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

Table 4 Chi-square value of socio-economic factors and benefits of green infrastructure in Hawassa and Bahir Dar (N = 215 each city).

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	%
Socio-economic factors
Education status	20	7	20	7	20	7	27	12.6	12	5	13	4	13	4	17	7.91
Elementary	28	12	29	11	27	13	40	18.6	22	9	23	8	20	11	31	14.42
High school	117	31	108	40	99	49	148	68.8	120	47	126	41	112	55	167	77.67
College/university graduated	165	50	157	58	146	69	215	100	154	61	162	53	145	70	215	100
χ² and (df = 2)	χ² = 1.57, p = 0.46		χ² = 0.21, p = 0.99		χ² = 0.544, p = 0.76				χ² = 0.02, p = 0.99		χ² = 0.034, p = 0.98		χ² = 0.76, p = 0.68
Monthly income	53	19	47	25	44	28	72	33.5	69	23	70	22	68	24	92	42.79
580–2000Birr	72	17	70	19	64	25	89	41.4	46	27	56	17	50	23	73	33.95
2001–4000Birr	33	12	35	10	30	15	45	20.9	29	7	28	8	18	18	36	16.74
4001–7000Birr	7	2	5	4	8	1	9	4.2	10	4	8	6	9	5	14	6.51
> 7000Birr	165	50	157	58	146	69	215	100	154	61	162	53	145	70	215	100
χ² and (df = 3)	χ² = 1.56, p = 0.67		χ² = 5.53, p = 0.14		χ² = 4.03, p = 0.26				χ² = 4.6, p = 0.204		χ² = 2.71, p = 0.45		χ² = 6.84, p = 0.08
House tenure	90	29	86	33	82	37	119	55.3	90	33	92	31	81	42	123	57.21
Own house	75	21	71	25	64	32	96	44.7	64	28	70	22	64	28	92	42.79
Rented	165	50	157	58	146	69	215	100	154	61	162	53	145	70	215	100
Total	90	29	86	33	82	37	119	55.3	90	33	92	31	81	42	123	57.21
χ² and (df = 1)	χ² = 0.185, p = 0.67		χ² = 0.77, p = 0.78		χ² = 0.122, p = 0.73				χ² = 0.34, p = 0.56		χ² = 0.05, p = 0.83		χ² = 0.33, p = 0.57

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

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