Determinants of crop–livestock diversification in the mixed farming systems: evidence from central highlands of Ethiopia

Table 4 Tobit regression results for determinants on crop–livestock diversity

Variables	Marginal effects
Variables	Prob. coef.	P-level	Inten. coef.	P-level
AGE	0.0000	0.366	0.0012	0.319
EDUC†	− 0.0005	0.390	− 0.0295	0.410
SEX†	0.0010	0.883	0.0048	0.881
LAND	0.0010	0.173	0.0510*	0.076
HHLAB	− 0.0002	0.420	− 0.0099	0.384
FINC	− 0.0000	0.310	− 0.0000	0.250
NONFINC	− 0.0000	0.179	− 0.0000*	0.083
LIVES	0.0006*	0.062	0.0302***	0.000
OFERT	− 0.0000	0.396	− 0.0002	0.356
LROUT	− 0.0034*	0.093	− 0.1715***	0.007
CREDIT†	0.0004	0.523	0.0005	0.513
IFERT	0.0000	0.484	0.0001	0.458
EXTEN	0.0006	0.130	0.0309**	0.032
IRRIG	0.0083	0.133	0.4267**	0.035
SOCIAL†	0.0009	0.170	0.0544	0.127
SOIL†	− 0.0011*	0.082	− 0.0880**	0.027
DROAD	− 0.0000	0.176	− 0.0021*	0.079
DKEBELE	0.0000	0.157	0.0019*	0.059
SLOPE†	− 0.0012	0.595	− 0.0439	0.460
SEED	− 0.0000	0.143	− 0.0010**	0.045
LTSECUR†	0.0005	0.454	0.0254	0.423
-cons	0.4148***
4 observations are left censored
Log likelihood = 49.14; LR χ² = 83.36 (p value = 0.000)
Pseudo R² = − 5.59

Significant level ***(p < 0.01), **(p < 0.05), and *(p < 0.1) and † denotes discrete variables

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