From: The drivers and intensity of adoption of beekeeping in northwest Ethiopia
Explanatory variables | Coefficient | p value |
---|---|---|
Gender of the household head (male dummy) | 0.019 | 0.944 |
Age of the household head in years | 0.011 | 0.448 |
Marital status of the household head | − 0.056 | 0.893 |
Household size measured in number of persons in the family | 0.075 | 0.238 |
Livestock holding in tropical livestock unit | 0.137 | < 0.001*** |
Educational status of the household head (Illiterate dummy) | 0.924 | 0.106 |
Number of extension visits in a year | 0.734 | < 0.001*** |
Availability of accessories (Yes dummy) | 0.156 | 0.574 |
Access to credit in the production season (Yes dummy) | 0.960 | 0.011** |
Whether the household has taken beekeeping training (Yes dummy) | − 0.308 | 0.445 |
Presence of honey bee pests (Yes dummy) | − 1.374 | < 0.001*** |
Availability of bee feeds around the residence (Yes dummy) | − 0.462 | 0.354 |
Engagement in swarm catching practices (Yes dummy) | 0.569 | 0.026** |
Major economic activities (Beekeeping dummy) | 3.966 | < 0.001*** |
Household’s perception of better hives (Traditional hive dummy) | − 0.214 | 0.624 |
Distance to the nearest marketplace in km | − 0.005 | 0.871 |
Number of years the household stayed in the village/district | 0.004 | 0.725 |
Location (Dangila dummy) | − 0.016 | 0.959 |
Constant | 7.909 | < 0.001*** |
Inverse Mill’s ratio (λ) | − 1.279 | 0.055* |
Wald χ2 = 1190.3 Prob > χ2 < 0.001*** |