An examination of the effects of young adults' social experience on their attitudes toward hunting and hunters
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ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study was to examine factors which influence attitudes toward hunting and several related concepts. Factors of interest were sex, level of urbanization, father's occupation, participation in hunting, and extent of primary group affiliation with hunting. Dependent variables included attitudes toward hunting, attitudes toward hunters, and knowledge of wildlife ecology. The method of investigation was a questionnaire survey which was administered to a sample of college students in southeastern Louisiana. Previous research into this area has concentrated upon the effects of sex, city size, and social class on hunting attitudes, but these variables were found to have little effect in this study. The variables of participation and primary group affiliation were the only ones which had a significant effect upon all dependent variables. Investigates which of the following factors influence attitudes toward hunting, attitudes toward hunters, and knowledge of wildlife ecology: sex, level of urbanization, father's occupation, participation in hunting, and extent of primary group affiliation with hunting. A sample of college students (n=415) responds to a questionnaire survey. Results indicate that only participation in hunting and primary group affiliation (i.e. having family members and friends who hunt) are significantly related to attitudes toward hunting and hunters and knowledge of wildlife ecology. Concludes that attitudes to hunting are best explained by membership and degree of integration into the social world of hunting, rather than by socio-structural divisions.
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