%
Ontario
3,967
31.1%
32.4%
36.5%
32. Is your age:
Population (OOO's)
25 and under
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
66 to 75
76 and over
Refused
Total No
76,242 32,789
Lake
Superior
4.821
Lake
Huron
1,848
Lake
Michigan
17,833
Lake Erie
14,985
Lake
Ontario
3,967
12.2%
24.0%
24.6%
13.9%
10.2%
10.1%
3.8%
1.1%
14.2%
24.9%
24.7%
12.8%
8.8%
10.9%
3.1%
.7%
8.9%
20.0%
29.8%
17.0%
7.4%
10.2%
4.6%
2.2%
6.4%
21.4%
23.0%
15.2%
17.3%
9.2%
6.0%
1.5%
10.6%
26.5%
21.3%
13.7%
11.4%
9.5%
5.1%
1.8%
13.5%
19.9%
28.2%
15.2%
8.3%
10.4%
3.3%
1.2%
5.3%
27.1%
19.1%
14.1%
24.7%
5.6%
4.1%
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"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
33. Including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Total No
Population (OOO's)
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Refused
76.242
32,789
Lake
Superior
4,821
Lake
Huron
1,848
Lake
Michigan
17.83)
Lake Erie
14.985
Lake
Ontario
3,967
17.1%
30.4%
19.4%
17.2%
9.8%
3.1%
1.2%
.1%
1.7%
16.0%
32.4%
19.2%
15.7%
9.2%
3.8%
1.7%
.0%
2.1%
18.3%
29.9%
21.1%
15.4%
10.2%
3.9%
.1%
1.2%
21.8%
21.2%
10.6%
19.9%
19.2%
1.5%
3.1%
2.8%
18. 0%
29.8%
19.8%
19.2%
8.6%
2.5%
.4%
1.7%
16.6%
27.7%
19.1%
18.6%
12.8%
2.0%
1.5%
.5%
1.2%
20.8%
32.5%
22.0%
16.0%
4.8%
3.9%
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
Total No
Population (OOO's)
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Refused
76,242
32,789
Lake
Superior
4,821
Lake
Huron
Lake Lake Erie
Michigan
1,848 17,833 14,985
Lake
Ontario
3,967
56.3%
15.8%
16.4%
7.2%
1.8%
.7%
.1%
.0%
1.6%
56.0%
14.8%
17.6%
6.3%
1.7%
r.o%
.2%
.1%
2.3%
56.5%
16.1%
16.5%
7.1%
2.5%
.1%
1.2%
56.5%
17.5%
12.3%
10.8%
1.5%
1.5%
56.4%
16.3%
16.4%
7.2%
1.7%
.2%
.1%
1.7%
56.6%
16.5%
13.4%
9.7%
2.3%
1.0%
.5%
57.2%
18.6%
19.4%
4.0%
.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 199b
"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
35. is anvone in your household a member of an environment.! organization?
Population (000's)
No/Don't, know
Yes
Total
76.242
93.3%
6.7%
No
32.789
94.6%
5.4%
Lake
Superior
4,821
87.7%
12.3%
Lake
Huron
1,848
87.4%
12.6%
Lake
Michigan
17.8JJ
91.1%
8.9%
Lake Erie
14,98*
94.2%
5.8%
Ld KB
Ontario
3,967
98.0%
2.0%
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GREAT TAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
-YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
35a. If YES, which one:
Population (OOO's)
Audubon .Society
Cousteau Society
Ducks Unlimited
Greenpeace
National Wildlife
Federation
Nature Conservancy
Sierra club
Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
National
Evironmentalist
Group
Local Activist Group
Other Group
Long Island Water
Campaign
Wildlife Association
Boy Scouts
National Parks
Association
Don't Know
Total
5,114
3.5%
5.4%
8.3%
14.4%
6.0%
5.4%
5.7%
1.7%
2.7%
No Lake
Superior
1,755
2.0%
8.8%
5.8%
7.5%
.9%
4.7%
7.3%
593
8.2%
11.3%
27.7%
.4%
6.9%
8.0%
9.7%
Lake Lake Lake Erie
Huron Michigan
234 1,584
2.2%
24.5% 4.1%
12.0%
11.6% 20.5%
8.4%
8.0%
7.4%
2.2%
5.0%
871
7.0%
3.8%
7.6%
17.9%
7.6%
.4%
.4%
Lake
Ontario
78
44.8%
27.6%
2.2%
.7%
14.0%
3.0%
.4%
.4%
.1%
26.1%
6.5%
27.9%
8.8%
1.2%
1.2%
17.5%
5.9%
2.2%
8.3%
7.2%
22.1%
63.9%
19.8%
.4%
47.7%
27.6%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
-YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
•
Population (000 *s)
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
37. What is your racial
Population (000 's)
White/caucasian
African-American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Oriental
Indian/Native
American
Mixed heritage
Refused
Total
76,242
6.0%
33.9%
4.7%
24.1%
20.4%
9.1%
1.8%
No
32,789
7.0%
35.3%
5.1%
22.7%
19.7%
8.0%
2.2%
Lake
Superior
4,821
4.5%
31.1%
7.1%
28.3%
17.1%
9.7%
2.2%
Lake
Huron
1,848
8.2%
27.1%
6.2%
32.6%
17.2%
6.0%
2.8%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
5.4%
32.4%
4.0%
24.5%
22.5%
8.8%
2.4%
Lake Erie
14,985
3.8%
34.4%
4.7%
26.4%
18.8%
11.3%
.7%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
9.4%
32.5%
17.0%
28.6%
12.5%
or ethnic heritage?
Total
76,242
85.8%
7.0%
2.3%
.9%
.7%
1.6%
1.6%
No
32,789
85.4%
7.8%
2.1%
1.2%
.7%
.8%
2.0%
Lake
Superior
4,821
88.1%
3.3%
3.7%
2.0%
.2%
1.5%
1.3%
Lake
Huron
1,848
86.5%
6.0%
4.6%
2.9%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
83.3%
8.3%
2.2%
.2%
1.0%
4.0%
1.0%
Lake Erie
14,985
89.4%
4.2%
2.8%
.9%
1.3%
1.4%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
85.1%
10.2%
3.9%
.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
38. Are you currently employed or retired?
Population (OOO's)
Not retired
Retired
Total
16,242
79.5%
20.5%
No Lake
Superior
32,789
80.1%
19.9%
4,821
80.0%
20.0%
Lake
Huron
1,848
80.2%
19.8%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
77.0%
23.0%
Lake Erie
14,985
81.2%
18.8%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
78.8%
21.2%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
"YOUR LAKE": COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
Population (000's)
Educator/teacher
Engineer or scientist
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional
Technician
Government official
Business
owner/manager
Sales (Major
purchases)
Sales clerk/retail
sales
Clerical/secretarial
Service
(Cook/beautician)
