Table 7. Determinants of the level of market participation of smallholder crop farmers: count data model (second-hurdle).

	Poisson Regression			Zero-Inflated Poisson Regression
Number of Crops Sold	Coef.	St. Err	p-Value	Coef.	St. Err.	p-Value
IMR	0.135	0.062	0.030 **	0.135	0.062	0.030 **
Marital status	−0.192	0.086	0.025 **	−0.192	0.086	0.025 **
Household size	0.009	0.003	0.001 ***	0.009	0.003	0.001 ***
Gender of household	−0.025	0.035	0.469	−0.025	0.035	0.469
Household age	0.001	0.000	0.012 **	0.001	0.000	0.012 ***
Education level of household	−0.141	0.077	0.066 *	−0.141	0.077	0.066 *
Family member worked on farm	0.008	0.070	0.907	0.008	0.070	0.907
Irrigation type	0.085	0.064	0.184	0.085	0.064	0.184
Family member with HIV	0.580	0.082	0.000 ***	0.580	0.082	0.000 ***
Distance to the market	−0.110	0.088	0.212	−0.110	0.088	0.212
Agricultural assistance	−0.073	0.024	0.002 ***	−0.073	0.024	0.002 ***
WEATHINDEX	−0.089	0.037	0.017 **	−0.089	0.037	0.017 **
Social grant	0.033	0.039	0.408	0.033	0.039	0.408
Constant	2.324	0.147	0.000 ***	2.324	0.147	0.000 ***
If the household reside				−7471.85
Constant				−7947.60
Mean dependent variable	13.516			13.516
pseudo R2	0.008			1400.000
Chi-square	122.279			122.279
Number of obs	1400.000			1400.000
Prob > chi2	0.000			0.000
Akaike crit. (AIC)	16,060.206			16,067.30
Bayesian crit. (BIC)	16,040.238			16,140.62

Note: ***, **, * Indicate significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively. Source: Authors’ own analysis.