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Table 3 Chi-square value of demographic factors and benefits of green infrastructure in Hawassa and Bahir Dar (N = 215 each city).

From: Public assessment of green infrastructure benefits and associated influencing factors in two Ethiopian cities: Bahir Dar and Hawassa

Variables	Hawassa								Bahir Dar
	EnvB		EcoB		SocB		Total		EnvB		EcoB		SocB		Total
	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Total		Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Total
	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	%	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	%
Demographic factors
Gender
Male	128	34	118	44	110	52	162	75.3	125	52	135	42	116	61	177	82.33
Female	37	16	39	14	36	17	53	24.7	29	9	27	11	29	9	38	17.67
Total	165	50	157	58	146	69	215	100	154	61	162	53	145	70	215	100
χ² and (df = 1)	χ² = 1.89, p = 0.169		χ² = 0.11. p = 0.91		χ² = 0.00, p = 0.99				χ² = 0.499, p = 0.48		χ² = 0.46, p = 0.49		χ² = 1.66, p = 0.19
Age
18–24 years	32	6	28	10	22	16	38	17.6	54	16	54	16	56	14	70	32.56
25–44 years	84	32	82	34	78	38	116	54.0	62	37	72	27	64	35	99	46.05
45–64 years	64	12	47	14	46	15	61	28.4	38	8	36	10	25	21	46	21.39
Total	165	50	157	58	146	69	215	100	154	61	162	53	145	70	215	100
χ² and (df = 2)	χ² = 2.86, p = 0.241		χ² = 0.83, p = 0.66		χ² = 3.35, p = 0.12				χ² = 7.72, p = 0.02*		χ² = 0.69, p = 0.71		χ² = 8.97, p = 0.01*
Marital status
Married	124	35	116	43	110	49	159	74.0	110	38	112	36	96	52	148	68.84
Not married	27	8	24	11	23	12	35	16.2	39	21	45	15	42	18	60	27.91
Widowed/divorced	14	7	17	4	13	8	21	9.8	5	2	5	2	7	0	7	3.25
Total	165	50	157	58	146	69	215	100	154	61	162	53	145	79	215	100
χ² and (df = 2)	χ² = 1.34, p = 0.513		χ² = 1.02, p = 0.60		χ² = 0.54, p = 0.762				χ² = 1.83, p = 0.403		χ² = 0.07, p = 0.96		χ² = 4.0, p = 0.14

EnvB environmental benefit, EcoB economical benefit, SocB socio-cultural benefit
*p < 0.05

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