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. 2018 Aug 2;12(8):e0006580. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006580

Table 3. Determinants of agricultural production using SSFM.

Variables++ Estimates Sd. errors
Test predictor variable
Incidence of EVD in the community ¥: yes -0.534*** 0.188
Control variables
Ln (farm size) 0.595*** 0.085
Ln (labor cost) 0.084*** 0.023
Ln (number of male adults) 0.096 0.125
Ln (number of female adults) -0.305** 0.149
Ln (education level of household head) 0.033 0.066
Ln (age of household head) 0.02 0.257
Household head gender: male 0.306 0.295
Constant 9.806*** 1.111
N 311
σu2_dmu 0.858 0.841
σv2 1.083*** 0.315
σ2 1.228
λ 0.533
Moran I statistic -0.061
Mean efficiency 0.574
Spatial parameter, ρ 0.008
LR-test 7.812***

Note: ++The dependent variable is the logarithm of the value of crop production at gross margin per hectare

¥ This is a dummy variable that assumes 1 if a household reports that they know of a person in their or neighboring community who contracted EVD, and 0 otherwise

*p<0.1

**p<0.05

***p<0.01.