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Table 7 Results of a Multivariate Probit (MVP) analysis of factors affecting farmers’ coping strategies

From: Factors affecting farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to perceived trends of declining rainfall and crop productivity in the central Rift valley of Ethiopia

Variables

Coping strategies

CREDIT

SELCAT

RELIEF

MIGRATE

TLU

−0.009 (0.116)

0.015 (0.195)

−0.153 (0.202)

−0.242 (0.192)

TLU_ADE

−0.734 (0.568)

−0.488 (0.960)

0.874 (0.992)

−0.862 (0.941) b

TLU_CAPITA

0.678 (0.589)

0.563 (0.995)

−0.583 (1.029)

−0.812 (0.976) a

OLIVES

−0.001 (0.044)

0.025 (0.075)

0.006 (0.078)

0.018 (0.074)

COWS

0.003 (0.096)

0.027 (0.161)

0.094 (0.167)

0.244 (0.158)

OX

0.039 (0.132)

−0.052 (0.223)

0.139 (0.231)

0.355 (0.219)

SHANDGOT

−0.001 (0.015)

−0.005 (0.025)

0.022 (0.026)

0.035 (90.024)

DONKEY

0.069 (0.082)

0.018 (0.139)

0.026 (0.143)

0.102 (0.136)

DSTWOREDA

−0.002 (0.000) c

0.001 (0.001)

−0.003 (0.001) c

−0.001 (0.001)

TOTLANDS

0.143 (0.073) a

−0.103 (0.124)

−0.058 (0.128)

−0.049 (0.121)

LAND_CAPITA

−0.607 (2.940)

−1.131 (4.966)

1.316 (5.133)

−10.076 (4.868) b

LAND_EAFM

−0.091 (0.248)

−0.024 (90.419)

0.309 (0.433)

−0.546 (0.410)

LAND_ADEQ

−0.031 (3.019)

1.400 (5.099)

−1.729 (5.271)

−10.089 (4.999) b

NFAML

0.160 (0.066) b

0.010 (0.112)

−0.067 (0.116)

0.049 (0.110)

FAMADE

0.222 (0.075) c

0.047 (0.127)

0.102 (0.132)

−0.055 (0.125)

GENDER

0.033 (0.054)

0.083 (0.091)

−0.130 (0.094)

0.074 (0.089)

AGE

−0.001 (0.002

−0.002 (0.003)

0.003 (0.004)

0.001 (0.003)

MSTAT

−0.022 (0.052)

−0.113 (0.087)

0.258 (0.090)c

0.190 (0.086) b

EDUC

−0.009 (0.021)

−0.023 (0.035)

−0.017 (0.036)

−0.011 (0.034)

FEXPR

0.000 (0.001)

0.002 (0.002)

−0.005 (0.003) b

−0.003 (0.002)

MOBILEPH

0.072 (0.059)

0.063 (0.100)

0.056 (0.104)

−0.019 (0.098)

FRINKBL

0.004 (0.019)

0.045 (0.032)

−0.047 (0.034)

−0.006 (0.032)

FROUTKBL

0.001 (0.015)

−0.015 (0.026)

0.026 (0.027)

−0.009 (0.025)

VIISITDA

0.009 (0.007)

−0.013 (0.012)

0.001 (90.012)

−0.019 (0.011) a

MEMCELL

−0.002 (0.043)

0.245 (0.072) c

−0.108 (0.075)

0.008 (0.071)

RLGN

0.097 (0.043) b

0.036 (0.072)

0.004 (0.074)

0.106 (0.071)

SENBETE

−0.070 (0.072)

−0.020 (90.121)

−0.089 (0.125)

−0.040 (0.118)

DSTMARKT

−0.002 (0.001) a

−0.002 (0.001)

0.002 (0.002)

−0.003 (0.001) b

RADIO

−0.009 (0.040)

−0.005 (0.068)

0.008 (0.070)

−0.135 (0.067)

MEMLIQA

0.035 (0.055)

−0.236 (90.094) c

0.126 (0.097)

0.039 (0.092)

RLOUTKBL

0.014 (0.015)

0.050 (0.026) a

−0.007 (0.027)

−0.026 (0.026)

RLINKBL

0.045 (0.025)

0.020 (0.042)

−0.022 (0.043)

−0.008 (0.041)

ETHINI

0.198 (0.033) c

0.022 (0.055)

0.205 (0.057) c

0.022 (0.054)

  1. a, b, cMeans statistically significant at 10, 5 and 1 % probabilities
  2. Values in the parenthesis are standard errors