Assessment of Households’ Willingness to Join and Pay for Improving Waste Management Practices in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in South Central Ethiopia, 2022.

Variables	Categories	Frequency (%)
Sex	Male	414 (75.0)
	Female	138 (25.0)
Age	18-29 years	168 (30.4)
	30-45 years	300 (54.3)
	46 and above years	84 (15.2)
Marital status	Married	496 (89.9)
	Others^a	56 (10.1)
Religion	Muslim	106 (19.2)
	Orthodox	291 (52.7)
	Protestant	155 (28.1)
Educational status	Informal education	197 (35.7)
	Primary	226 (40.9)
	Secondary and above	129 (23.4)
Ethnicity	Gedeo	469 (85.0)
	Oromo	54 (9.8)
	Amhara	29 (5.3)
Occupation	Government employee	67 (12.1)
	Merchant	225 (40.8)
	Others^b	260 (47.1)
Monthly income	<1000 ETB	142 (25.7)
	1000-2000 ETB	271 (49.1)
	Above 2000 ETB	139 (25.2)
House ownership	Yes	450 (81.5)
	No	102 (18.5)
Family size	≤5	318 (57.6)
	>5	234 (42.4)

^aWidowed/divorced. ^bDaily labor, farmer, and housewife. 1 ETB.