Table 3.
Test for homogeneity in variance.
| Wheat price | Period | Levene's test statistic | df1 | df2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail prices | Before lockdown | 236.33a | 5 | 864 |
| After lockdown | 491.94a | 5 | 954 | |
| Wholesale prices | Before lockdown | 256.77a | 5 | 864 |
| After lockdown | 633.99a | 5 | 954 |
Number of regions are 6 and each region has 145 observations in pre-lockdown and 160 in post-lockdown.
Denotes the statistical significance at one per cent level of probability.