Rural Households’ Demand Status for Mitigation of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC Invasion and Its Determinant Factors in Ethiopia: Empirical Evidence from Afar National Regional State
Table 1
Summary of measurement, type, and hypothesis of the variables.
Variables
Type of variables
Measurement
Hypothesis
Dependent variables
WTP1/WTP2
Dummy
(1 if yes, 0 if no)
Independent variables
Initial bid (Bid1)
Continuous
Labor days
−ve
Follow-up bid (Bid2)
Continuous
Labor days
−ve
Age of the HH
Discrete
Number of years
−ve
Sex of the HH
Dummy
1 if male or 0 otherwise
+ve
Education level of the HH
Discrete
Number of years in school
+ve
Annual farm income
Continuous
Eth. birr (ETB1)
+ve
Non/off-farm income
Continuous
Eth. birr (ETB)
−/+
Security of tenure
Dummy
1 if secured or 0 otherwise
+ve
Past awareness
Dummy
1 if aware or 0 otherwise
+ve
Freq. of extension contact
Discrete
Number of days
+ve
Distance from the market
Continuous
Walking minutes
−ve
Farming experience
Discrete
Years
+ve
Years lived in the area
Continuous
Years
+ve
Size of own land
Continuous
Hectare
+ve
Family size
Continuous
Adult equivalent (AE)
−/+
Dependency ratio
Continuous
Numbers
−ve
Livestock holding
Continuous
Tropical livestock unit (TLU)
+ve
1ETB stands for Ethiopian birr, which is the official currency of the country.