Is bean really a women’s crop? Men and women’s participation in bean production in Uganda

Nakazi, Florence; Njuki, Jemimah; Ugen, Michael Adrogu; Aseete, Paul; Katungi, Enid; Birachi, Eliud; Kabanyoro, Ruth; Mugagga, Isaac Joseph; Nanyonjo, Grace

doi:10.1186/s40066-017-0102-z

Agriculture & Food Security

Table 4 Factors affecting gendered participation in bean production activities: Tobit regression (dependent variable = weighted gender participation index)

From: Is bean really a women’s crop? Men and women’s participation in bean production in Uganda

Explanatory variables	Women				Men
	Coefficient (SE)	Marginal effects		Coefficient (SE)	Marginal effects
	Coefficient (SE)	Probability of participating	Intensity of participation	Coefficient (SE)	Probability of participating	Intensity of participation
Farmer/household
Household size	0.036 (0.023)*	0.007	0.027	0.069 (0.025)***	0.007	0.058
Dependency ratio	0.290 (0.193)	0.055	0.214	−0.152 (0.220)	−0.015	−0.128
Age^a	0.063 (0.029)**	0.012	0.046	−0.064 (0.020)***	−0.006	−0.054
Bean consumption	0.017 (0.009)*	0.003	0.013	0.003 (0.011)	0.000	0.002
Farm specific
Bean plots^a	0.062 (0.094)	0.012	0.046	0.172 (0.108)*	0.017	0.145
Bean acres^a	−0.065 (0.048)	−0.012	−0.048	0.051 (0.055)	0.005	0.043
Intercropping	0.083 (0.078)	0.016	0.061	0.146 (0.089)*	0.014	0.122
Distance to plot^a	−0.109 (0.033)***	−0.021	−0.081	−0.059 (0.038)*	−0.006	−0.049
Capital/institutional
Group membership^b	0.091 (0.078)	0.017	0.068	−0.027 (0.096)	−0.003	−0.022
Crop income^a	−0.045 (0.041)	−0.009	−0.033	0.030 (0.046)	0.003	0.025
Farming^b	0.104 (0.157)	0.020	0.077	0.508 (0.126)***	0.050	0.427
Distance to market	−0.004 (0.002)**	−0.001	−0.003	0.003 (0.002)	0.000	0.002
Education	−0.018 (0.006)***	−0.003	−0.013	0.006 (0.004)	0.001	0.005
Quintile 2	−0.104 (0.083)	−0.020	−0.077	−0.022 (0.097)	−0.002	−0.018
Quintile 3	−0.064 (0.086)	−0.012	−0.047	−0.163 (0.097)*	−0.016	−0.137
Bean attributes
Yield^b	0.095 (0.086)	0.018	0.070	0.103 (0.103)	0.010	0.087
Color^b	−0.245 (0.116)*	−0.046	−0.181	−0.366 (0.134)***	−0.036	−0.308
Taste^b	0.027 (0.074)	0.005	0.020	−0.027 (0.081)	−0.003	−0.023
Marketability^b	0.238 (0.082)***	0.045	0.175	0.167 (0.118)	0.016	0.140
Constant	3.895 (0.625)***			2.756 (0.702)***
N	626			500
Chi² (13)	68.81			56.40
Prob > Chi²	0.000			0.000
Log likelihood	−762.695			−623.493
Mean VIF	1.18			1.23

*, **, *** Significance of coefficients at 10, 5 and 1% levels, respectively
^aLogarithm
^bDummy variable

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