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. 2024 Mar 27;10(7):e28576. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28576

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the items used for TPB and factor loadings.

Items Mean Standard deviation Loadings
Attitude towards sustainable agriculture
Practicing sustainable agriculture on your farm within the next five years would be a good idea 4.09 0.56 0.96
Practicing sustainable agriculture on your farm within the next five years would be possible 4.06 0.56 0.98
Practicing sustainable agriculture on your farm within the next five years would be more profitable than conventional farming 4.09 0.58 0.97
Subjective norm towards sustainable agriculture
Your family favors the idea that you should practice sustainable agriculture on your farm within the next five years 4.09 0.54 0.98
In general, people whose opinion is important to you approve of you practicing sustainable agriculture on your farm within the next five years 4.05 0.55 0.98
Perceived behavioral control towards sustainable agriculture
You think that you have the technical ability to practice sustainable agriculture on your farm within the next five years 3.87 0.73 0.90
You think that you are capable of dealing with sustainable farming on your farm within the next five years 3.86 0.71 0.95
You think that you can meet the regulations of sustainable farming on your farm within the next five years 3.96 0.64 0.88
You think that you can afford the costs of conversion to sustainable farming on your farm within the next five years 3.88 0.72 0.94
You think that you can meet the amount of work needed for sustainable farming on your farm within the next five years 3.92 0.70 0.91
Age 58.49 9.17 1.00
Gender 1.77 0.42 1.00
Intention towards sustainable agriculture
How likely is it that you will practice sustainable agriculture on your farm in the near future? 3.79 0.90 0.93
Do you intend to practice sustainable agriculture on your farm within the next five years? 3.40 1.24 0.91