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Table 1 Households demographic profiles

From: Estimating farmers’ stated willingness to accept pay for ecosystem services: case of Lake Naivasha watershed Payment for Ecosystem Services scheme-Kenya

Variable description

Percent

Mean

Std. deviation

Gender of household head

 

.33

 

 Male

67

  

 Female

33

  

Household head age

 

54.19

15.14

Household head education level

  

0.65

 None

17.5

  

 Primary

62.5

  

 High school

18.5

  

 College/university

1.5

  

Occupation of the household head

  

0.82

 Employed

1.5

  

 Farmer

93.0

  

 Off-farm business

0.5

  

 Farmer and employed

0.5

  

 Farmer/employed/business

1.0

  

 Farmer/off-farm business

3.5

  

 Household family size

 

5.76

3.14

Household monthly income (Kshs.); 1US$ = Kshs. 100 at survey time

   

 Without/before PES farm practices

 

6891.96

5101.12

 With/after PES farm practices

 

11,011.48

14,719.42

Household farm size (acres)

 

2.305

1.070

N = 200