Table 5 Factors affecting local people’s knowledge on the adverse impacts of Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret Kebele

Constant

1.930

0.435

0.123

1

–

1.023

Sex

−0.112

0.630

0.048

1

0.911

0.678

Age

0.723

0.845

0.264

1

0.635

1.236

Level of education

−0.834

0.456

6.784

1

0.002^a

0.925

Family size

−0.643

0.467

1.032

1

0.412

0.919

Occupation

0.783

0.346

0.165

1

0.556

−0.375

History of settlement

0.893

0.845

9.689

1

0.000^a

1.823

Length of residence in the area

−0.296

0.436

0.134

1

0.456

0.732

Annual income

1.523

0.932

0.083

1

0.760

0.362

Land ownership

−0.783

0.183

0.068

1

0.691

0.854

Source of fuelwood

1.893

0.273

0.263

1

0.406

2.096

Woodlot ownership

−0.283

0.364

0.214

1

0.444

−0.786

Landholding size

0.534

0.945

0.068

1

0.834

−0.638

Place of Eucalyptus plantation

−1.832

0.432

7.420

1

0.001^a

−2.893

Preference for Eucalyptus species

−0.834

0.346

1.068

1

0.131

−0.782

The difference in crop and forage production near Eucalyptus woodlot

0.895

0.634

13.754

1

0.000^a

0.963

Past knowledge about Eucalyptus woodlot

0.294

0.346

0.361

1

0.221

0.783

Distance between the houses of the respondents and the nearby access road

0.983

0.576

8.946

1

0.001^a

2.957