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5. Results

Author : Yanyan Dong

Published in: Contingent Valuation of Yangtze Finless Porpoises in Poyang Lake, China

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

In the chapter, collected information and data are presented and analyzed, such as sample characteristics and respondents’ attitudes on the protection of YFPs. Respondents’ socioeconomic characteristics are recorded, which serve further analysis of WTP bids—whether the WTP bids offered by the respondents are valid. In addition, based on the statements explaining how to decide the WTP amount, WTP bids are judged to be biased or valid. Furthermore, it also investigates the distribution of valid WTP bids, provides the descriptive statistics for data in the three cities, tests the validity of WTP responses statistically, compares the mean WTP in the three cities to test the distance effect, and analyzes mean WTP in China and Germany.
The result is that mean WTP in Beijing > mean WTP in Nanchang > mean WTP in Guangzhou, while they do not differ from each other statistically. Additionally, it is found out that dependent WTP bids of the respondents in Beijing have a significant relationship with the determinants Edu.Degree, INCOME, BEQUEST, and Econ.AndEnvi. at the 0.00 level (R² = 0.434). Dependent WTP estimates in Guangzhou are significantly related to the variables Envi.Group, SIGHTSEEING, BIODIVERSITY, and INCOME at the 0.00 level (R² = 0.434). Around 44% variance of WTP bids in Nanchang can be well-explained by the variables Income, Fam.Size, and Envi.Group at the 0.00 level. Last, the mean WTP in Germany is significantly larger than that in China.
In this chapter, the data obtained from the workshops are summarized and analyzed in the following way:
  • Socioeconomic characteristics of the samples (Sect. 5.1 and 5.4.1).
  • Evaluation of respondents’ attitude (Sect. 5.2).
  • Validity assessment of the WTP bids (Sect. 5.3).
  • Descriptive statistical results for WTP estimates (Sect. 5.4.2).
  • Theoretical validity tests of WTP (Sect. 5.4.3).
  • Comparison of WTP bids in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Nanchang to test the distance effects (Sect. 5.4.2.1).
  • Comparison of WTP means in China and Germany (Sect. 5.4.2.2).

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Footnotes
1
The population is the entire set of individuals to which findings of the survey are to be extrapolated (Levy and Lemeshow 1999). In this study, it refers to the people in Beijing, Guangzhou and Nanchang.
 
2
Gender proportions (male VS. female) in Beijing, Guangzhou and Nanchang are: 52.1% VS. 47.9 %, 51% VS. 49%, 52% VS. 48% respectively. (Data of the fifth population census, National Bureau of Statistics People’s Republic of China 2001).
 
3
Data of age distribution from the fifth population census in China, 2001
Age
0–14 (%)
15–65 (%)
>65 (%)
Beijing
13.6
78.0
8.4
GuangDong Province (Capital: Guangzhou)
24.17
69.78
6.05
Jiangxi Province (Capital: Nanchang)
25.99
67.91
6.11
Source: The State Council of People’s Republic of China (2001)
 
4
In statistics, a result is called “statistically significant” if the probability of its occurrence by chance is less than 5%. Chance refers to unexpected, unplanned, unpredictable event that occurs without observable cause or human intention, and is not explainable by the known laws of science or statistics (http://​www.​businessdictiona​ry.​com).
 
5
Statistics. of or pertaining to observations that are unlikely to occur by chance and that therefore indicate a systematic cause (http://​dictionary.​reference.​com/​browse/​significantly).
 
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Metadata
Title
Results
Author
Yanyan Dong
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Contingent Valuation of Yangtze Finless Porpoises in Poyang Lake, China

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-2764-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-2765-6

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2765-6_5