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Table 5 Marginal effects from the multinomial logit of climate change adaptation model

From: Determinants of smallholder farmers’ decision to adopt adaptation options to climate change and variability in the Muger Sub basin of the Upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia

Adaptation options

Irrigation

Agronomic practices

Livelihood diversification

Soil and water conservation

Explanatory variables

Coefficients

P level

Coefficients

P level

Coefficients

P level

Coefficients

P level

AGROECOLOGY

        

2

0.14576***

0.002

0.00949

0.831

0.10303***

0.013

− 0.27490***

0.000

3

0.19773***

0.001

− 0.02721

0.603

0.07924

0.154

− 0.31924***

0.000

GENDERHH

− 0.02002

0.860

− 0.09392*

0.092

− 0.16525***

0.003

0.35996***

0.013

AGEHH

− 0.00015

0.916

0.00032

0.811

0.00117

0.397

− 0.00079

0.622

EDU

0.02253***

0.000

− 0.00228

0.588

− 0.01078***

0.027

− 0.00651

0.230

FAMILY

− 0.00904

0.284

0.01064

0.148

0.00692

0.373

− 0.00600

0.514

Social capital

0.08569***

0.000

− 0.01215

0.268

− 0.00182

0.871

− 0.01830

0.172

TRAINING

− 0.03756

0.305

0.04151

0.247

0.00542

0.878

0.04077

0.345

CREDIT

0.11093***

0.002

− 0.01002

0.740

− 0.02863

0.370

− 0.04646

0.235

DISTMARKET

− 0.01558

0.504

− 0.03867*

0.088

− 0.02299

0.310

07019***

0.004

WARNING

0.01877

0.639

0.09059***

0.001

0.02514

0.472

0.08395**

0.052

LIVESTOCK

0.00421

0.317

0.00622

0.114

− 0.01575***

0.001

0.00325

0.518

CROP FAILURE

0.00366

0.644

0.01695***

0.001

0.00165

0.814

− 0.00497

0.500

CULTIVLAND

0.02787

0.212

− 0.06595***

0.007

− 0.01297

0.602

0.05795***

0.027

  1. ***, **, * Significant at 1, 5, and 10% probability level, respectively