Skilled trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/welder/
mechanic
Unskilled labor
Farmer/miner
Armed services
enlisted
Artist/musician/
sculptor
Consultant/
advertising/PR
Unemployed
Homemaker
Student
Other
Total
76,242
6.5%
2.7%
8.3%
9.5%
2.4%
1.1%
5.6%
2.4%
4.7%
8.4%
3.0%
14.9%
5.7%
1.0%
.2%
.4%
.4%
.7%
12.7%
4.2%
5.3%
No
32,789
5.8%
1.6%
8.6%
8.7%
1.9%
.4%
5.6%
1.4%
6.0%
8.2%
2.9%
12.7%
6.7%
.8%
.1%
.1%
.0%
.6%
15.5%
5.9%
6.6%
Lake
Superior
4,821
8.3%
2.2%
8.8%
9.0%
.0%
2.0%
9.3%
4.2%
1.6%
8.8%
2.4%
12.9%
7.6%
1.9%
.6%
2.6%
1.2%
10.7%
3.3%
2.7%
Lake
Huron
1,848
11.0%
1.5%
2.9%
6.0%
6.0%
4.6%
3.1%
6.0%
12.4%
3.1%
16.1%
4.6%
3.1%
10.6%
3.1%
5.9%
Lake
Michigan
17,833
6.3%
2.3%
7.8%
9.9%
1.1%
1.5%
4.6%
3.4%
4.7%
9.3%
2.5%
18.4%
4.7%
.5%
.4%
.7%
.2%
.9%
12.2%
3.1%
5.5%
Lake Erie
14,985
5.8%
5.5%
8.8%
10.5%
4.4%
2.1%
4.8%
1.7%
3.5%
7.4%
4.7%
16.5%
5.0%
2.0%
.0%
.2%
.7%
9.9%
2.6%
3.9%
Lake
Ontario
3,967
11.5%
5.0%
7.9%
12.5%
5.0%
9.7%
6.2%
1.1%
7.8%
12.6%
2.5%
1.4%
.8%
3.4%
1.3%
5.0%
3.4%
3.0%
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"YOUR LAKE-
LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERCEIVED ASSOCIATION
39. What is your estimated household income?
Total No
Population (OOO's)
Under $23,000
$25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 and over
Refused
76,242 32,789
Lake
Superior
4,821
Lake
Huron
1,848
Lake
Michigan
17.833
Lake Erie
14.985
Lake
Ontario
3,961
22.9%
14.9%
18.5%
13.1%
4.4%
1.5%
.8%
23.9%
25.6%
13.7%
16.7%
12.3%
3.7%
1.2%
1.0%
25.7%
28.9%
9.7%
22.lt
15.8%
6.7%
1.4%
1.7%
13.7%
16.8%
18.3%
23.7%
1.5%
7.7%
3.1%
29.0%
17. »%
17.1%
20.1%
14.6%
4.5%
1.8%
.7%
23.3%
23.6%
15.7%
19.5%
12.7%
4.8%
1.0%
.2%
22.4%
15.3%
16.8%
16.1%
15.7%
5.0%
3.9%
.8%
26.5%
40. Gender of respondent
Population (OOO's)
Male
Female
Total
46.6%
53.4%
No
76,242 32,789
43.4%
56.6%
Lake
Superior
4,821
52.1%
47.9%
Lake Lake Lake Erie Lake
Huron Michigan Ontario
1,848 17,833 14,985
44.0%
56.0%
46.9%
53.1%
50.2%
49.8%
3,967
52.8%
.47.2%
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Value Label
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Valid cases 2033
Valid Cum
Value Frequency Percent Percent Percent
1
2
3
4
5
6
•
662
257
44
555
427
88
1
32.5
12.6
2.2
27.3
21.0
4.3
.0
32.6
12.6
2.2
27.3
21.0
4.3
Missing
32.6
45.2
47.4
74.7
95.7
100.0
•
Total 2034
Missing cases
100.0
100.0
WEIGHTED
08
Value Label
jjo
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Valid Cun
Value Frequency Percent Percent Percent
1
2
3
4
5
6
•
32789
4821
1848
17833
14985
3967
20
43.0
6.3
2.4
23.4
19.6
5.2
.0
43.0
6.3
2.4
23.4
19.7
5.2
Missing
43.0
49.3
51.8
75.1
94.8
100.0
Total
76261
100.0
100.0
Valid cases 76242
Missing cases
20
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TABLES B-CROSS TABULATION BY QUESTION
TABLE 10 - Q 30 by Qs 21,22,23,24
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SPECIAL CROSSTABS QI30 - Is your home in the GL Basin or out
3. For each of the following statements, please state Aether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
Total
Population (000 's) 76,261
Inside
Great Lakes
Basin
21,047
Outside
Basin
46,634
Unsure
8,581
a. Cleaning up polluted areas
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
b. Preventing
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
c. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don't Know
d. Educating
Do More
Do Less
No Change
Don ' t Know
89.6%
.4%
7.7%
2.3%
new pollution
88.5%
.8%
8.5%
2.2%
88.3%
.7%
8.3%
2.6%
88.6%
.5%
9.2%
1.8%
91.3%
.0%
6.6%
2.1%
88.5%
1.1%
8.0%
2.4%
84.2%
1.1%
12.1%
2.6%
88.8%
9.1%
2.0%
people about causes of pollution
86.2%
.6%
12.1%
1.1%
people about effects
86.7%
*7«j
. / ii
11.6%
.9%
84.2%
1.2%
14.1%
.6%
of pollution
84.6%
1 . 5^.
13.3%
.6%
87.5%
.4%
11.0%
1.2%
88.5%
.4'?.
10.3%
.7%
84.2%
.4%
13.9%
1.6%
82.2%
.1%
14.8%
2.9%
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SPECIAL CROSSTABS Q#30 - Is your home in the GL Basin or out BY:
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
Total
Inside
Great Lakes
Basin
Outside
Basin
Population (OOO's) 76,261 21,047 46,634
e. Organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
Unsure
8,581
Do
Do
No
Don
f.
More
Less
Change
•t Know
Enforcing
Do More
Do
No
Don
9-
Do
Do
No
Less
Change
't Know
Scientific
More
Less
Change
Don ' t Know
h.
Do
Do
No
Restoring
More
Less
Change
Don ' t Know
82.
1.
13.
3.
3%
2%
3%
2%
80
1
15
2
.0%
.8%
.7%
.5%
regulations on industries that
87.
1.
9.
1.
research about
77.
1.
17.
4.
6%
0%
5%
9%
the
6%
0%
4%
0%
86
1
10
1
quality
73
2
21
3
.6%
.7%
.2%
.5%
of
.2%
.3%
.3%
.2%
83.
1.
12.
2.
pollute
87.
B
9.
2.
the water
81.
m
14.
4.
9%
0%
2%
9%
6%
7%
3%
3%
supply
2%
4%
3%
1%
79
13
6
89
9
69
24
5
.3%
.9%
.3%
.4%
.6%
.5%
.0%
.9%
.1%
.5%
.9%
.5%
fish and wildlife habitats
82.
„
13.
3.
0%
97.
6%
4*
81
1
14
3
.1%
.6%
.0%
.3'?,
83.
.
13.
3.
0%
6%
2%
3%
79
15
4
.3%
.9%
.2%
.6%
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CW3SS1KBS CiUQ - Is
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SPECIAL CROSSTABS QI30 - Is your home in the GL Basin or out BY
5. How long do you think it will take before the Great Lakes are cleaned of pollution
to an acceptable level?
Total Inside Outside Unsure
Great Lakes Basin
Basin
Population (OOO's) 76,261 21,047 46,634 8,581
Less than 5 years 8.4% 11.1% 7.7% 5.5%
Within 10 years 38.8% 41.2% 38.9% 32.5%
Within 25 years 25.6% 26.2% 24.9% 27.5%
Within 50 years 2.8% 4.5% 2.0% 3.0%
Within 75 years .4% .6% .4% .2%
Within 100 years .6% .8% .4% 1.1%
Over 100 years 4.1% 3.3% 4.1% 5.8%
Don't know 19.3% 12.3% 21.5% 24.4%
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SPECIAL CROSSTABS QI30 - Is your home in the GL Basin or out BY
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not at all.
Population (000*s)
Total
76,261
Inside Outside
Great Lakes Basin
Basin
21,047
46,634
Unsure
8,581
a. Acid rain
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
4 1 . 0'f.
30.4%
8.8%
19.7%
36.3'J,
36.3%
14.2%
13.2%
43.7'i,
27.3%
6.3%
22.7%
37.71,
33.5%
9.2%
19.6%
b. Pollution in the bottem mud below the water
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
46.0%
23.3%
5.3%
25.4%
46.4%
26.1%
8.2%
19.3%
47.5%
21.6%
4.0%
26.9%
36.7%
25.4%
5.8%
32.1%
c.
