Research Article

Economic Valuation for Cultural and Passive Ecosystem Services Using a Stated Preference (Contingent Valuation Method (CVM)) Case of the Elgeyo Watershed Ecosystem, Kenya

Table 7

Multivariate regression on cultural and passive/nonuse values) as a function of area and socioeconomic parameters.

SourceStatisticDfF (df1, df2) = FProb > F

ModelW0.063975225.0603.74.030.0000 a
P1.6381225.0609.03.260.0000 a
L5.7833225.0599.05.130.0000 a
R4.344175.0203.011.760.0000 u
Residual203
EquationObsParametersRMSER2FP
Cultural27976415.810.644.700.0000
Bequest27976515.850.789.770.0000
Biodiversity27976825.750.695.890.0000

e = exact, a = approximate, u = upper bound on F. W = Wilks’ lambda L = Lawley–Hotelling trace, P = Pillai’s trace, R = Roy’s largest root.