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. 2022 May 18;8(5):e09495. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09495

Table 3.

Summary of descriptive statistics.

Variables F0M0H0
F1M0H0
F0M1H0
F0M0H1
F1M1H0
F1M0H1
F0M1H1
F1M1H1
Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean
Food consumption 166.15 209.09 183.41 178.04 205.70 233.41 212.13 248.16
Total consumption 206.09 258.12 225.82 236.31 255.41 293.85 256.33 323.50
Sex .639 .783∗∗∗ .752∗∗∗ .714 .80∗∗∗ .794∗∗∗ .771∗∗∗ .834∗∗∗
Age 49.18 49.13 50.49∗ 47.95 48.63 46.21∗∗∗ 48.07 48.69
Education 1.716 2.8∗∗∗ 1.912 1.964 2.49∗∗∗ 2.277∗∗∗ 2.161∗ 2.311∗∗∗
Household size 4.302 4.916∗∗∗ 5.078∗∗∗ 4.440 5.447∗∗∗ 5.205∗∗∗ 5.144∗∗∗ 5.536∗∗∗
Off-farm employment .049 .083∗∗ .076∗∗ .071 .073∗∗ .047 .084∗ .052
TLU 2.230 4.018∗∗∗ 3.608∗∗∗ 4.064∗∗∗ 4.116∗∗∗ 5.403∗∗∗ 4.478∗∗∗ 5.630∗∗∗
Remittance .316 .238∗∗∗ .301∗ .178∗∗ .258∗∗∗ .239∗∗∗ .245∗∗∗ .218∗∗∗
Distance to market 82.97 58.83∗∗∗ 82.12 80.60 66.29∗∗∗ 68.08∗∗∗ 76.22∗ 62.72∗∗∗
Distance to Zonal town 202.17 176.06∗∗∗ 188.71∗∗∗ 232∗∗∗ 155.3∗∗∗ 175.1∗∗∗ 215.70 142.87∗∗∗
Distance to all weather road 15.68 11.62∗∗∗ 20.24∗∗∗ 17.05 13.27∗∗∗ 13.27∗∗∗ 18.10∗ 12.22∗∗∗
Extension visit .028 .638∗∗∗ .107∗∗∗ .166∗∗∗ .763∗∗∗ .717∗∗∗ .152∗∗∗ .748∗∗∗
Credit access .063 .222∗∗∗ .073 .154∗∗ .232∗∗∗ .294∗∗∗ .144∗∗∗ .346∗∗∗
Advisory service .391 .744∗∗∗ .566∗∗∗ .464∗ .847∗∗∗ .854∗∗∗ .567∗∗∗ .869∗∗∗
Tenure security .428 .594∗∗∗ .594∗∗∗ .488 .763∗∗∗ .649∗∗∗ .50∗ .735∗∗∗
Plot distance 1.111 .886∗ .534∗∗∗ .888∗ 2.279 .838∗∗∗ .637∗∗∗ .483∗∗∗
Plot –PWI 12.39 12.60∗∗∗ 12.38 12.30 12.66∗∗∗ 12.72∗∗∗ 12.31 12.88∗∗∗
Land size .670 .982∗∗∗ .769∗∗ 1.026∗∗∗ .866∗∗∗ 1.427∗∗∗ 2.629 1.151∗∗∗
Soil quality (good) .442 .366∗∗ .470 .404 .496∗∗ .504∗∗ .415 .507∗∗∗
Soil quality (fair) .475 .55∗∗ .433∗ .476 .443∗ .444 .491 .423∗∗
Soil quality (poor) .081 .083 .095 .119 .060∗∗ .051∗∗ .093 .068

Note: Mean comparison test is used to compare the means of explanatory variables between non-adopters (F0M0H0) and adopters of each packages of alternative technology, and the signs ∗, ∗∗, ∗∗∗ signifies significance level at 10%, 5%, and 1% respectively.