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Table 3 Willingness to pay for RDT (130 Naira = 1 US Dollars)

From: Willingness to pay for rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria in southeast Nigeria: ex post and ex ante

Ex Post WTP

Urban

N = 317

Rural

N = 321

Combined

N = 638

Chi square (p value)

Urban/Rural

WTP: n (%)

282 (89.0)

291 (90.7)

573 (89.8)

0.5 (0.479)

Mean (SD) WTP (Naira)

372.3 (205.14)

296.3 (188.72)

335.1 (199.8)

NA

Ex ante WTP

Urban

N = 576

Rural

N= 555

Combined

N = 1131

Chi square (p value)

Urban/Rural

WTP: n (%)

294 (51.0)

137 (24.7)

431 (38.1)

83.25 (0.0001)*

Mean (SD) WTP (Naira)

235.49 (189.8)

182.05 (162.02)

209.27 (178.6)

NA

  1. NA = Not applicable
  2. *Statistically significant