Open AccessUrban Households' Willingness to Pay for Improved Solid Waste Disposal Services in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Author(s) -
Dadson AwunyoVitor,
Shaibu Ishak,
Godfred Seidu Jasaw
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
urban studies research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-4193
pISSN - 2090-4185
DOI - 10.1155/2013/659425
Subject(s) - willingness to pay , tobit model , metropolitan area , business , municipal solid waste , solid waste management , logistic regression , economics , waste management , engineering , geography , medicine , archaeology , econometrics , microeconomics
Solid waste management within Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly area continues to be a major challenge for the municipal assembly and one of the key issues is its financial constraints. This study was undertaken to examine households' willingness to pay for improved solid waste management services. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select six hundred respondents for the study. Logistic regression model was used to establish the determinants of willingness to pay for solid waste management whilst the Tobit model was used to evaluate the factors influencing the amount of money the households are willing to pay for improved solid waste management. The logistic model shows that income, age, number of children, quantity of waste generated, and education have significant effects on the willingness to pay, while the amount of money the households are willing to pay was influenced by their income, quantity of waste generated, education, house ownership, and number of children. Thus, the assembly can increase waste collection fees between GHC 3 and GHC 5.00. This would lead to improvement in the waste management within the metropolis. However, the additional charge should take into consideration location and income levels