Off-highway vehicle recreation in the United States, regions, and states: a national report from the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment (NSRE)

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The purpose of this report is to describe off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreational use in the United States, the OHV users, and trends in OHV recreation. Such information gives resource managers and planners a better understanding of the growth of OHV participation in the United States such as where, by whom, and how often it occurs. As a general household survey, however, the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment (NSRE) does not provide information on OHV site or location characteristics, nor does it address the preferences of OHV users. Asking about the frequency of OHV use in number of days in the past 12 months was limited to a much smaller sample than the general OHV participation question. In addition to participation estimates, this report also presents five identifiable OHV market segments. These segments describe groupings of OHV users who have similar demographic characteristics and recreational activity preferences. The report is organized into three sections with an extensive appendix containing detailed tables. Section I presents an overview of national OHV trends and population-wide participation. Particular attention is paid in this section to describing the demographic characteristics of OHV users. Section II takes the analysis a step further by examining OHV users and participation across five regions of the country. Included also is a brief look at state-by-state participation statistics. Greater detail concerning OHV users in each state is provided in the appendix. The final section, Section III, presents the results of a market segmentation analysis which identifies five generalized groups of OHV users and the similarities that the members within each group share.

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SWAP (2/19/2016) citation:
Cordell HK, Betz CJ, Green G, Owens M. 2005. 2005. Off-highway vehicle recreation in the United States, regions, and states: a national report from the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment (NSRE). Athens (GA): US Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 36 p. [accessed 2016 Jan 5]. http://treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/download/21307.pdf