Table 6. Respondent social demographic characteristics

Division Nature seeking responsible tourist (n=114)(%) Passive nature seeking tourist (n=143)(%) Nature & cohesion seeking responsible tourist (n=177)(%) Total (%) Χ2 (p-value)
Gender Male 48 (25.9) 73 (39.5) 64 (34.6) 185 (100) 7.326 (0.026)
Female 66 (27.3) 67 (27.7) 109 (45.0) 242 (100)
Age 15 or more, 20’s 17 (29.3) 27 (46.6) 14 (24.1) 58 (100) 22.710 (0.004)
30’s 16 (30.2) 22 (41.5) 15 (28.3) 53 (100)
40’s 32 (27.4) 37 (31.6) 48 (41.0) 117 (100)
50’s 41 (26.3) 35 (22.4) 80 (51.3) 156 (100)
60s or more 8 (19.0) 18 (42.9) 16 (38.1) 42 (100)
Marital status Single 27 (30.0) 38 (42.2) 25 (44.0) 90 (100) 8.293 (0.016)
Married 87 (25.9) 101 (30.1) 148 (85.5) 336 (100)
Residential area Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon 111 (27.6) 129 (32.1) 162 (40.3) 402 (100) 3.354 (0.187)
Others 3 (11.5) 11 (42.3) 12 (46.2) 26 (100)
Education level High school graduate or less 34 (25.2) 40 (29.6) 61 (45.2) 135 (100) 2.026 (0.722)
College graduate 63 (26.2) 84 (35.0) 93 (38.8) 240 (100)
Master/PhD 15 (30.0) 16 (32.0) 19 (38.0) 50 (100)
Occupation Manager 12 (27.9) 16 (37.2) 15 (34.9) 43 (100) 4.408 (0.918)
Profession 27 (27.0) 37 (37.0) 36 (36.0) 100 (100)
Office worker 15 (31.9) 13 (27.7) 19 (40.4) 47 (100)
Service industrial employee 14 (23.3) 16 (26.7) 30 (50.0) 60 (100)
Retired 6 (23.1) 9 (34.6) 11 (42.3) 26 (100)
Housewife 17 (25.0) 19 (27.9) 32 (47.1) 68 (100)
Student 6 (23.1) 11 (42.3) 9 (34.6) 26 (100)
Other 15 (27.3) 19 (34.5) 21 (38.2) 55 (100)
Income level (Monthly) Less than 2 million won 15 (24.2) 23 (37.1) 24 (38.7) 62 (100) 14.396 (0.072)
Less than 4 million won 40 (24.8) 54 (33.5) 67 (41.6) 161 (100)
Less than 6 million won 36 (37.1) 31 (32.0) 30 (30.9) 97 (100)
Less than 8 million won 11 (26.8) 11 (26.8) 19 (46.3) 41 (100)
8 million won or more 8 (14.5) 16 (29.1) 31 (56.4) 55 (100)