Effects of gender and parental status on the economic valuation of increasing wetlands, reducing wildlife contamination and increasing salmon populations

Far this article, analyses were carried out to determine whether a signific ant difference exists between females and males in terms of their willingne ss to pay (WTP) for environmental programs dealing with the protection of w ildlife and salmon. Previous research had hypothesized a significant relati onship between gender and environmental concern. Our results Of these analy ses failed to reveal gender as a significant determinant of an individual's WTP, even when age, education, and income were accounted for. Parental sta tus also proved to be unrelated to WTP, with a significant difference in th e WTP between parents and nonparents appearing in only one case. In additio n, neither motherhood status nor fatherhood status was found to be a signif icant determinant of WTP, and there was no significant difference between m others and fathers in terms of their WTP.