Chemicals washing into the lake from farms
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
56.5%
25.0%
6.0%
12.4%
57.1%
27.1%
7.9%
7.9%
57.1%
23.4%
5.4%
14.1%
52.3%
28.9%
4.9%
13.9%
d. Chemicals washing into the lake from cities
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
71.9%
15.6%
2.6%
9.8%
74.8%
16.3%
3.0%
5.9%
71.3%
14.0%
2.7%
12.0%
68.8%
22.5%
1.3%
7.4%
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SPECIAL CROSSTABS QI30 - Is your home in the GL Basin or out BY
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not at all. (cont.)
Total
Inside
Great Lakes
Basin
Outside
Basin
Population (000's) 76,261 21,047 46,634
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
46.3%
36.4%
3.2%
14.1%
75.3%
11.0%
2.3%
11.3%
42.4%
14.6%
6.4%
36.6%
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
f. Industries dumping
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. PCBs in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
45.5%
37.8%
4.0%
12.7%
chemicals
75.9%
12.3%
2.7%
9.2%
44.5%
16.6%
6.2%
32.7%
47.4%
37.7%
5.8%
9.0%
in the lake
79.6%
12.7%
3.0%
4.8%
50.4%
20.1%
7.3%
22.2%
Unsure
8,581
35.8%
46.1%
4.1%
14.0%
69.7%
18.1%
4.0%
8.1%
41.4%
18.6%
2.4%
37.6%
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- is
Yvoitt iu t\xe GL ^asvcv or out
21 Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not at all. (cont.)
Population (000's)
h. DDT in the lake
Total
76,261
Inside
Great Lakes
Basin
21,047
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
35.1%
19.9%
10.5%
34.5%
i. Exotic species like the Zebra
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
j . Lake fish unsafe
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
k. Lake unsafe for
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
1. Lake unsafe for
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
34.6%
21.1%
7.4%
36.9%
to eat
33.3%
31.0%
13.8%
21.9%
swimming
21.2%
32.7%
24.9%
21.1%
36.9%
25.1%
13.9%
24.1%
Mussels
43.8%
21.4%
11.3%
23.5%
35.7%
36.7%
17.6%
10.0%
20.8%
38.4%
33.1%
7.7%
drinking water
36.9%
23.9%
16.3%
22.8't
36.9%
26.2%
27.0%
9.8*
Outside
Basin
46,634
29.3%
20.4%
6.1%
44.2%
31.2%
29.0%
12.7%
27.1%
21.7%
30.1%
20.7%
27.4%
37.1%
22.9%
11.9%
28.1%
Unsure
8,581
40.4%
24.5%
5.0%
30.1%
38.4%
28.1%
10.9%
22.7%
19.4%
32.9%
27.7%
20.1%
36.1%
24.0%
14.1%
25.9%
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SPECIAL CROSSTABS Q#30 - Is your home in the GL Basin
or out BY
22. Do you feel there is anything you can do to help improve lake water quality?
Population (OOO's)
No
Proper waste disposal
Join environment
group
Write to congressman
Increase public
awareness
Beach clean ups
Recycle
More/better
government
controls
Other personal action
More financial
support
Avoid using hazardous
chemicals
Multiple responses
Don't know
Total
76,261
49.4%
9.7%
2.9%
3.5%
7.8%
1.9%
4.1%
1.6%
1.6%
1.4%
.6%
.4%
15.2%
Inside
Great Lakes
Basin
21,047
41.9%
13.9%
4.0%
3.4%
9.7%
3.9%
5.8%
1.5%
1.2%
1.0%
1.7%
.7%
11.3%
Outside
Basin
46,634
53.2%
7.9%
2.1%
3.8%
6.9%
1.2%
3.5%
1.6%
1.5%
1.6%
.3%
.3%
16.3%
Unsure
8,581
46.9%
9.2%
4.4%
2.4%
8.0%
.8%
3.0%
2.1%
2.9%
.7%
.5%
19.1%
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\\owe in t\\e
ot out
23. How active would you say you have been personally in helping to
reduce environmental pollution?
Population (000 's)
Very active
Somewhat active
Not very active
24. Have you done any of the following
Base
Cut back on water use
Volunteered in a
beach cleanup
Wrote to a public
official
Joined an
organization
Recycling
Proper waste disposal
Don't know
Total
76,261
10.3%
40.2%
49.5%
things to
Total
76,261
55.5%
9.3%
8.5%
7.1%
1.3%
.4%
36.3%
Inside
Great Lakes
Basin
21,047
11.0%
40.3%
48.6%
help reduce
Inside
Great Lakes
Basin
21,047
54.6%
15.6%
10.3%
8.6%
1.7%
.8%
33.1%
Outside
Basin
46,634
10.1%
40.3%
49.6%
Unsure
8,581
9.1%
39.5%
51.4%
water pollution
Outside
Basin
46,634
56.5%
7.2%
8.4%
6.3%
1.2%
.3%
36.7%
Unsure
8,581
52.5%
5.7%
4.6%
7.2%
.7%
.3%
42.3%
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TABLES B-CROSS TABULATION BY QUESTION
TABLE 11 -- OWNED by NEAREST LAKE
(Q.SbyQ.10)
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Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake BY Nearest Lake
(actual sample)
NEAREST LAKE
CONSIDERED LAKE
••
Respondents
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Do you consider one of
(weighted sample)
CONSIDERED LAKE
Population (000 's)
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Total
2,033
662
257
44
555
427
88
the Great
Total
76,242
32,789
4,821
1,848
17,833
14,985
3,967
Lake
Superior
295
65
228
1
1
Lakes to be
Lake
Superior
5,669
1,967
3,683
15
3
Lake Huron
70
23
2
37
7
1
your lake BY
NEAREST
Lake Huron
2,771
817
84
1,501
311
57
Lake
Michigan
839
279
19
2
530
6
3
Nearest lake
LAKE
Lake
Michigan
26,256
9,021
531
81
16,341
173
109
Lake Erie
668
226
6
5
13
415
3
Lake Erie
30,218
14,144
311
265
938
14,533
26
Lake
Ontario
161
69
2
4
4
82
Lake
Ontario
11,328
6,839
211
228
218
3,832
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TABLE C - Cluster-Discriminant Analysis
Comparison by Personal Action Clusters
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LNK£S
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
1. How concerned are you personally, about environmental conditions in the Great Lakes?
Total Personal Action
Population (OOO's)
Not very Concerned
Somewhat Concerned
Very Concerned
Don't Know
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
Population (OOO's)
EPA
State or Local
Government
Federal Government
Conservation
organizations
Everyone;
community.
Department of
Natural
Canada an-1 ')
Coa^t GuaM
Don't Know
16.5%
46.3%
32.8%
4.4%
for the
Total
9.5%
33.9%
53.2%
3.4%
environment
18.1%
44.1%
33.7%
4.1%
11.9%
50.9%
32.5%
4.7%
25.1%
48.3%
21.8%
4.8%
of the Great Lakes?
Personal Action
Active Unaware
76,261
14.6%
13.1%
9.6%
6.5%
4.4%
1.1%
.5%
.4%
. 1%
47.5%
10,533
15.3%
8.3%
13.8%
6.4%
5.1%
4.8%
1.5%
1.5%
.5%
42.8%
17,238
19.2%
9.6%
4.7%
5.7%
4.5%
2.9%
.71
51.1%
Sympathizer
27,950
12.8%
13.1%
9.3%
8.2%
5.0%
3.7%
.31
.0%
.1%
47.4%
Inactive
20,540
12.8%
18.5%
11.8%
4.8%
3.2%
1.5%
.2%
.3%
47.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes.
