Table 3. Logit regression results (Dependent variable = 1 if currently indebted, 0 otherwise).
VARIABLES | (1) Marginal Effects | (2) Odds Ratios | (3) Marginal Effects | (4) Odds Ratios |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 0.015 | 1.088 | 0.008 | 1.044 |
(0.014) | (0.088) | (0.011) | (0.062) | |
Age-squared | -0.000 | 0.999 | -0.000 | 1.000 |
(0.000) | (0.001) | (0.000) | (0.001) | |
Male | -0.144 | 0.416 | -0.046 | 0.783 |
(0.088) | (0.240) | (0.077) | (0.327) | |
Independent farmer (base) | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Contract farmer | 0.201** | 2.911** | 0.154** | 2.144** |
(0.087) | (1.317) | (0.070) | (0.728) | |
Farm size | 0.016*** | 1.098*** | 0.018*** | 1.099*** |
(0.005) | (0.035) | (0.004) | (0.027) | |
No education (base) | 0.000 | 1.000 | ||
Primary education | -0.141 | 0.435 | ||
(0.122) | (0.327) | |||
Secondary education | -0.123 | 0.482 | ||
(0.117) | (0.345) | |||
Family labour | 0.107 | 1.810 | 0.123** | 1.871** |
(0.074) | (0.721) | (0.060) | (0.566) | |
Recording expenses (base) | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Not recording expenses | 0.268*** | 4.065*** | 0.239*** | 3.222*** |
(0.094) | (1.964) | (0.076) | (1.175) | |
Sometimes record expenses | 0.123 | 1.879 | 0.055 | 1.301 |
(0.099) | (0.949) | (0.083) | (0.515) | |
Primary occupation | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Secondary occupation | 0.003 | 1.020 | -0.012 | 0.939 |
(0.096) | (0.570) | (0.076) | (0.374) | |
Constant | 0.027* | 0.038** | ||
(0.054) | (0.052) | |||
Observations | 214 | 214 | 316 | 316 |
Pseudo R-squared | 0.245 | 0.187 | ||
Standard errors in parentheses *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.10 |
Source: Authors’ own calculations