Human-Wildlife Conflict in Save Valley Conservancy: Residents’ Attitude Toward Wildlife Conservation
Table 2
Parameter estimates of variables in the ordinal logistic regression (OLR) model used to predict the residents’ perceptions of the major causes of HWCs in Save Valley Conservancy. The parameter “dislike of protected areas” (n = 34) was taken to be the reference category for comparisons.
Explanatory variables
Change of land use (n = 70)
Land fragmentation (n = 52)
Competition for resources (n = 26)
Lack of capacity (n = 20)
Contested land ownership (n = 65)
Overpopulation (n = 23)
B
OR
B
OR
B
OR
B
OR
B
OR
B
OR
Sex: female vs male
−1.42
0.24
0.98
2.66
0.34
1.40
0.23
0.79
−1.72
0.18
1.34
3.82
Period of stay in SVC: <5 years vs >5 years
1.32
3.74
−0.45
0.64
−0.23
0.79
−0.52
0.59
0.67
1.95
0.45
1.57
Age: <30 years vs >40 years
1.57
4.81
−0.45
0.64
0.67
1.95
−1.85
0.16
−1.41
0.24
0.25
1.28
Age: 31–40 years vs >40 years
1.82
6.17
0.67
1.95
−0.23
0.79
−1.99
0.14
−1.44
0.24
0.13
1.14
Education: primary vs none
−1.85
0.15
−1.09
0.34
−1.68
0.19
−0.75
0.47
1.42
4.14
−1.09
0.34
Education: secondary vs none
−1.87
0.15
−1.68
0.19
−1.15
0.32
−1.84
0.16
1.66
5.26
−1.30
0.27
Education: college vs none
−1.75
0.17
−1.61
0.20
−1.56
0.21
−0.91
0.40
0.89
2.44
−0.48
0.62
,, and indicate the significance of parameters at 10%, 5%, and 1%, respectively; B = regression coefficient and OR = odds ratio. For age group, “>40 years” and for education, “none” were taken to be the reference categories for comparison.
