Table 2 Determinants of participation in ACDEP agricultural extension programme
From: Agricultural extension and its effects on farm productivity and income: insight from Northern Ghana
Variable | Coefficient | SE |
|---|---|---|
Age of the household head | 0.112b | 0.050 |
Household size | 0.014 | 0.018 |
Number of years in formal education | − 0.002 | 0.017 |
Number of years in crop farming (experience) | 0.016c | 0.009 |
Access to agricultural credit | 0.669b | 0.283 |
Membership of farmer-based organization (FBO) | 0.309b | 0.149 |
Farm size allocated to maize cultivation in hectares | 0.423a | 0.107 |
Number of maize farm plots | 0.043 | 0.180 |
Constant | − 1.259 | 0.373 |
LR Chi2 (8) | 26.47 | |
Prob > Chi2 | 0.000 | |
Wald Chi2 (8) | 28.37 | |
Prob > Chi2 | 0.000 | |
Sensitivity (% correctly classified among participants) | 69.37% | |
Specificity (% correctly classified among non-participants) | 69.66% | |
Total correctly classified (%) | 69.50% |