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Table 8 Test for equality of means between treatment groups

From: Household- and plot-level impacts of sustainable land management practices in the face of climate variability and change: empirical evidence from Dabus Sub-basin, Blue Nile River, Ethiopia

Variable

Raw data treatment terciles

Data adjusted by GPS

[1, 4]

[5, 8]

[9, 12]

[1, 4]

[5, 8]

[9, 12]

HH head age (years)

− 0.32

0.88**

− 0.08

− 0.28

1.01

− 0.18

HH head sex (male = 1)

− 0.01

− 0.21

− 0.01

0.00

0.00

0.01

Household experienced erosion (yes = 1)

− 0.43*

− 0.10

0.26*

− 0.23

0.00

0.16

Household experienced drought (yes = 1)

− 0.32*

− 0.11

0.16

− 0.11

0.01

0.11

Steep plot (yes = 1)

0.01

− 0.21*

0.00

0.01

− 0.11

0.01

Manure/fertilizer (yes = 1)

− 0.12*

0.00

0.11*

− 0.02

0.00

0.01

Education of HH head (literate = 1)

0.00

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.00

Semi-fertile plot (yes = 1)

0.21**

0.01

0.23**

0.0

0.00

0.01

Non-fertile plot (yes = 1)

− 0.12**

0.01

0.09**

− 0.02

0.01

0.00

Plot size

− 0.22*

0.01

− 0.00

− 0.02

0.01

− 0.01

  1. GPS generalized propensity score
  2. * and ** are significance level at 10 and 5%