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. 2017 Aug;54:223–233. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.06.022

Table 2.

Determinants of access to extension and membership of cooperatives.

Variables Access to extension Cooperative membership
Household size 0.008 0.029**
(0.015) (0.015)
Age 0.029* −0.003
(0.015) (0.015)
Ageˆ2 −0.000 0.000
(0.000) (0.000)
Education 0.018** 0.030***
(0.007) (0.007)
Marital status 0.044 0.063
(0.133) (0.123)
Sex 0.162 −0.139
(0.134) (0.125)
TLU 0.002 0.006*
(0.003) (0.003)
Land size −0.023** 0.023**
(0.010) (0.010)
Access to credit 0.317*** 0.354***
(0.083) (0.073)
Distance from fertilizer dealer 0.007** −0.002
(0.003) (0.003)
Use of chemical fertilizer 0.082 0.064
(0.075) (0.071)
Distance from herbicide dealer −0.006* 0.001
(0.003) (0.004)
Mobile phone coverage 1.461***
(0.158)
Presence of private cassava processor 0.516***
(0.080)
N 2190 2190

Note: Standard errors clustered at enumeration level are reported in parentheses. *, **, and *** represent statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively. Controls included in the regression but not reported here include: village dummies, and dummies for road qualities.