Survey on people's affordability and willingness for malaria control cost in two ethnic minority villages

  Objective   To explore Aini and Jiruo people's affordability and willingness for malaria control cost, and study methodology in the area.

  Methods   Household heads were interviewed with a questionnaire and the data were analyzed by statistics.

  Results   Aini people's mean annual household and cashincome per capita at Xiangdong village was much more than ethnic Jiruo's at Shizui village, however, the mean annual medical cost per capita was less.This indicated that Aini people had a stronger affordability than ethnic Jiruo. 96.4% (95%CI: 87.5%-99.6%) of Xiangdong families and 84.1% (95%CI: 69.9%-93.4%)of Shizui families who were willing to pay for malaria control, and the mean annual amounts of willing ness to pay (MAAWP) were respectively RMB 13.28±2.21 and 4.35±1.71. However no significance was found in statistics among MAAWP of the upper, middle and lower income families.

  Conclusion   People's willing ness to pay was affected by other factors as well as deter mined by their affordability.