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Table 6
Association between Socio-economic factors and WTP (1USD was equivalent to 112KES, December 2021).
| Socio-economic factors | Willingness to pay | X2 value (exact) | df | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | Yes (%) | |||||
| Fishing | No | 66.7 | 33.3 | 10.432 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Yes | 47.3 | 52.7 | ||||
| Land ownership near the lake | No | 70.8 | 29.2 | 22.791 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Yes | 47.1 | 52.9 | ||||
| Farming near the lake | No | 46.5 | 53.5 | 0.036 | 1 | 0.850 |
| Yes | 47.9 | 52.1 | ||||
| Grazing land | No | 71.9 | 28.1 | 36.649 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Yes | 41.6 | 58.4 | ||||
| Sand harvesting | No | 68 | 32 | 0.012 | 1 | 0.913 |
| Yes | 66.7 | 33.3 | ||||
| Petty trading | No | 65.8 | 34.2 | 0.614 | 1 | 0.433 |
| Yes | 75 | 25 | ||||
| Owning business around the lake | No | 63.4 | 36.6 | 4.094 | 1 | 0.043 |
| Yes | 53.3 | 46.7 | ||||
| Monthly household total income | >KES.10,000 | 50.8 | 49.2 | 21.3 | 1 | 0.000 |
| <KES.10,000 | 75.2 | 24.8 | ||||
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