Kefale, Higu (2016) Assessment of Willingness to Pay for Improved Sanitation in Slum Area of Addis Ababa. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: Understanding demand for improved sanitation in the local context is critical if sanitation facilities are to be continually used. The drivers of demand for sanitation are different for different slum areas, so context specific study is better to know the real factors and demand for program design and implementation. People‟s willingness to invest a part of their meager resource in maintaining the sanitation facility is taken as an indication that they value the service and are therefore committed to keep it in good working order. Objective: To measure level of willingness to pay and identify factors affecting willingness to pay for improved sanitation in slum areas of Addis Ababa. Methods: This willingness to pay assessment has been conducted based on cross sectional study quantitative design. The study has been conducted in slum area of Addis Ababa. Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation Method (DC-CVM) i.e. double bound have been used for the assessment of willingness to pay. The analyses have been done using logistic and ordinal logistic regression models. Result: Totally 404 households were interviewed from March to April study period. Approximately 88% of respondents are willing to pay less than 1000 birr for hand washing facility installation and 7% are willing to pay in between range from 1000 birr to 1500 birr and only 5% are willing to pay more than 1500 birr. For communal toilet renovation, 94.6% are willing to pay less than 600 birr, 5.2% are willing to pay from 600 to 1132 birr and none of them are willing to pay more than 1132 birr in 1 year.The mean willingness to pay for communal toilet was 212 birr per year and the maximum mean willingness to pay for hand washing facility installation was 508.5 birr. Households who were unsatisfied on existing sanitation were more likely to pay for improved sanitation (AOR 2.85, CI 1.05-7.72). Conclusion: The study has found the community was willing to pay 2.12% of their disposable income for improved sanitation. Among the factors that affect willingness to pay , past sanitation expenditure amount, knowledge on health effect of poor sanitation, knowledge on type of sanitation, attitude on sanitation, number of households sharing the toilet, monthly saving and number of years lived in the present house significantly correlates with amount of willingness to pay.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2018 10:56 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2018 10:56 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6520 |
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