title: Determinants of households' willingness-to-pay for private solid waste management services in Ibadan, Nigeria.
abstract: The study examined the determinants of willingness-to-pay for private solid waste disposal systems by urban households in Ibadan, Nigeria. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select 552 households for the study. Data obtained from survey were analysed using a logit model-based contingent valuation. Evidence from the logit model indicated that seven variables had significant influence on the households' willingness-to-pay. Of these, income and asset owned were positive and significant at P < 0.01 but amount of willingness-to-pay and firm services were negative and significant at P < 0.01. Education and occupation were positive and significant at the P < 0.05 level while age was negative and significant at P < 0.10. The implication is that households have certain socio-economic characteristics, which influence their willingness-to-pay for solid waste disposal. The study recommends government intervention in a variety of forms such as encouraging public-private participation in solid waste disposal, an aggressive environmental clean-up campaign, decentralization of Waste Management Boards and privatization of some aspects of waste management to ameliorate solid waste problems and improve health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: M A Y
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rahji
authors.forename: Elizabeth O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Oloruntoba
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005191:Family Characteristics; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics*; D018505:Waste Management