Total
Population (OOO's) 76,261
a . Cleaning
Do More
No Change
Do Less
No Opinion
up polluted areas
89.6%
7.7%
.4%
2.3%
Active
10,533
93.4%
4.8%
.3%
1.5%
Unaware
17,238
84.5%
10.1%
.2%
5.2%
b. Preventing new pollution
Do More
No Change
Do Less
No Opinion
c . Educating
Do More
No Change
Do Less
No Opinion
d. Educating
Do More
No Change
Do Less
No Opinion
88.5%
8.5%
.8%
.2.2%
people about cause
86.2%
12.1%
.6%
1.1%
91.7%
6.9%
1.4%
82.3%
12.4%
1.8%
3.5%
of pollution
86.2%
10.9%
.9%
1.9%
86.9%
11.3%
1.0%
.9%
people about effects of pollution
86.7%
11.6%
.7%
.9%
89.2%
9.6%
.7%
.4%
86.7%
11.2%
1.2%
.9%
Personal Action
mpathizer Inactix
27,950 20,540
90.9%
7.0%
.3%
1.9%
91.3%
6.4%
.5%
1.7%
87.2%
11.6%
.6%
.6%
87.9%
10.5%
.6%
1.1%
90.3%
8.2%
.7%
.9%
88.3%
8.8%
.8%
2.0%
84.2%
14.3%
.2%
1.3%
84.0%
14.6%
.4%
1.1%
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GREAT U\KES BASIN SUtWETC
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
e. organizing volunteers to clean up pollution
01 •»* QT 1% HI 5% 84.4% 77.8%
KSi. °| °: «: 12:°s%% "^
El^nion J:'» i:S J:S ».« 3.0*
f. Enforcing regulations on industries that pollute
«"*«• ",-S 'MS ":« 8s:" S:S
Ho Change 9.3% <•« 1-5,
KSSIL- i:S% :S 3.1% 2.2% i..»
g. Scientific research about the quality of the water supply
11 fi* 80 9% 76.0% 76.6% 78.6%
2 Si. S:S 5:U «.» u:S »:5
So pinion J:" 1.5% 4.8% 5.5% 2.5%
h. Restoring fish and wildlife habitats
P9 n» 84 7% 79.2% 83.0% 81.8%
2 Si. 5:S «:R «•» ~s ^
S^inton siR 1." ^-3* «•«• 2'»
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
3. For each of the following statements, please state whether you would like to see more
efforts, less efforts, or no change in current efforts in the Great Lakes, (cont.)
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
i. Reducing pollution that harms the health of fish
Do More
No Change
Do Less
No Opinion
90.6%
7.5%
.3%
1.7%
93.9%
6.0%
.1%
86.3%
10.4%
.0%
3.3%
93.4%
5.3%
.3%
.9%
88.7%
8.6%
.7%
2.0%
j. Reducing pollution that harms the health of people
Do More
No Change
Do Less
No Opinion
91.9%
6.6%
.3%
1.2%
94.0%
6.0%
88.1%
9.1%
.9%
1.9%
93.8%
4.9%
.3%
1.1%
91.5%
7.1%
.1%
1.2%
k. Improving the taste of drinking water
Do More
No Change
Do Less
No Opinion
69.4%
25.0%
.8%
4.8%
68.7%
25.9%
1.1%
4.3%
66.2%
25.5%
1.4%
6.8%
72.6%
22.2%
.6%
4.6%
68.2%
27.9%
.3%
3.7%
1. Keeping the beaches open to the public
Do More
No Change
Do Less
No Opinion
69.7%
23.5%
1.9%
4.8%
74.1%
19.4%
2.8%
3.8%
67.2%
24.0%
2.4%
6.4%
71.7%
21.7%
1.5%
5.1%
66.9%
27.7%
1.6%
3.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
4. Is there any governmental action, not named, that you would like to see get
more attention?
Total
Personal Action
• •
Population (OOO's)
No, Nothing
Enforcement/
Pollution
Education
Protecting Lands
Endangered Flora
Endangered Fauna
Industrial
Restrictions
Boating
Restrictions
Cooperate with
Canada
Don't Know
5. How long do you think it will
to an acceptable level?
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 years
Within 10 years
Within 25 years
Within 50 years
Within 75 years
Within 100 years
Over 100 years
Don't know
76,261
87.5%
4.9%
1.6%
.7%
.7%
.3%
.3%
.2%
.0%
3.8%
take before
Total
76,261
8.4%
38.8%
25.6%
2.8%
.4%
.6%
4.1%
19.3%
Active
10,533
76.1%
7.0%
4.8%
1.3%
1.2%
.9%
8.7%
the Great
Unaware
17,238
87.9%
6.0%
2.0%
1.1%
.4%
.2%
.7%
1.8%
Sympathizer
27,950
87.0%
5.2%
1.3%
.5%
1.2%
.1%
.5%
.0%
4.1%
Lakes are cleaned of
Inactive
20,540
93.7%
2.5%
.0%
.5%
.3%
A ft
.4%
.1%
2.6%
pollution
Personal Action
Active
10,533
6.3%
34.3%
34.2%
2.4%
1.7%
4.5%
16.7%
Unaware
17,238
10.9%
40.7%
21.3%
2.4%
.3%
.3%
2.0%
22.1%
Sympathizer
27,950
8.2%
38.7%
26.9%
3.2%
1.0%
.6%
4.8%
16.7%
Inactive
20,540
7.6%
39.7%
22.9%
2.9%
.1%
.3%
4.7%
21.8%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
6. Who should pay for this cleanup?
Population (OOO's)
Industry
Government
Everyone
Persons responsible
for polluting it
Canada
Boating/fishing
Non-specific
Total
Personal Action
76,261
24.3%
17.9%
46.5%
4.8%
.2%
.1%
6.1%
Active
10,533
31.7%
14.2%
44.6%
6.1%
3.4%
Unaware Sympathizer Inactiv
17,238
21.8%
17.1%
49.0%
3.4%
.4%
8.4%
27,950
24.4%
17.5%
45.0%
6.8%
.1%
.2%
6.1%
20,540
22.5%
21.0%
47.6%
2.8%
.2%
5.8%
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GREAT TAKES BASIN SURVEY
WK1 ISSb
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally.
Population (OOO's)
a. TV news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
60.3%
31.5%
7.6%
.5%
59.5%
31.4%
8.5%
.6%
57.2%
33.1%
9.3%
.5%
61.6%
32.2%
6.2%
61.8%
29.4%
7.6%
1.3%
b. TV news magazine shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
37.6%
39.1%
21.2%
2.1%
40.0%
43.7%
15.4%
.9%
34.0%
38.3%
25.1%
2.6%
37.7%
40.8%
20.3%
1.1%
39.1%
35.1%
22.0%
3.8%
c. Radio talk shows
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
18.6%
42.5%
36.0%
2.9%
18.5%
46.5%
33.1%
1.8%
16.3%
39.4%
41.5%
2.8%
18.5%
46.9%
31.8%
2.8%
20.7%
37.0%
38.6%
3.7%
d. Radio news
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
29.1%
42.3%
26.6%
2.0%
32.5%
42.6%
24.3%
.6%
25.4%
38.8%
33.8%
2.0%
31.6%
45.2%
21.1%
2.2%
27.1%
41.0%
29.4%
2.5%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state, if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Population (OOO's)
e. Newspapers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
61.9%
29.9%
7.9%
.3%
62.9%
29.2%
8.0%
62.8%
28.5%
8.7%
62.3%
30.7%
6.3%
.7%
60.3%
30.2%
9.2%
.2%
f. Magazines
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
42.2%
40.5%
16.2%
1.1%
50.9%
39.9%
9.1%
44.5%
37.6%
17.2%
.7%
43.1%
39.9%
16.1%
1.0%
34.6%
44.3%
19.2%
1.9%
g. Environmental newsletters
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
24.3%
28.4%
43.2%
4.1%
40.0%
27.1%
29.9%
3.1%
19.2%
26.1%
49.7%
5.0%
26.0%
30.5%
40.7%
2.8%
18.4%
28.1%
48.1%
5.4%
h. Government
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.3%
36.8%
46.1%
3.9%
12.2%
42.6%
40.7%
4.4%
15.7%
33.7%
48.1%
2.5%
14.1%
37.7%
44.6%
3.6%
10.7%
35.0%
49.3%
5.1%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
WAI 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER Tt PE
7. People get information about the environment from many different sources. Please
state if each of the following is a major source, a minor source, or not a source
of environmental information at all for you personally, (cont.)
