Table 1 Bivariate analysis of farmers’ socio-economic and demographic characteristics
Variable | Mean | Standard deviations | t-test (mean comparison) df = 298 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIS | PIS | SIS | PIS | Pr(|T| > |t|) | |
Age | 38.07 | 45.19 | 10.01 | 11.10 | 0.00 |
Household size | 5.38 | 6.17 | 1.93 | 2.69 | 0.00 |
Irrigation farm size (acres) | 1.64 | 0.60 | 1.09 | 0.39 | 0.00 |
Perceived knowledge of EBFMPs (indexed) | 15.38 | 16.99 | 3.25 | 3.86 | 0.00 |
| Â | Percentage | Pearson Chi2(1) | p-value (Pr) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIS | PIS | Total | |||
Sex | |||||
 Male | 84.00 | 58.00 | 71.00 | 24.62 | 0.00 |
 Female | 16.00 | 42.00 | 29.00 | ||
Marital status (dummy) | |||||
 Married | 72.67 | 58.00 | 65.33 | 7.12 | 0.00 |
 Not in union | 27.33 | 42.00 | 34.67 | ||
Perception of soil fertility | |||||
 Fertile | 17.33 | 44.67 | 31.00 | 26.19 | 0.00 |
 Less fertile | 82.67 | 55.33 | 69.00 | ||
Education (categorical) | |||||
 No formal education | 36.67 | 52.67 | 44.67 | 8.67 | 0.03 |
 Primary education | 26.00 | 16.00 | 21.00 | ||
 Junior High School education | 22.67 | 19.33 | 21.00 |  | |
 Senior High School education and higher | 14.67 | 12.00 | 13.33 |  | |