Table 3.
Characteristics of household and program participation (continuous variables).
| Variables | Participant | Non-participants | Total Sample | t-test | ||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age | 44.55 | 10.1 | 43.69 | 8.69 | 43.94 | −2.15∗∗ |
| Family size | 7.32 | 2.002 | 6.89 | 1.89 | 6.91 | 1.23 |
| Land size | 1.13 | 0.76 | 1.01 | 0.57 | 1.05 | 5.59∗∗ |
| TLU | 2.069 | 1.07 | 1.84 | 0.999 | 1.88 | 3.22 ∗∗∗ |
| Crop Income | 15,978.76 | 7,718.66 | 10,303.5 | 5,974.59 | 12,942.59 | 3.50∗∗∗ |
| Distance_FTC | 2.4 | 0.924 | 2.93 | 1.74 | 2.65 | −2.00∗∗∗ |
| Farm experience | 22.72 | 9.41 | 23.000 | 8.02 | 22.89 | −0.46 |
∗∗∗ and ∗∗ statistically significant at 1% and 5% respectively.