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. 2017 Sep 7;11(1):35–46. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2017.1372269

Table 3. Probability model, estimating determinants of adoption of DT maize varieties.

Variables Coefficients Robust standard errors
Household has heard about climate change (1 = yes; 0 = no) 0.292** (0.12)
Household experienced drought in last five years 0.973**** (0.16)
Household experienced heat stress in last five years −0.001 (0.13)
Age of household head 0.000 (0.01)
Gender of household head (1 = female; 0 = male) −0.194* (0.11)
Household head: years of education (years) 0.085**** (0.02)
Household head: experience in agriculture (years) 0.004 (0.01)
Household size 0.097**** (0.03)
Agriculture is the main livelihood. 0.009 (0.05)
Total land endowment of household (acres) −0.040* (0.02)
Total land planted to maize (acres) 0.002*** (0.00)
Total fertilizer used by household (kg) −0.001 (0.01)
Total amount of pesticides used by household −0.002 (0.02)
Total hired labour by household 0.253 (0.20)
Village dummies
 Village 2 −0.527**** (0.15)
 Village 3 −0.993**** (0.28)
 Village 4 0.512** (0.21)
 Village 5 0.864**** (0.21)
 Village 6 −0.482** (0.24)
 Village 7 0.050 (0.21)
Constant −2.694**** (0.38)
Prob > chi2 0.000  
Number of observation (N) 788.000  
Pseudo R-squared 0.1757  

* Significant at 0.10.

** Significant at 0.05.

*** Significant at 0.01%.

**** Significant at 0.001.