%0 Research article
%T Factors affecting participation in wild berry picking by rural and urban dwellers
%A Kangas, Kari
%A Markkanen, Pasi
%D 2001
%J Silva Fennica
%V 35
%N 4
%R doi:10.14214/sf.582
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/582
%X The purpose of this study was to examine the participation of urban and  rural dwellers in the activity of berry-picking. The respondents in the  study lived in the city of Joensuu and in the municipality of Ilomantsi,  in eastern Finland. 68% of Joensuu households compared with 82% of  those in Ilomantsi participated in berry-picking. These evident  differences in the participation rates may be largely due to the higher  costs incurred by urban dwellers in picking, since the probability of  participation was not significantly higher for Ilomantsi households  compared with those in Joensuu who had access to a summer-cottage which  was likely to be located near the berry resources. In both  municipalities, the participants were divided into two groups according  to the nature of their participation in the activity. The larger group –  termed ordinary pickers – were characteristically younger families with  children, while the other group, termed active pickers, were distinctly  more advanced in age. The quantities picked for home consumption by the  groups of pickers in Ilomantsi were twice as large as those picked by  the corresponding groups in Joensuu. In Joensuu, households were not  significantly involved in commercial picking.