Table 3.
Results of a random intercept logistic regression model (n = 1036) of variables associated with household prohibited resource collection in Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Variable | Estimate | SE | p |
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| |||
Demand for forest resources | |||
Household member count | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.35 |
Household dairy animals count | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.74 |
Household farmland size (kattha) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.70 |
Barriers to prohibited resource collection | |||
Distance from household to nearest park boundary, logged | −0.57a | 0.24 | 0.02 |
Barriers to legal resource collection | |||
Size of household’s community forest, logged | −0.42 | 0.31 | 0.17 |
Household’s perceived Mikania micrantha spread in forest: gradually increasingb | −0.02 | 0.44 | 0.96 |
Household’s perceived M. micrantha spread in forest: rapidly increasingb | 0.76a | 0.34 | 0.03 |
Household’s perceived M. micrantha spread in forest: do not knowb | −0.40 | 0.62 | 0.52 |
Community forest managers’ reported M. micrantha coverage in forests | −0.05 | 1.41 | 0.97 |
Measured proportion of forest plot surveys with M. micrantha present | 0.09 | 1.67 | 0.96 |
Alternatives to resource collection | |||
Scale at which household purchased firewood and fodder | −0.58a | 0.19 | <0.01 |
Density of nearby market/non-governmental organizations, logged | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.24 |
Controls | |||
Caste: Hill Janajatic | 1.05a | 0.39 | 0.01 |
Caste: Dalitc | 1.16a | 0.39 | <0.01 |
Caste: Newarc | 0.88 | 0.65 | 0.18 |
Caste: Terai Janajatic | 1.40a | 0.40 | <0.01 |
Household income >50 000 Nepalese rupees | −0.33 | 0.25 | 0.19 |
Intercept | −4.48a | 1.19 | <0.01 |
95% confidence interval excludes zero.
Reference group for dummy variables is ‘Household perceived M. micrantha is decreasing or not changing’.
Reference group for dummy variables is ‘Caste: Brahmin’.