Hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in Sweden

The concerning issue of declining number of hunters in North America is also apparent in Europe and Sweden. When the bulk of research found on human dimensions and hunting participation has almost exclusively been done in the United States, this report seeks to add to the needed knowledge on a natio...

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Autor principal: Lindberg, Erik
Formato: H1
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies 2010
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description The concerning issue of declining number of hunters in North America is also apparent in Europe and Sweden. When the bulk of research found on human dimensions and hunting participation has almost exclusively been done in the United States, this report seeks to add to the needed knowledge on a national level focusing on the causes of hunter declines related to social factors within Sweden. Using hunter data reaching from commune, county to National level, this report describes the correlation between a number of variables and the hunting participation in Sweden. The typical Swedish hunter lives in an area with low population density, the person usually has higher education, the living situation is stable with no recent moving and there is relatively good access to forest land. Persons with weaker connection to the Swedish culture such as foreign citizens, people with foreign background and people born outside “the Nordic countries” are less likely to start hunt or participate in hunting. A strong relationship was found between the favorite game, moose (Alces alces), and the amount of hunters participating in the hunting. Merged with the quantity of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa) it gives a reliable estimation of the amount of hunters likely to participate in a given year.
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spelling RepoSLU9572012-04-20T14:11:48Z Hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in Sweden Jägardemografi, trender och samband till jaktdeltagande inom Sverige Lindberg, Erik demography trends participation hunting Sweden human dimensions hunter decline social factors foreign harvest moose game The concerning issue of declining number of hunters in North America is also apparent in Europe and Sweden. When the bulk of research found on human dimensions and hunting participation has almost exclusively been done in the United States, this report seeks to add to the needed knowledge on a national level focusing on the causes of hunter declines related to social factors within Sweden. Using hunter data reaching from commune, county to National level, this report describes the correlation between a number of variables and the hunting participation in Sweden. The typical Swedish hunter lives in an area with low population density, the person usually has higher education, the living situation is stable with no recent moving and there is relatively good access to forest land. Persons with weaker connection to the Swedish culture such as foreign citizens, people with foreign background and people born outside “the Nordic countries” are less likely to start hunt or participate in hunting. A strong relationship was found between the favorite game, moose (Alces alces), and the amount of hunters participating in the hunting. Merged with the quantity of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa) it gives a reliable estimation of the amount of hunters likely to participate in a given year. Det bekymmersamma faktumet att antalet jägare minskar i Nordamerika är också ett gällande faktum för Europa och Sverige. Då merparten av all forskning gällande jägardemografi och jaktdeltagande är gjord i USA försöker denna rapport att utöka den välbehövda kunskapen inom området med fokus på situationen i Sverige. Med hjälp av data över antalet jägare från kommun-, läns- och nationellnivå belyser rapporten sambandet mellan ett antal variabler och jaktdeltagandet i Sverige. Den typiske jägaren i Sverige bor i ett område med låg befolkningstäthet, personen har vanligtvis någon form av högre utbildning, boendesituationen är stabil och innefattar inga nyliga omflyttningar och personen har relativt god tillgång till skogsmark. Sannolikheten att börja jaga eller deltaga i jakt är lägre hos personer som har svagare band till den svenska kulturen såsom utländska medborgare, folk med utländsk bakgrund och folk födda utanför norden. Det finns ett starkt samband mellan det högt uppskattade villebrådet, älg, och antalet jägare som deltar i jakt under ett givet år. Sammanfogade avskjutningsdata av älg, rådjur och vildsvin kan användas som ett relativt tillförlitligt hjälpmedel för att uppskatta antalet jägare under ett givet år. SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies 2010 H1 eng swe https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/957/
spellingShingle demography
trends
participation
hunting
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human dimensions
hunter decline
social factors
foreign
harvest
moose
game
Lindberg, Erik
Hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in Sweden
title Hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in Sweden
title_full Hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in Sweden
title_fullStr Hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in Sweden
title_full_unstemmed Hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in Sweden
title_short Hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in Sweden
title_sort hunter demography, trends and correlates of hunting participation in sweden
topic demography
trends
participation
hunting
Sweden
human dimensions
hunter decline
social factors
foreign
harvest
moose
game