Pesticides exposure and the use of personal protective equipment by cocoa farmers in Ghana

Environmental Systems Research

Table 3 Logit results on factors influencing farmers’ decision to put on personal protective equipment (PPE)

Variable	Coef.	Std. Err.	Z	P values	95 % conf. interval
Gender	0.125	0.776	0.16	0.872	−1.396	1.645
Experience	−0.306*	0.128	−2.39	0.017	−0.556	−0.055
Age	−0.192*	0.078	−2.45	0.014	−0.345	−0.038
Extension service	2.721**	1.039	2.62	0.009	0.684	4.757
Chemical shop	4.468*	2.119	2.11	0.035	0.314	8.622
Farm size	0.185*	0.073	2.52	0.012	0.329	0.041
Cocoa income	0.000	0.000	1.39	0.165	−0.000	0.000
Educational level	3.802**	1.201	3.16	0.002	1.447	6.156
FBO	0.031	0.995	0.03	0.975	1.981	1.919
Cons	6.684**	2.315	2.89	0.004	2.147	11.221
Log likelihood	−43.463
Pseudo R2	0.683
LR chi2 (9)	187.30
Pro > chi2	0.0000