Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of Analytic Samples
| Physical access models | Virtual access models | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Contractor | Independent | Former | Current | Contractor | Independent | Former | |
| n = 312 | n = 159 | n = 22 | n = 121 | n = 314 | n = 264 | n = 50 | n = 122 | |
| Household distance to nearest major town of >20 000 pop | ||||||||
| 10–14.99 km | 19.88% | 17.61% | 36.36% | 7.44% | 19.75% | 17.05% | 32.00% | 7.38% |
| 15–19.99 km | 34.94% | 33.96% | 36.36% | 50.41% | 34.71% | 33.33% | 40.00% | 50.00% |
| ≥20 km | 45.19% | 48.43% | 27.27% | 42.15% | 44.90% | 48.48% | 28.00% | 41.80% |
| # Of household members (SE) | 5.73 (2.91) | 5.66 (2.38) | 5.91 (2.47) | 5.55 (2.19) | 5.73 (2.90) | 5.73 (2.81) | 5.38 (2.21) | 5.55 (2.18) |
| Primary or elementary | 22.75% | 22.64% | 22.73% | 34.71% | 22.93% | 21.59% | 28.00% | 35.25% |
| Secondary level education | 62.82% | 62.89% | 59.09% | 55.37% | 62.74% | 63.26% | 60.00% | 54.92% |
| Vocational, college, or university | 14.42% | 14.47% | 18.18% | 9.92% | 14.33% | 15.15% | 12.00% | 9.84% |
| Male household head | 90.71% | 91.19% | 90.91% | 82.64% | 90.45% | 90.53% | 92.00% | 82.79% |
| Age of household head (SE) | 42.94 (12.83) | 43.70 (12.31) | 42.77 (12.22) | 42.96 (13.90) | 43.04 (12.86) | 43.67 (12.68) | 40.48 (13.03) | 42.86 (13.88) |
| Need credit | 22.44% | 20.75% | 27.27% | 27.27% | 22.29% | 22.73% | 20.00% | 27.05% |
| Acres of land growing tobacco (SE) | 2.13(2.39) | 2.19(1.30) | ||||||
| Acres of land owned (SE) | 3.48 (3.01) | 3.63 (3.12) | 3.30 (2.84) | 4.15 (8.65) | 3.46 (3.01) | 3.54 (3.00) | 3.07 (2.99) | 4.16 (8.62) |