Research Article

Urban Households' Willingness to Pay for Improved Solid Waste Disposal Services in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Table 2

Logit regression results of factors influencing willingness to pay for improved waste management services.

Independent variables CoefficientStd. errors valuesMarginal effect

Education−0.01540.0083*0.06214.8039
Length of stay−0.00930.0032***0.00311.6667
Bags of waste generated0.00240.00210.25517.9608
Age0.00290.00240.23648.2157
Housing arrangement 0.16300.0812**0.0450.6470
Distance−0.00030.0002*0.0770.7135
Gender−0.09750.0410**0.0180.8235
Total income−0.00030.00970.9756.4902
Satisfaction−0.01010.04450.8210.3333
Responsibility−0.02330.03550.5132.7255

Goodness of fit measures

log likelihood−39.0401
Restr. Log likelihood−108.6294
McFadden -squared 0.6406
LR statistic (14 df)239.1788***

Significant at 1%; significant at 5%; significant at 10%.