Table 2.
Descriptive statistics on the adoption of digital agricultural solutions.
| Variable |
Pooled |
Male (n = 828) |
Female (n = 371) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical variables | Frequency | Percentage | χ2 | ||
| Dependent variables | |||||
| Market-oriented solutions (Yes) | 653 | 54 % | 74 % | 26 % | 13.29*** |
| Finance-oriented solutions (Yes) | 50 | 4.17 % | 74 % | 26 % | 0.59 |
| Input access solutions (Yes) | 357 | 30 % | 68 % | 32 % | 0.23 |
| Extension access solutions (Yes) | 388 | 32 % | 65 % | 35 % | 3.98** |
| Explanatory variables | |||||
| Marital status (Married) | 983 | 81 % | 70 % | 30 % | 3.91** |
| Household head (Yes) | 794 | 66 % | 90 % | 10 % | 467.50*** |
| Migratory status (Migrant) | 769 | 64 % | 74 % | 26 % | 28.45*** |
| Credit access (Yes) | 684 | 57 % | 73 % | 27 % | 12.17*** |
| Group membership (Yes) | 624 | 52 % | 76 % | 24 % | 29.02*** |
| Extension visit (Yes) | 576 | 48 % | 76 % | 24 % | 25.30*** |
| Training (Yes) |
640 |
53 % |
75 % |
25 % |
22.69*** |
| Continuous variables | Mean | Standard deviation | Mean (A) | Mean (B) | Diff (A–B) |
| Age | 43.02 | 11.99 | 44.36 | 40.05 | 4.32*** |
| Wages | 824.16 | 1093.95 | 855.02 | 755.30 | 99.73 |
| Years of schooling | 9.14 | 5.10 | 9.65 | 8.0 | 1.65*** |
| Farm size | 10.95 | 10.31 | 12.25 | 8.02 | 4.23*** |
| Household income | 1287.67 | 963.23 | 1371.88 | 1099.73 | 272.15*** |
Note: ** and *** represent statistical significance at 5 % and 1 % levels, respectively. GHS 1 = 10 at the time of the study.