Table 6 Linear regression model^a to predict local people’s attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret Kebele^b

Constant

0.365

0.716

–

Sex

0.036

0.322

0.749

Age

0.077

0.509

0.612

Level of education

0.140

1.327

0.189

Family size

0.031

0.295

0.769

Occupation

0.128

1.153

0.252

History of settlement

0.370

3.405^c

0.001

Length of residence in the area

−0.126

−0.767

0.445

Annual income

−0.033

−0.337

0.737

Land ownership

−0.096

−0.828

0.410

Landholding size

0.673

3.893^c

0.001

Source of fuelwood

−0.181

−1.768

0.081

Woodlot ownership

0.090

0.757

0.451

Place of Eucalyptus plantation

0.091

0.876

0.384

Preference for Eucalyptus species

0.075

0.688

0.494

The difference in crop and forage production near Eucalyptus woodlot

−0.382

−3.858^c

0.000

Past knowledge about Eucalyptus woodlot

0.001

0.008

0.993

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

−0.436

4.635^c

0.001