Table 1 Descriptive Statistics for Individual Characteristics and Site Attributes

Variable	Definition	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min.	Max.
Socioeconomic Characteristics (n=6,375)
Male	Dummy: 1=yes, 0=no	0.49	0.50	0	1
Age	Age	46.53	18.53	17	99
White	Dummy	0.86	0.34	0	1
Education years	Years of education	14.38	2.47	10	19
Fulltime employed	Fulltime employed, dummy	0.47	0.49	0	1
Retired	Dummy	0.24	0.42	0	1
Children ≤17 years	Children ≤17 years, dummy	0.33	0.47	0	1
Site Attribute (Sites = 451)
Beach length	Miles of public shoreline	0.76	1.40	0.01	13.11
Temperature	June water temperature	55.50	4.24	48.87	72.57
	July water temperature	67.20	4.385	58.05	81.34
	August water temperature	67.76	4.59	58.49	78.93
	September water temperature	62.28	3.35	55.75	70.40
Closure days	Beach closure days from 2010	1.17	7.56	0	112
Regional dummy	LP northeast	0.20	0.40	0	1
	LP mid-east	0.09	0.29	0	1
	LP southeast	0.04	0.20	0	1
	LP northwest	0.33	0.47	0	1
	LP mid-west	0.06	0.24	0	1
	LP southwest	0.07	0.25	0	1
Travel cost	Travel cost for all j	203.8	120.9	0	1,162
	Travel cost for visited j	79.58	211.9	0	1,162