Socio-Economic Characteristics and Willingness to Pay for a Clean Air by the Different Sectors in the Northeastern Pangasinan Airshed
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Keywords

socio-economic characteristics
willingness to pay
clear air
Northeastern Pangasinan Airshed

How to Cite

Estrada, J., & De Vera, I. (2018). Socio-Economic Characteristics and Willingness to Pay for a Clean Air by the Different Sectors in the Northeastern Pangasinan Airshed. Southeast Asian Journal of Science and Technology, 3(1), 164-172. Retrieved from https://sajst.org/online/index.php/sajst/article/view/206

Abstract

This study investigated the socioeconomic characteristics and willingness to pay for a clear air by the various sectors, including residential, commercial, industry, and institution sector in the Northeastern Pangasinan Airshed. To give effect to the study, three hundred sixty (360) males and females from the 18 municipalities and cities of Northeastern Pangasinan Airshed were randomly selected on the basis of cluster sampling methods with face-to-face interviews by using a series of hypothetical, open-ended scenario questions which were designed to elicit the respondents' WTP. Qualitative method was employed through descriptive survey techniques and contingent valuation method (CVM) to quantify males and females’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a clean air quality. The findings of the study disclosed that most of the male and female respondents from the different sectors in the Northeastern Pangasinan Airshed within the age bracket of 20 - 39 years old, college graduates, Roman Catholics, have a gross family income and expenditure of Php9,000 and below, owned a house made from concrete materials and lived in sub-urban areas. In account for the willingness to pay for a clean air, the data reveal that most of the respondents are willing to support vehicle tax payment, which indicates that respondents are concerned and willing to support any means of raising money to help improve the air quality as this provides resulting benefits on stakeholders in the long-run. Furthermore, a great majority of the respondents agreed that they are willing to pay for an extra peso a year for quality air.  This only suggests that citizens in North-Eastern Pangasinan have a general concern about reducing air pollution and improving air quality.

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