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Table 1 Profile of the NIPFs in the study

From: Nonindustrial private forest owners' opinions to and awareness of energy wood market and forest-based bioenergy certification - results of a case study from Finnish Karelia

Profile

NIPFs of this study

Number of NIPFs responded

79

Average age

59ā€‰years

Gender

Men-85%; Women-15%

Level of education

Ā 

Grade school

25%

Vocational school

39%

Higher education (including polytechniques and university)

36%

Status in employment

Ā 

Employee (public and private)

26%

Agriculture/forestry entrepreneur

26%

Pensioner

44%

Other

4%

Status of forest, energy wood use, and trade

Ā 

Average size of the forest estates

73ā€‰ha (min 1ā€‰ha, max 500ā€‰ha)

Average area of forest under timber production

72ā€‰ha (min 1ā€‰ha, max 450ā€‰ha)

Average use of wood for heating household and business by the NIPFs

20 solid m3 (min 1ā€‰m3, max 300ā€‰m3)

Average selling of energy wood by the NIPFs

200 solid m3 (min 9ā€‰m3, max 842ā€‰m3)