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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 7 The amount of willingness to pay from the results of marginal effects of independent variables.

From: The economic valuation of Gedo Natural Forest conservation benefits, Ethiopia

Explanatory variable

Probability change

Change among forest users(birr)

Total change

Education (class year)

0.0000194

0.0466814

0.0470928

Family size (adult equivalent)

− 0.1290273

− 0.3109418

− 0.3136822

TLU

0.6689256

1.612039

1.626246

Farm size (timad, 0.25 ha)

− 0.0000751

− 0.1810909

− 0.1826869

Distance from the forest (hour)

− 0.0004373

− 1.053799

− 1.063086

Annual income (birr)

0.0119382

2.876973

2.902328

Age (year)

− 0.0391547

− 0.0943586

− 0.0951902

Sex (1 = male)

0.0001401

0.3211534

0.3241104

Satisfaction level (1 = yes)

− 0.0001173

− 0.2961077

− 0.2986134

Credit utilization (birr)

0.0193146

4.654602

4.695623

Awareness created (1 = yes)

0.0012776

2.076689

2.102416

Initial bid (birr)

− 0.0391658

− 0.0943854

− 0.0952173