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Table 1--Correlation coefficients relating the level of employment concentration in forest related sectors with various indicators of forest condition (correlation coefficient only reported where statistical significance exceeded 10 percent; numbers in parentheses are the number of counties used to compute the correlation coefficient)

Variable	Pulp and paper sector	Primary wood products sector	Secondary wood products sector	Forest related recreation and tourism sector
Forest percent	0.19 (170)	0.40 (874)	0.14 (782)	-0.09 (414)
Pine percent	0.20 (169)	0.26 (871)
Plantation percent	0.25 (169)	0.29 (871)		-0.13 (414)
Change in plantation percent	0.13 (169)	0.24 (871)	0.06 (777)	-0.14 (414)
Hardwood percent	-0.17 (169)	-0.27 (871)		0.09 (414)
Upland hardwood percent	-0.15 (169)	-0.19 (871)	0.11 (777)	0.10 (414)
Bottomland hardwood percent			-0.13 (777)
Oak-pine percent		0.10 (871)
Pine growth/ inventory	0.17 (164)			-0.17 (405)
Pine removal/ inventory				-0.15 (405)
Hardwood growth/ inventory		0.06 (871)		-0.21 (414)
Hardwood removal/ inventory	0.27 (169)	0.24 (871)		-0.19 (414)

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