Effects of Gender and Parental Status on the Economic Valuation of Increasing Wetlands, Reducing Wildlife Contamination and Increasing Salmon Populations

摘要

For this article, analyses were carried out to determine whether a significant difference exists between females and males in terms of their willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental programs dealing with the protection of wildlife and salmon. Previous research had hypothesized a significant relationship between gender and environmental concern. Our results of these analyses failed to reveal gender as a significant determinant of an individual's WTP, even when age, education, and income were accounted for. Parental status also proved to be unrelated to WTP, with a significant difference in the WTP between parents and nonparents appearing in only one case. In addition, neither motherhood status nor fatherhood status was found to be a significant determinant of WTP, and there was no significant difference between mothers and fathers in terms of their WTP.