Research Article
Assessment of Households’ Willingness to Join and Pay for Improving Waste Management Practices in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Table 4
Factors associated with respondents’ willingness to pay for improved solid waste management, 2022.
| | Categories | Willingness to pay | Odds ratio(95%CI) | AOR(95%CI) | | Yes (%) | No (%) |
| | Age categories | | 18-29 years | 125 (24.8) | 25(5.0) | 1 | 1 | | 30-45 years | 240 (47.5) | 37 (7.3) | 1.3 (.747, 2.25) | 1.29 (.694, 2.38) | | Above 45 years | 71 (14.1) | 7(1.4) | 2.03(0.835, 4.93) | 2.03(0.764, 5.41) | | Educational status | | Informal | 135 (26.7) | 36(7.1) | 1 | 1 | | Primary (1-8) | 193(38.2) | 22(4.4) | 2.34(1.32, 4.16) | 2.37(1.22, 4.59) | | Secondary and above | 108(21.4) | 11(2.2) | 2.62(1.27, 5.39) | 4.19(1.79, 9.80) | | Monthly income | | Less than 1000 birr | 86 (17.0) | 35(6.9) | 1 | 1 | | 1000-2000 birr | 230(45.5) | 23(4.6) | 4.1(2.28,7.28) | 4.18(2.21,7.91) | | Above 2000 birr | 120(23.8) | 11(2.2) | 4.5(2.14,9.23) | 4.10(1.87,8.98) | | Access to waste management | | No | 18(3.5) | 12 (2.4) | 1 | 1 | | Yes | 418 (82.8) | 57 (11.3) | 4.89(2.24,10.68) | 3.57(1.36,9.36) | | Amount of waste generated per week | | 1 sack of 50kg | 105(20.8) | 38(7.5) | 1 | 1 | | 2 sacks of 50kg | 331(65.6) | 31(6.1) | 3.87(2.29,6.52) | 3.72(2.10,6.78) | | Overall Attitude | | | Negative | 92(18.2) | 18(3.6) | 1 | 1 | | Positive | 344(68.1) | 51(10.1) | 1.32(0.736,2.37) | 1.53(0.777,3.02) | | Overall knowledge | | | | | | Poor knowledge | 122(24.2) | 41(8.1) | 1 | 1 | | Good knowledge | 314(62.2) | 28(5.5) | 3.77(2.23,6.37) | 3.58 (1.98, 6.48) |
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