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Table 2--Correlation coefficients relating the level of employment concentration in forest related sectors with various social, economic and demographic indicators (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
Population change, percent	-0.13 (179)	-0.21 (978)	-0.12 (872)	0.21 (414)
Unemployment percent	0.18 (179)	0.18 (978)		-0.14 (414)
Median household income	-0.17 (179)	-0.29 (978)	-0.08 (872)	0.27 (414)
Percent living in poverty	0.20 (179)	0.28 (978)		-0.26 (414)
Infant mortality rate		0.06 (978)
Serious crime rate	-0.25 (179)	-0.27 (978)	-0.11 (872)	0.29 (414)
Owner-occupied housing percent	0.32 (179)	0.24 (978)	0.11 (872)	-0.15 (414)
Divorce rate		-0.13 (978)	-0.07 (872)
Percent voting-age population voting for President	0.26 (179)	0.20 (978)

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