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533 17,238
i. Advertisements for products and services
27,950 20,540
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
j . Employers
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
k. Computer
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don • t Know
18.9%
43.3%
33.9%
3.8%
13.1%
33.6%
49.9%
3.4%
program/internet
6.6%
24.3%
58.3%
10.9%
1. Great Lakes National Program
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
13.6%
17.1%
53.8%
15.5%
26.1%
43.1%
27.6%
3.2%
14.6%
34.0%
50.0%
1.4%
5.7%
25.4%
58.4%
10.5%
15.2%
45.4%
34.7%
4.7%
12.9%
28.5%
55.4%
3.1%
6.5%
21.9%
61.0%
10.6%
Office/Library
14.9%
15.7%
55.1%
14.3%
12.1%
16.8%
56.2%
14.9%
16.3%
33.3%
47.6%
2.8%
8.9%
24.5%
57.5%
9.0%
15.8%
16.5%
52.3%
15.4%
8.0%
37.9%
48.5%
5.5%
4.1%
25.2%
56.9%
13.8%
11.3%
19.0%
53.0%
16.7%
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GREAT LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
8. Do you consider one of the Great Lakes to be your lake?
Total
Population (OOO's) 76,242
No
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
10,533 17,238 27,930 20,540
43.0%
6.3%
2.4%
23.4%
19.7%
5.2%
35.3%
10.9%
3.2%
28.0%
18.8%
3.9%
41.5%
5.6%
2.3%
22.0%
23.0%
5.5%
44.3%
5.1%
2.4%
23.5%
21.1%
3.5%
46.5%
6.2%
2.1%
22.1%
15.3%
7.9%
9. Why do you feel that the lake is your lake?
Total
Population (OOO's)
Closest to us
Grew up there, used
to live there
Fishing
Swimming
Family Outings
Boating
Own/rent cottage
property there
Beauty
Drinking water
Quality of water,
shore areas
Recreation
Economic Factors
Don't Know
76.261
40.5%
6.0%
6.0%
4.4%
4.1%
2.6%
2.2%
.9%
.4%
.4%
.1%
.0%
44.6%
Active
10,533
43.0%
7.8%
8.9%
3.7%
1.5%
2.7%
2.8%
1.9%
1.0%
.5%
39.1%
Personal Action
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238 27,950 20,540
46.1% 37.1% 39.1%
4.8%
2.8%
3.1%
6.2%
1.9%
1.3%
1.0%
5.
3.
3.
41.8%
6.2%
8.9%
,9%
,9%
.6%
2.6%
.5%
.5%
.5%
.0%
.1%
46.4%
5.8%
3.2%
8%
0%
9%
2.1%
.7%
.3%
.6%
.4%
47.3%
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IAKES BRSIN SURVEY
MM 199S
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
10. Which one of the Great Lakes do you live nearest to?
Population (OOO's)
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
7.5%
3.6%
34.4%
39.6%
14.9%
10.1%
3.7%
33.1%
36.3%
16.8%
8.6%
3.1%
30.8%
44.4%
13.1%
5.9%
3.5%
35.0%
40.2%
15.4%
7.3%
4.2%
37.4%
36.6%
14.6%
11. How far would you have to drive to get to the nearest Great Lake?
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's)
Less than 5 miles
5 to 9 miles
10 to 24 miles
25 to 49 miles
50 to 75 miles
75 to 100 miles
More than 100 miles
Unsure
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
8.1%
4.2%
7.9%
8.2%
6.2%
7.8%
55.3%
2.3%
8.5%
3.4%
7.5%
11.1%
6.7%
8.2%
53.8%
.8%
8.6%
6.1%
8.2%
7.6%
5.2%
7.6%
55.1%
1.7%
8.7%
3.3%
8.4%
7.3%
7.1%
6.9%
56.5%
1.9%
6.7%
4.1%
7.3%
8.6%
5.5%
9.0%
54.6%
4.2%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
12. How long would it take you to drive there?
Total
Active
Population (000's) 76,261 10,533
Less than 5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
More than 1 hour
Don't know
Personal Action
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238 27,950 20,540
3.8%
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
4.2%
5.7%
4.3%
6.4%
66.1%
1.6%
5.5%
1.3%
1.8%
2.0%
3.7%
9.3%
3.7%
6.2%
66.2%
.4%
3.3%
1.7%
4.9%
3.2%
5.1%
5.2%
3.5%
6.8%
64.5%
1.7%
4.1%
2.9%
2.4%
2.8%
4.4%
4.6%
4.0%
7.3%
66.0%
1.4%
3.0%
1.4%
2.6%
3.5%
3.3%
5.8%
5.5%
5.0%
67.6%
2.4%
13. What activities have you and your family done at the lake in the
past 12 months?
None, never go
there
Swimming
Fishing
Boat in<|
Total
Population (000 's) 76,261
Iy
-t i vi t
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
63.3%
13.3%
11.0%
12.0%
10. *%
9. 5%
4 . "»»
51.7%
16.8%
18.0%
17.7%
13.2%
IS. 6%
7.7%
68.5%
10.7%
9.5%
12.8%
10.0%
9.6»
3 .M
59.5%
16.3%
16.2%
12.4%
12.4*
9.1*
5 . 6»
70.3%
9.7%
8.9%
8.0%
6.9%
6.8%
3.6%
4.3%
3.6*
4.9»
3.9%
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COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
14. Have you or your family gone fishing at the Great Lakes in the past
year?
Total
Population (OOO's) 76,261
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
No fishing
Fish for food
Fish for sport
Both for food and
for sport
85.1%
1.4%
10.2%
3.2%
77.4%
1.2%
15.4%
6.0%
89.3%
.8%
7.8%
2.1%
82.1%
1.4%
12.7%
3.7%
89.6%
2.2%
6.1%
2.1%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
15. Has environmental pollution ever caused you to stop any of your
lake activities?
Total
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
No
Swim/Beach warnings
Fish Advisories
Cruddy beaches
Waste in water,
ashore
Don't Know
78.8%
11.2%
6.8%
.2%
.9%
2.2%
65.8%
14.4%
14.7%
.5%
2.2%
2.4%
81.4%
11.8%
4.0%
.5%
2.2%
76.6%
12.3%
8.4%
.9%
1.8%
86.3%
7.5%
2.9%
.3%
.4%
2.6%
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MM 199S
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
16. How would you rate the water quality in the lake?
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10.533 17,238 27,950 20,540
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Mo Opinion, Don't
Know
17. How do you find out about the
Population (OOO's)
2.5%
22.9%
34.8%
13.1%
26.7%
2.2%
22.0%
43.2%
16.9%
15.7%
water quality of the
Total
76,261
What I see myself 30.0%
What others tell me 20.8%
From the news 45.7%
Multiple sources 1 • 3%
3.8%
21.2%
32.7%
14.8%
27.6%
lake?
