TAILIEUCHUNG - Households’ willingness to pay for solid waste management services in Loc Ninh commune, Dong Hoi city
The willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental sanitation fee was examined with an aim to estimate the average WTP of local residents in Loc Ninh commune, Dong Hoi city, and to analyze a number of factors influencing the WTP level. Ninety six households were selected with a Stratified Random Sampling technique and interviewed with structured questionnaires on different fee levels that they were willing to pay for. | Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology 55 (4C) (2017) 162-167 HOUSEHOLDS’ WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN LOC NINH COMMUNE, DONG HOI CITY Tran Anh Tuan*, Le Thi Phuong Chi Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Sciences, Hue University, 77 Nguyen Hue St., Hue city, Vietnam * Email: tuantrankhmt@ Received: 2017; Accepted for publication: 14 October 2017 ABSTRACT The willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental sanitation fee was examined with an aim to estimate the average WTP of local residents in Loc Ninh commune, Dong Hoi city, and to analyze a number of factors influencing the WTP level. Ninety six households were selected with a Stratified Random Sampling technique and interviewed with structured questionnaires on different fee levels that they were willing to pay for. The analysis results processed with Weighted Average Method showed that the average WTP was 18,440 VND/month. The highest and lowest WTP per month were 26,000÷29,000 VND/month and 17,000 VND/month, respectively. Based on Regression Analysis Model added in the Analysis Toolpak of MS. Excel, this paper investigated 4 key demographic characteristics of respondents; namely age, sex, occupation and per capita income which likely affected the WTP level. Of which, education and per capita income greatly influenced the WTP, . respondents with higher levels of these factors showed higher level of WTP. In terms of occupation, the WTP of those residents who were engaged in farming were lower than that of other surveyed occupations. Keywords: willingness to pay, household solid waste, fee, influencing factors. 1. INTRODUCTION Although various policy instruments concerning the solid waste management have been in place, their effectiveness might vary between communities. For instance, the pricing policy based on the volume of domestic solid waste has proved unsuccessful in many developing countries because its actual volume generated by each household has been
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