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Table 5 Results of the Heckman probit model of adaptations behavior

From: Perception and adaptation models of climate change by the rural people of lake Tana Sub-Basin, Ethiopia

 

Coef.

Std. err.

z

P > |z|

95 % Conf. interval

Adaptation

 Age

−.1415596

.2830265

−0.50

0.617

−.6962814

.4131623

 Sex

−.5884895

.1532126

−3.84

0.000***

−.8887807

−.2881984

 Agro-ecology

.0429117

.1341781

0.32

0.749

−.2200726

.305896

 Education

−.2363284

.1214751

−1.95

0.052*

−.4744152

.0017584

 Marital status

.0646762

.2565958

0.25

0.801

−.4382422

.5675947

 HH size

.0277019

.0289063

0.96

0.338

−.0289534

.0843571

 Wealth status

−.2591666

.1347339

−1.92

0.054*

−.5232403

.004907

 Farm size

−.1288587

.1028949

−1.25

0.210

−.330529

.0728115

 Extension

−.23966

.1275975

−1.88

0.060*

−.4897465

.0104265

 Off farm

−.0536978

.1130677

−0.47

0.635

−.2753064

.1679108

 Information

.0745562

.1884574

0.40

0.692

−.2948136

.4439259

 Woman’s role

.0308976

.1271461

0.24

0.808

−.2183042

.2800994

 Distance w

−.036144

.0332134

−1.09

0.276

−.1012411

.0289531

 Distance HC

.0357303

.0152648

2.34

0.019**

.0058119

.0656487

 Income

−5.94e−06

6.08e−06

−0.98

0.329

−.0000179

5.99e−06

 cons

−.0182561

.4436095

−0.04

0.967

−.8877149

.8512026

Perception

 Age

7.370322

     

 Sex

.238111

.2408228

0.99

0.323

−.2338929

.710115

 Agro-ecology

−.6300321

.2116227

−2.98

0.003***

−1.044805

−.2152592

 Education

−.1458639

.1778687

−0.82

0.412

−.4944802

.2027524

 Marital status

.9278242

.2928511

3.17

0.002***

.3538466

1.501802

 HH size

−.0731338

.0452779

−1.62

0.106

−.1618769

.0156094

 Wealth status

.071489

.226968

0.31

0.753

−.3733602

.5163381

 Farm size

.7208861

.1924143

3.75

0.000***

.343761

1.098011

 Extension

−.0553093

1918306

−0.29

0.773

−.4312905

.3206718

 Off farm

.2175154

.1684565

1.29

0.197

−.1126532

.547684

 Information

.8733192

.212489

4.11

0.000***

.4568485

1.28979

 Women role

.2353382

.1774769

1.33

0.185

−.1125102

.5831866

 Distance to w

.0664353

.0568058

1.17

0.242

−.0449021

.1777726

 Distance to HC

.0028078

.0230233

0.12

0.903

−.042317

.0479327

 Income

−.00002

6.51e−06

−3.07

0.002***

−.0000327

−7.23e−06

 _cons

−.4984487

.4962166

−1.00

0.315

−1.471015

.4741179

 /athrho

1.338615

1.490205

0.90

0.369

−1.582133

4.259364

 Rho

.8713392

.3587937

  

−.9189344

.9996007

  1. LR test of indep. eqns. (rho = 0): χ2(1) = 1.25 Prob > χ2 = 0.2640. Probit model with sample selection, number of observation = 599, Wald χ2 (15) = 46.99, Prob > χ2 = 0.0000. Dummy variable takes the value of 1 and 0 otherwise
  2. * Significant at 10 %, ** Significant at 5 % and *** Significant at 1 %
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