Telephone interviews were conducted with 800 randomly selected respon-
dents ("backyarders") from the eight sites. A professional telephone inter-
viewing firm identified backyarders by calling households in telephone
exchanges near or in the area where the incinerator was to be located. Only
people 18 years or older were interviewed. An approximately equal number
of men and women were interviewed (see Table A.1 ). Two filter questions
were asked to locate the backyarders precisely. The first question was "Have
you lived in the (name of site) area for (two) three years or more?" The time
varied depending on the site, but covered the time the incinerator conflict
was in progress. If respondents answered yes, they were asked either "About
how far is the incinerator in (name of site) from your home?" or "About
how far would the proposed incinerator in (name of site) have been from
your home?" Those who answered three miles (30 blocks) or fewer were
considered to be backyarders.

We were unable to use a full random-digit dialing procedure because of
limited resources. Telephone numbers were randomly selected from the tele-
phone book, and the last two numbers were replaced by two numbers
drawn at random. The cooperation rates for the eight sites -- that is, those
who agreed to be interviewed of the total number contacted, are as follows:

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