Dataset

Household Waste Disposal: Determinants & willingness to reduce flow of plastics into the ocean (Lagos, Nigeria)

Waste Management (Non-Sanitation), Water PollutionNigeriaUniversity Of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN)

Dataset Objective

To provide data on the determinants of the willingness of the respondents to participate in the cleanup drainage channels and the number of man-days they are willing to contribute.

Context

Nigeria ranked 9th out of 20 coastal countries with 0.13–0.34MMT/year of plastic marine debris in 2010. Poor waste disposal and management is a primary environmental concern as only 20-30percent of over 32 million tons of waste generated in Nigeria annually are collected

What is included

The data includes selection equation results (willingness to participate) and outcome equation results (number of days to volunteer) based on the following variables; Individual and household characteristics, Social Capital, Perception about plastics ban, Waste management practices,

Collection Methods

Data collection involved the administration of a semi-structured questionnaire with tablets using the "Survey Solutions" software. Household selection involved sampling of households from the Enumeration Areas (EA) used by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).