2.5%
23.7%
36.3%
12.0%
25.5%
1.7%
23.7%
30.2%
11.1%
33.3%
Personal Action
Active
10,533
37.1%
28.3%
46.4%
.7%
Unaware
17,238
31.9%
21.6%
44.5%
1.5%
Sympathizer
27,950
31.9%
21.5%
43.0%
2.0%
Inactive
20,540
22.3%
15.2%
50.1%
.5%
No opinion, Don't
Know 12.5%
8.6%
10.5%
11.9%
17.1%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSOKAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
17a. What additional information can you provide regarding what you see
in the environment?
Total
Population (OOO's)
Water seems to be
improving
Pollution, garbage
on shores, in
water
Water murky, bad
odor
Encourage involvement
Beaches cruddy
Diseased, dead, or
lack of fish
Need more action on
issue
Get rid of zebra
mussels
Lack of wildlife
Lack of
wildflowers,
nature
Little evidence of
dumping
Warnings/advisories
Deer starving to
death
Algae, weed
overgrowth
Too many industries
Personal Action
21,240
31.5%
25.7%
20.0%
9.7%
7.4%
1.8%
1.0%
.8%
.5%
.4%
.3%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.1%
Active
3,811
23.0%
25.1%
17.9%
9.8%
14.2%
1.6%
5.8%
.7%
1.2%
.7%
Unaware Sympathizer Inactiv
4,714
34.8%
25.5%
16.9%
8.1%
9.3%
2.3%
.7%
.5%
1.4%
.5%
.1%
8,447
30.4%
27.5%
23.5%
8.9%
5.0%
2.3%
1.5%
.4%
.3%
.1%
4,268
37.6%
23.1%
18.5%
13.0%
4.0%
.5%
2.7%
.6%
.1%
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LAKES BASIN SURVEY
WW 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
18. Over the past ten years, would you say the water quality of the lake
is improving, getting worse, or is staying about the same?
Population (OOO's)
Improving
About the same
Getting worse
Don't Know
Total
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
29.8%
26.5%
21.7%
22.0%
36.0%
22.6%
27.6%
13.9%
32.7%
24.8%
22.3%
20.2%
30.5%
27.9%
20.7%
20.9%
23.1%
28.2%
19.7%
29.0%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
19. What do you think are the biggest problems concerning lake water quality?
Total Personal Action
Active
Population (000 's) 76,261 10,533
Contaminants/pollution
Ship traffic
Dirty beaches
Zebra Mussels
Pesticides
Acid Rain
Oil Spills
There are no problems
People's Attitudes/
Behavior
Overpopulation
Lack of restrictions
on pollution
Funding Problems
Harm to Fish/
Wildlife
Pleasure boating
Algae, seaweeds
Harmful elements in
water
Air pollution,
emissions
Sewage runoff
Leaking b«rr*l*
Improve t*»t tn-j
Sinking
Landfill*
Don't Knr-
. 1%
.0%
.0*
.0%
26.1%
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238 27,950 20,540
61.8%
4.2%
3.7%
3.4%
2.6%
2.0%
1.7%
1.4%
1.3%
.3%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.2%
.1%
.1%
.1%
.1%
73.3%
7.4%
6.2%
3.8%
1.9%
2.2%
1.8%
1.1%
1.2%
.2%
.7%
.8%
.1%
61.6%
3.6%
4.2%
2.6%
2.3%
2.7%
2.4%
2.2%
2.0%
.9%
.1%
.1%
.2%
.0%
64.1%
4.1%
3.7%
3.3%
3.9%
1.1%
.8%
1.1%
1.4%
.9%
.6%
.1%
.2%
.3%
.0%
.2%
.0%
.2%
53.1%
3.1%
2.0%
4.0%
1.4%
2.5%
2.4%
1.2%
.6%
.3%
.2%
.0%
.1%
.0%
15. <%
3%
26.3*
.1%
23.7%
.0%
.2%
35.2%
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MAX 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
20. Who do you feel is responsible for monitoring the
Total
Population (OOO's)
State government
Local government
Environmental
Protection
Agency
US Federal Government
Department of
Natural
Resources
Everyone, from
communities to
corporations
Industries
Environment Canada
Coast Guard
Environment
Organizations
Water works
Nobody
Fish 6 Wildlife
Commission
Army Corp of
Engineers
Whoever pollutes it
Those who live
around the lake
Don't know
water quality of the lake?
Personal Action
76,261
25.4%
18.6%
17.5%
: 11.9%
8.5%
3.5%
2.8%
2.1%
1.0%
1.0%
.2%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
.0%
26.9%
Active
10,533
31.0%
21.0%
19.6%
15.0%
10.7%
7.0%
3.0%
4.7%
.9%
2.6%
.2*
13.7%
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238
22.9%
16.5%
21.9%
9.6%
8.8%
2.7%
2.1%
2.1%
.6%
1.0%
.1%
32.0%
27,950
25.1%
15.9%
16.0%
11.3%
9.9%
2.6%
3.7%
1.1%
1.4%
.6%
.4%
.1%
.1%
.0%
27.4%
20,540
24.9%
22.7%
14.7%
13.0%
5.4%
3.9%
2.2%
2.0%
.8%
.6%
.2%
.1%
.1%
.0%
28.7%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all.
Population (000's)
a. Acid rain
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
Total
76,261
41.0%
30.4%
8.8%
19.7%
Active
10,533
50.4%
31.1%
6.5%
12.1%
Personal Action
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238 27,950 20,540
42.3%
27.6%
10.7%
19.4%
43.3%
30.7%
8.3%
17.7%
31.9%
32.2%
9.1%
26.8%
b. Pollution in the bottem mud below the water
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
46.0%
23.3%
5.3%
25.4%
58.9%
21.2%
4.1%
15.7%
36.8%
27.4%
7.2%
28.6%
50.2%
20.6%
5.0%
24.2%
41.2%
24.6%
4.9%
29.4%
c. Chemicals washing into the lake from farms
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
56.5%
25.0%
6.0%
12.4%
63.0%
19.2%
6.7%
11.1%
55.3%
28.7%
5.7%
10.3%
59.7%
22.8%
6.3%
11.2%
49.9%
28.0%
5.6%
16.4%
d. Chemicals washing into the lake from cities
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
71.9%
15.6%
2.6%
9.8%
79.9%
11.1%
1.9%
7.2%
73.2%
15.3%
3.3%
8.2%
76.3%
13.0%
1.4%
9.2%
60.9%
21.7%
4.0%
13.3%
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BASIN
MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
21 Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cont.)
Total
Active
Population (000's) 76,261 10,533
e. Chemicals washing into the lake from the air
Personal Action
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238 27,950 20,540
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
f. Industries dumping
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
g. PCBs in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
h. DDT in the lake
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
45.5%
37.8%
4.0%
12.7%
chemicals
75.9%
12.3%
2.7%
9.2%
44.5%
16.6%
6.2%
32.7%
35.1%
19.9%
10.5%
34.5%
49.8%
35.6%
2.9%
11.7%
in the
83.9%
9.1%
1.9%
5.1%
63.5%
15.4%
2.4%
18.7%
45.1%
17.8%
10.7%
26.3%
45.8%
39.3%
3.2%
11.7%
lakes
77.8%
10.6%
2.7%
9.0%
41.9%
17.7%
6.8%
33.7%
36.5%
22.9%
13.7%
26.8%
77.9%
10.8%
2.1%
9.1%
47.5%
18.4%
3.9%
30.3%
37.0%
20.4%
7.0%
35.6%
67.3%
17.3%
3.9%
11.4%
33.0%
13.8%
10.8%
42.4%
26.4%
17.8%
12.3%
43.5%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
21. Of the following list of environmental problems, please state whether you consider
it to be a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all. (cent.)
