WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE LABOR AND MONEY TO TSETSE CONTROL - APPLICATION OF CONTINGENT VALUATION IN BUSIA DISTRICT, KENYA

A household survey was conducted in six villages of Busia District, Ke nya, to assess people's willingness to contribute labor and money to c ontrol the tsetse flies that transmit trypanosomiasis. A Heckman's two -step model was estimated to identify factors affecting the probabilit y that a respondent was willing to contribute labor or money and the f actors affecting the amounts of labor or money he or she was willing t o contribute. Everything else equal, households willing to contribute the most money were those whose heads were female and well educated, w hile those willing to contribute the most labor were headed by men, ha d high cash income and had participated in an educational event. (C) 1 997 Elsevier Science Ltd.