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Table 3 Average willingness to pay (WTP) for flood control by different sub-groups per households per year (in US$ and labour days)

From: Estimating the willingness to pay for regulating and cultural ecosystem services from forested Siwalik landscapes: perspectives of disaggregated users

Services types

Category

CF nearby

CF distant

CFM nearby

CFM distant

Rich, n = 30

Poor, n = 31

Rich, n = 30

Poor, n = 30

Rich, n = 30

Poor, n = 30

Rich, n = 30

Poor, n = 30

Flood control

FCC_15%

3.2 (1.9)

1.8 (1.4)

4.9 (4.1)

1.5 (1.1)

3.5 (2.5)

1.7 (1.3)

1.1 (0.7)

0.4 (0.2)

FCL_15%

2.2 (1.7)

2.0 (1.6)

2..0 (1.6)

1.5(1.2)

2.0 (1.5)

1.8 (1.2)

0.5(0.2)

0.4 (0.3)

FCC_30%

4.9 (3.1)

2.5 (1.7)

9.4 (8.2)

2.8 (1.5)

6.5 (5.2)

2.8 (2.1)

2.0 (1.3)

0.7 (0.4)

FCL_30%

3.0 (2.1)

2.9 (2.3)

3.0 (2.2)

2.9 (2.3)

3.8 (2.1)

3.5 (1.5)

1.0 (0.6)

0.8 (0.5)

FCC_45%

7.2 (4.7)

3.3 (2.1)

13.5 (11.0)

5.3 (3.5)

10.1 (5.2)

3.9 (2.7)

3.0 (2.2)

1.1 (0.6)

FCL_45%

3.6 (2.1)

3.5 (2.2)

4.5 (3.1)

4.5 (3.1)

5.9 (4.3)

4.0 (1.9)

1.6 (1.1)

1.0 (0.7)

  1. FCC flood control value in cash, FCL flood control value in labour days (standard deviation in parenthesis)