Total
Active
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533
i. Exotic species like the Zebra Mussels
Personal Action
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238 27,950 20,540
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know.
j . Lake fish unsafe
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
k. Lake unsafe for
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don't Know
1. Lake unsafe for
Major
Minor
Not At All
Don ' t Know
34.6%
21.1%
7.4%
36.9%
to eat
33.3%
31.0%
13.8%
21.9%
swimming
21.2%
32.7%
24.9%
21.1%
drinking
36.9%
23.9%
16.3%
22.8%
42.9%
21.9%
9.1%
26.1%
48.4%
28.0%
11.1%
12.5%
30.0%
28.9%
26.1%
15.1%
water
48.9%
22.8%
15.4%
12.9%
32.5%
18.6%
8.3%
40.6%
30.9%
28.5%
16.5%
24.1%
21.1%
29.9%
27.7%
21.2%
36.4%
19.4%
18.0%
26.1%
36.4%
20.3%
7.3%
36.0%
33.5%
33.6%
15.0%
17.9%
20.7%
35.9%
24.0%
19.4%
39.9%
25.4%
13.6%
21.1%
29.6%
24.0%
6.0%
40.4%
27.1%
31.1%
11.5%
30.3%
17.5%
32.7%
23.2%
26.6%
27.0%
26.3%
19.1%
27.5%
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MK"£ 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
22. Do you feel there is anything you can do
Total
Population (000's)
No
Proper waste
disposal
Join environment
group
Write to
congressman
Increase public
awareness
Beach clean ups
Recycle
More/better
government controls
Other personal
action
More financial
support
Avoid using
hazardous
chemicals
Multiple responses
Don't know
to help improve lake water quality?
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261
49.4%
9.7%
2.9%
3.5%
7.8%
1.9%
4.1%
[ 1.6%
1.6%
1.4%
.6%
.4%
15.2%
10,533
32.4%
14.7%
6.8%
3.8%
11.2%
2.9%
4.5%
4.2%
1.9%
4.3%
1.0%
1.2%
11.2%
17,238
50.9%
9.2%
2.1%
4.9%
8.0%
2.4%
1.7%
1.4%
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
.4%
15.0%
27,950
44.5%
11.7%
2.6%
3.6%
7.1%
2.1%
6.8%
1.0%
1.7%
.9%
.4%
.4%
17.0%
20,540
63.4%
4.7%
1.9%
2.0%
6.7%
.8%
2.1%
1.3%
1.4%
.5%
.2%
.0%
15.1%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
23. How active would you say you have been personally in helping to
reduce environmental pollution?
Total
Personal Action
Population (OOO's) 76
Very active
Somewhat active
Not very active
24. Have you done any of the following
,261
10.3%
40.2%
49.5%
things
Active
10,533
64.8%
35.2%
to help
Total
Base 76
Cut back on water
use
Volunteered in a
beach cleanup
Wrote to a public
official
Joined an
organization
Recycling
Proper waste
disposal
Don ' t know
,261
55.3%
9.3%
8.5%
7.1%
1.3%
.4%
36.3%
Active
10,533
87.4%
22.0%
41.2%
32.2%
2.6%
.4%
Unaware
17,238
100.0%
Sympathizer
27,950
3.6%
96.4%
Inactive
20,540
100.0%
reduce water pollution
Personal Action
Unaware
17,238
86.7%
9.4%
9.6%
6.3%
1.6%
.5%
Sympathizer
27,950
64.4%
11.4%
1.7%
3.3%
1.5%
.7%
25.6%
Inactive
20,540
100.0%
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GREAT! LAKES BASIN SURVEY
MM 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
25. Have you participated with any local organization that helps with:?
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533 11,238 27,950 20,540
Great Lakes
Remedial Action
Plans known as
RAPS
ARCS program to
deal with
contaminated
sediments
Lakewide Management
Plans, known as
LAMPS
No Response
.4%
.4%
.2%
99.2%
1.9%
2.1%
.2%
96.4%
.4%
99.6%
.4%
.2%
99.5%
.2%
99.8%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
26. Do you feel there is anything the government can do to help improve the lake?
Total Personal Action
Population (000's)
No
Better rule
enforcement
More restrictions
on industry
Provide more funds
Fines for polluters
More education
More laws
More restrictions
on chemicals
More research
Multiple responses
Perform clean up
activities
Continue current
efforts
Encourage
involvement
Don't know
76,261
9.9%
20.0%
17.4%
6.1%
5.5%
5.4%
4.1%
2.4%
1.2%
1.1%
.9%
.6%
.2%
25.2%
Active
10,533
7.9%
29.0%
22.1%
4.8%
4.7%
8.3%
3.4%
4.2%
2.4%
1.8%
.8%
1.5%
.2%
8.9%
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238
8.2%
20.9%
17.1%
6.6%
6.0%
5.0%
4.4%
1.6%
.9%
.6%
.9%
.9%
.2%
26.8%
27,950
7.0%
18.8%
17.9%
8.0%
6.3%
5.6%
3.5%
2.4%
1.2%
1.4%
1.6%
.4%
.2%
25.5%
20,540
16.3%
16.2%
14.5%
3.6%
4.2%
4.1%
5.1%
2.0%
.9%
.8%
.2%
.1%
31.8%
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COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
27 Is it your impression the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
" level is putting too much emphasis on the Great Lakes Environmental activities, too
little, or a'bout the right amount?
Total
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
Too much emphasis
About right
Too little emphasis
Don't Know/Refused
28. As far as you know, does the U
level work with other agencies
Population (OOO's)
No
Yes, but could not
name any
State EPA
DNR
Canada
Greenpeace
City or County
Coast Guard
OSHA
Don't Know/No
Opinion
2.7%
29.6%
45.7%
21.9%
3.6%
22.4%
62.0%
12.0%
2.2%
31.5%
45.9%
20.4%
2.5%
31.1%
46.1%
20.3%
3.2%
29.6%
36.6%
30.6%
.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Federal
and organizations to reduce Great Lakes pollution?
Total
76,261
20.1%
22.3%
2.6%
.8%
.1%
.0%
.1%
.1%
.0%
53.7%
Personal Action
Active
10,533
20.3%
24.9%
3.9%
1.4%
.3%
.4%
.0%
48.6%
Unaware
17,238
21.8%
22.0%
2.5%
1.5%
.5%
51.8%
Sympathizer
27,950
15.2%
24.2%
3.1%
.7%
'
1 Or
. 1%
56.3%
Inactive
20,540
25.3%
18.6%
1.5%
.1%
.1%
54.5%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
29. How would you rate the U.S. E.P.A. at the Federal level overall
on the job it is doing for our country?
Population (000's)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Don't Know/No
Opinion
Total
11.2%
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
2.5%
23.1%
48.4%
14.8%
2.2%
24.2%
52.4%
16.8%
5.5%
19.8%
48.3%
18.8%
1.0%
26.3%
51.4%
10.6%
2.0%
21.1%
42.4%
16.1%
4.4%
7.6%
10.7%
18.4%
30. Is your home located in the Great Lakes Basin or is it outside
the Great Lakes Basin?
Total
Population (000's) 76,261
Inside Great Lakes
Basin 27.6%
Outside Basin 61.2%
Unsure 11.3%
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
30.4%
59.3%
10.4%
31.2%
60.5%
8.4%
27.2%
61.8%
11.0%
23.7%
61.8%
14.4%
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MAX 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
31. Would you say your home is located in a rural area, an urban area, or a suburban
area?
