Table 3.
Tobit estimates of the drivers of empowerment in agriculture.
| Variables | Overall |
Males |
Females |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean marginal effects | |||
| Gender of household head (man = 1) | 0.125∗∗∗ (0.040) | ||
| Commercialization (score 0–1) | 0.077∗∗ (0.036) | 0.105∗∗∗ (0.041) | -0.003 (0.060) |
| Education of the household head (years) | 0.003 (0.002) | 0.003 (0.003) | 0.001 (0.003) |
| Access to government extension services (yes = 1) | 0.042∗∗∗ (0.016) | 0.044 ∗∗∗ (0.018) | 0.044∗ (0.026) |
| Value of assets (log KES) | 0.052∗∗∗ (0.009) | 0.064∗∗∗ (0.012) | 0.028∗∗ (0.013) |
| Social network intensity (number) | -0.001 (0.001) | 0.000 (0.001) | -0.003∗∗ (0.002) |
| Marital status (married = 1) | -0.008 (0.039) | -0.017 (0.046) | 0.030 (0.066) |
| F statistic | 25.94∗∗∗ | 9.70∗∗∗ | 1.84∗ |
| Observations | 815 | 629 | 186 |
Notes: Standard errors are in parentheses and clustered at the group level. Significance levels are reported at the 1% (∗∗∗), 5% (∗∗) and 10% (∗) levels. Dependent variable is the empowerment in agriculture index. Exchange rate was 1 US$ = 100 KES.