Monetary Forest Recreation Values 2011

The files contain the original raw data of a 2011 population survey in Germany that used the contingent valuation method for valuing forest recreation, the codebook, and a description of sampling methods including the corresponding questionnaires. This application of the Contingent Valuation Method aimed at valuing the willingness to pay (WTP) for the right to access residential and regional forests over one year. A valuation instrument was used that had already been used in a comparable form in several other studies from the 1990s. The data set comprises 1,011 personal interviews from a population sample and an additional 1,049 responses from an otherwise identical Internet panel survey.