Population (000's)
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Unsure
Total
76,261
32.6%
23.1%
41.3%
2.9%
Personal Action
Active
10,533
40.0%
19.8%
37.6%
2.5%
Unaware
17,238
23.8%
24.2%
49.6%
2.4%
Sympathizer
27,950
36.3%
19.9%
42.0%
1.7%
Inactive
20,540
31.3%
28.3%
35.3%
5.1%
32. Is your age:
Population (OOO's)
25 and under
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
66 to 75
76 and over
Refused
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
12.2%
24.0%
24.6%
13.8%
10.3%
10.1%
3.8%
i i \
10.4%
22.4%
27.6%
20.6%
12.2%
5.2%
1.0%
.6%
11.1%
16.1%
27.5%
15.3%
9.8%
14.1%
5.3%
.9%
10.9%
30.8%
25.7%
12.6%
8.4%
8.7%
2.2%
.7%
16.0%
22.2%
19.2%
10.9%
12.3%
11.2%
6.2%
2.0%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
33. Including yourself, how many people currently live in your household?
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (000's) 76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Refused
17.1%
30.4%
19.4%
17.2%
9.8%
3.1%
1.2%
.1%
1.7%
10.7%
29.7%
19.0%
20.6%
10.0%
8.5%
.2%
.6%
.6%
20.5%
29.9%
20.4%
16.7%
9.8%
1.7%
.8%
.2%
13.4%
29.6%
19.8%
19.7%
12.2%
2.7%
1.9%
.1%
.7%
22.6%
32.4%
18.2%
12.3%
6.7%
2.0%
1.1%
4.7%
34. How many children under the age of 18 currently live with you?
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (000's) 76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Refused
20,540
56.3%
15.8%
16.4%
7.2%
1.8%
.7%
.1%
.0%
1.6%
52.9%
16.9%
17.4%
9.9%
2.2%
.0%
.1%
.6%
59.1%
15.7%
17.2%
6.1%
1.0%
.8%
.2%
52.2%
17.0%
17.3%
9.2%
2.1%
.9%
.1%
1.2%
61.4%
13.8%
14.0%
4.2%
1.9%
.6%
.3%
.2%
3.6%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
35. Is anyone in your household a member of an environmental organization?
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
No/Don't know 93.3% 77.4% 95.0% 94.3% 98.7%
Ye«. 6.7% 22.6% 5.0% 5.7% 1.3%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
35a. If YES, which one:
Total
Population (000's) 5,114
Audubon Society
Cousteau Society
Ducks Unlimited
Greenpeace
National Wildlife
Federation
Nature Conservancy
Sierra club
Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
National
Evironmentalist
Group
Local Activist
Group
Other Group
Long Island Water
Campaign
Wildlife
Association
Boy Scouts
National Parks
Association
Don't Know
2.2%
.7%
14.0%
3.0%
.4%
.4%
.1%
26.1%
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
2,383 868 1,590 274
22.9%
3.5%
5.4%
8.3%
14.4%
6.0%
5.4%
5.7%
1.7%
2.7%
.8%
5.1%
9.1%
18.8%
4.0%
4.8%
9.6%
2.1%
3.4%
11.1%
7.6%
9.7%
4.5%
10.7%
.1%
.1%
9.7%
9.0%
12.7%
10.9%
4.4%
3.7%
2.2%
3.4%
13.7%
6.4%
.9%
21.0%
13.1%
17.7%
2.5%
23.0%
2.2%
12.7%
12.7%
.2%
28.9%
64.4%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
36. What is the highest level of school you completed?
Total Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
Population (OOO's) 76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950
20540
Up to llth grade
High school
Trade school
Some college
Four year college
degree
Graduate school
Refused
37. What is your racial or ethnic
Population (OOO's)
White/caucasian
African-American/
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Oriental
Indian/Native
American
Mixed heritage
Refused
6.0%
33.9%
4.7%
24.1%
20.4%
9.1%
1.8%
heritage?
Total
76,261
85.8%
7.0%
2.3%
.9%
"14
. /5
1.6%
1.6%
1.8%
36.5%
8.7%
18.5%
13.7%
20.2%
.6%
6.1%
32.4%
2.4%
22.8%
24.0%
11.4%
1.0%
6.7%
32.3%
5.7%
27.4%
21.2%
5.9%
.8%
7.2%
35.8%
3.1%
.23.7%
19.7%
5.9%
4.5%
Personal Action
Active
10,533
89.9%
5.4%
1.6%
7»
. I V
1.0%
1.4%
Unaware
17,238
88.9%
5.5%
1.0%
1.5%
.4%
2.5%
.2%
Sympathizer
27,950
85.4%
6.9%
3.6%
.3%
.6%
1.1%
2.0%
Inactive
20,540
81.8%
9.2%
2.1%
1.7%
1.1%
1.8%
2.3%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
38. Are you currently employed or retired?
Total
Population (000's) 76,261
Not retired
Retired
79.5%
20.5%
Active
10,533
88.7%
11.3%
Personal Action
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238 27,950 20,540
76.0%
24.0%
83.4%
16.6%
72.6%
27.4%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
38a. If EMPLOYED, what type of work do you do?
Total
Personal Action
Population (OOO's) 76,261
Educator/teacher
Engineer or
scientist
Doctor/nurse/medical
professional
Lawyer/accountant/
other professional
Technician
Government official
Business
owner/manager
Sales (Major
purchases)
Sales clerk/retail
sales
Clerical/
secretarial
Service
(Cook/beautician)
Skilled
trade/factory
(Electrician/
carpenter/
welder/mechanic
Unskilled labor
Farmer /miner
Armed services
enlisted
Artist/musician/
sculptor
Consultant/advertising/
Public relations
Unemployed
Homemaker
Student
Other
6.5%
2.7%
8.3%
9.5%
2.4%
1.0%
5.6%
2.4%
4.6%
8.4%
3.0%
14.9%
5.7%
1.0%
.2%
.4%
.4%
.7%
12.7%
4.2%
5.3%
Active
10,533
9.8%
3.3%
9.1%
13.1%
1.7%
2.3%
3.1%
2.3%
3.8%
5.5%
3.3%
18.1%
4.9%
1.2%
.5%
.3%
.5%
9.8%
1.0%
6.1%
Unaware Sympathizer Inactiv*
17,238
6.5%
2.9%
8.9%
11.0%
1.9%
1.8%
6.2%
3.0%
.5.2%
8.9%
2.9%
12.0%
6.0%
1.1%
.6%
.7%
.7%
11.9%
5.1%
2.7%
27,950
6.1%
2.3%
7.9%
7.4%
2.6%
.1%
5.0%
2.5%
4.0%
10.3%
2.8%
16.6%
5.8%
1.1%
.2%
.4%
.3%
1.0%
13.2%
4.9%
5.5%
20,540
5.5%
2.8%
7.8%
9.1%
2.8%
1.1%
7.2%
1.9%
5.5%
6.9%
3.1%
13.2%
5.6%
.8%
.5%
.1%
.3%
.6%
14.0%
4.1%
6.9%
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MAY 1995
COMPARISON BY PERSONAL ACTION CLUSTER TYPE
39. What is your estimated household income?
Total
Population (000's)
Under $25,000
$25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to
$149,999
$150,000 and over
Refused
Personal Action
Active Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
76,261 10,533 17,238 27,950 20,540
22.9%
14.9%
18.5%
13.1%
4.4%
1.5%
.8%
23.9%
17.9%
15.2%
21.2%
15.4%
9.6%
1.6%
.7%
18.5%
26.5%
12.2%
18.9%
16.1%
5.2%
1.2%
.7%
19.1%
22.5%
16.9%
18.0%
14.2%
3.7%
1.8%
.7%
22.1%
22.9%
14.3%
17.6%
7.7%
2.2%
1.2%
1.1%
33.1%
40. Gender of respondent
Male
Female
Total
Population (OOO's) 76,261
46.6%
53.4%
Active
10,533
45.1%
54.9%
Personal Action
Unaware Sympathizer Inactive
17,238 27,950 20,540
41.1%
58.9%
47.7%
52.3%
50.6%
49.4%
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