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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of agroforestry and Non-farm income generating activity adopters (Pearson chi-square test for categorical variables)

From: Agroforestry and farm income diversification: synergy or trade-off? The case of Ethiopia

Variables

Total N = 136

Agroforestry adopters and non-adopters

Non-farm income diversification activity adopters and non-adopters

Adopters N1 = 94 (69%)

Non adopter N2 = 42 (31%)

χ2-statistics

Adopters N1 = 71 (52.2%)

Non adopters N2 = 65 (47.79%)

χ2-statistics

DAMBOMESK

24.26

29.79

11.90

5.051**

30.99

16.92

3.651**

DKUDMI

25.74

25.53

26.19

0.006

23.94

27.69

0.249

DBACHIMA

25.00

23.40

28.57

0.413

22.04

26.65

0.481

DGORAGOT

25.00

21.28

33.33

2.250

22.54

27.69

0.489

DMALE

72.79

84.04

46.03

19.446***

81.69

63.08

5.936**

DUEDU1

33.82

27.66

47.62

5.167**

23.94

44.62

6.478**

DUEDU2

32.30

34.04

38.10

0.208

33.21

31.38

0.004

DUEDU3

35.29

41.49

21.43

5.115**

43.66

26.15

4.554**

DOFFORNONFARM

52.21

71.28

9.52

44.366***

–

–

–

AGROECUDUM

–

–

–

–

94.37

41.54

39.54**

CREDITDUM

20.48

19.51

21.43

0.001

21.43

21.54

0.002

DULANDRIGHT

49.26

56.38

33.33

6.170**

59.15

38.46

5.813**

  1. ***, **, * shows the significance level at 1, 5, and 10%