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. 2023 Aug 10;9(8):e19053. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19053

Table 3.

Perceptions of respondents for the underlying drivers of forest cover change.

Drivers of forest cover change Number and percent (%) of respondents
Yes No
Increment of crop price 60%(72) 40%(48)
Increase access to market 32.5%(39) 67.5%(81)
Increment of annual income 42.5%(51) 57.5%(69)
Economic drivers
Insure tenure and use right 89.2%(107) 10.8%(13)
Weak institutional performance 91.7%(110) 8.3%(10)
Corruption 18.3%(22) 81.7%(98)
Socio-cultural drivers
In-migration 3.3%(4) 96.7%(116)
Population growth 95%(114) 5%(6)
Population density 60.8%(73) 39.2%(47)
Demographic drivers

Source: Survey data of March 2017.