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Who Engages in Citizen Science Projects on Urban Wildlife Ecology? Findings on Participant Groups from Cluster Analyses Cover

Who Engages in Citizen Science Projects on Urban Wildlife Ecology? Findings on Participant Groups from Cluster Analyses

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|May 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Silhouette scores for two to ten possible clusters for the Wildlife Researchers (N = 847, left) and the Bat Researchers (N = 223, right). The dashed line represents the ideal least Silhouette score.

Table 1

Number of participants (and percentage related to the sample size of N = 847) and age, gender, highest level of education, and status of employment (with percentages related each to the cluster sizes of n = 500, n = 148, n = 152, and n = 47) of the four clusters in the CS project on urban wildlife ecology (Wildlife Researchers). M = mean, SD = standard deviation.

CLUSTERCLUSTER 1: ACADEMIC EMPLOYEESCLUSTER 2: ALL-ROUND WORKERSCLUSTER 3: ACADEMIC FREE-TIMERSCLUSTER 4: FREE-TIMERS
n (percentage)500 (59%)148 (17%)152 (18%)47 (6%)
Age: M (SD)48.65 (9.35)48.73 (10.57)65.89 (9.43)60.36 (15.75)
Gender299 Female (60%)
199 Male (40%)
2 Non-binary (0.4%)
89 Female (60%)
58 Male (39%)
1 Non-binary (1%)
53 Female (35%)
99 Male (65%)
20 Female (43%)
27 Male (57%)
Education45 Technical college degree (9%)
379 College/University degree (76%)
76 PhD/Habilitation (15%)
2 Secondary education certificate (1%)
24 General secondary education certificate (16%)
6 College entrance qualification (4%)
62 University entrance qualification (42%)
54 Vocational training degree (37%)
17 Technical college degree (11%)
108 College/University degree (71%)
27 PhD/Habilitation (18%)
3 Secondary education certificate (6%)
12 General secondary education certificate (26%)
5 College entrance qualification (11%)
11 University entrance qualification (23%)
16 Vocational training degree (34%)
Employment5 Vocational training (1%)
26 Marginally/Occasionally employed (5%)
156 Part-time employed (31%)
313 Full-time employed (63%)
2 Vocational training (1%)
12 Marginally/Occasionally employed (8%)
43 Part-time employed (29%)
91 Full-time employed (62%)
140 Non-employed (92%)
11 Partial retirement (7%)
1 Vocational training (1%)
41 Non-employed (87%)
6 Partial retirement (13%)
Table 2

Number of participants (and percentage related to the sample size of N = 223) and age, gender, highest level of education, and status of employment (with percentages related each to the cluster sizes of n = 129, n = 52, n = 23, and n = 19) of the four clusters in the CS project on urban bat ecology (Bat Researchers). M = mean, SD = standard deviation.

CLUSTERCLUSTER 1: ACADEMIC EMPLOYEESCLUSTER 2: ALL-ROUND WORKERSCLUSTER 3: ACADEMIC FREE-TIMERSCLUSTER 4: FREE-TIMERS
n (percentage)129 (58%)52 (23%)23 (10%)19 (9%)
Age: M (SD)43.43 (10.71)39.33 (11.05)49.70 (16.69)33.11 (12.40)
Gender78 Female (60%)
50 Male (39%)
1 Non-binary (1%)
24 Female (46%)
28 Male (54%)
14 Female (61%)
9 Male (39%)
13 Female (68%)
6 Male (32%)
Education9 Technical college degree (7%)
105 College/University degree (81%)
15 PhD/Habilitation (12%)
1 Secondary education certificate (2%)
10 General secondary education certificate (19%)
4 College entrance qualification (8%)
24 University entrance qualification (46%)
13 Vocational training degree (25%)
23 College/University degree (100%)1 Secondary education certificate (5%)
3 General secondary education certificate (16%)
2 College entrance qualification (11%)
11 University entrance qualification (58%)
2 Vocational training degree (11%)
Employment7 Marginally/Occasionally employed (5%)
38 Part-time employed (30%)
84 Full-time employed (65%)
5 Marginally/Occasionally employed (10%)
15 Part-time employed (29%)
32 Full-time employed (62%)
19 Non-employed (83%)
4 Vocational training (17%)
15 Non-employed (79%)
1 Partial retirement (5%)
3 Vocational training (16%)
Figure 2

Percentages of non-active, visiting, and engaging participants during the data collection (a,b) and data analysis phase (c,d) of each cluster of the Wildlife Researchers (N = 847, a,c) and the Bat Researchers (N = 223, b,d).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.910 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Page range: 12 - 12
Submitted on: Sep 24, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2026
Published on: May 15, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Hannah Greving, Till Bruckermann, Robert Hagen, Anke Schumann, Konstantin Börner, Sophia E. Kimmig, Daniel Lewanzik, Julia Lorenz, Lara Marggraf, Milena Stillfried, Tanja M. Straka, Silke Voigt-Heucke, Christian C. Voigt, Miriam Brandt, Ute Harms, Joachim Kimmerle, published by Ubiquity Press
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