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Table 4 Binary logit model parameter estimates on determinants of adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change

From: Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change: Evidence from northern Uganda

Explanatory variables

Drought resistant

Improved Seeds

Fertilizer use

Pesticide use

Fallowing

Different varieties

Tree planting

 
 

varieties

            
 

Coef. (SE)

P > z

Coef. (SE)

P > z

Coef. (SE)

P > z

Coef. (SE)

P > z

Coef. (SE)

P > z

Coef. (SE)

P > z

Coef. (SE)

P > z

Gender of household head

0.562 (0.316)

0.075

− 0.356 (0.248)

0.151

0.778 (0.306)

0.011

0.656 (0.246)

0.008

0.385 (0.261)

0.140

− 0.044 (0.584)

0.939

0.014 (0.264)

0.956

Household size

-0.025 (0.039)

0.521

− 0.030 (0.034)

0.377

− 0.018 (0.038)

0.641

− 0.041 (0.038)

0.272

− 0.087 (0.037)

0.018

− 0.108 (0.068)

0.115

− 0.028 (0.034)

0.415

Marital status

0.913 (0.379)

0.016

0.200 (0.324)

0.536

− 0.406 (0.402)

0.313

− 0.406 (0.334)

0.224

0.257 (0.331)

0.437

− 0.546 (0.865)

0.528

0.108 (0.338)

0.748

Farming Experience (Years)

0.015 (0.011)

0.167

0.004 (0.009)

0.652

− 0.004 (0.012)

0.752

0.002 (0.010)

0.873

0.032 (0.010)

0.001

− 0.003 (0.023)

0.908

0.024 (0.010)

0.012

Access to Extension

1.644 (0.529)

0.002

0.296 (0.319)

0.354

0.573 (0.322)

0.075

− 0.041 (0.315)

0.896

0.175 (0.339)

0.605

− 0.981 (0.642)

0.127

0.686 (0.293)

0.019

Land Owned (Acres)

0.010 (0.015)

0.507

− 0.011 (0.010)

0.253

0.001 (0.003)

0.917

0.001 (0.003)

0.841

0.041 (0.039)

0.290

0.016 (0.019)

0.419

− 0.002 (0.003)

0.519

Land cultivated (Acres)

0.323 (0.159)

0.043

− 0.124 (0.126)

0.328

0.165 (0.145)

0.255

0.138 (0.131)

0.291

0.121 (0.146)

0.409

0.822 (0.286)

0.004

0.150 (0.126)

0.235

Access to credit

− 0.686 (0.317)

0.030

0.585 (0.252)

0.020

0.323 (0.286)

0.259

0.315 (0.254)

0.215

− 0.484 (0.266)

0.069

− 0.686 (0.664)

0.302

0.626 (0.271)

0.021

Time taken to market (Hours)

0.068 (0.154)

0.657

0.365 (0.146)

0.012

0.150 (0.137)

0.276

0.066 (0.135)

0.623

0.292 (0.145)

0.044

− 0.114 (0.279)

0.681

0.130 (0.115)

0.259

Farm income (UGX)

− 0.038 (0.174)

0.829

0.325 (0.157)

0.038

0.572 (0.204)

0.005

0.508 (0.162)

0.002

0.247 (0.152)

0.105

− 0.259 (0.308)

0.400

0.385 (0.169)

0.022

Group membership

0.225 (0.296)

0.447

− 0.168 (0.241)

0.486

0.002 (0.274)

0.994

0.084 (0.241)

0.729

0.118 (0.251)

0.637

0.295 (0.491)

0.548

0.005 (0.249)

0.983

Constant

-0.668 (2.226)

0.764

− 3.703 (2.074)

0.074

− 8.248 (2.781)

0.003

− 5.370 (2.126)

0.012

− 3.936 (2.074)

0.058

6.450 (4.606)

0.161

− 7.167 (2.283)

0.002

Log likelihood

− 162.752

 

− 226.272

 

− 173.344

 

− 219.111

 

− 206.671

 

− 52.515

 

− 214.903

 

Wald chi2

33.18

0.000

21.04

0.033

33.95

0.000

25.93

0.007

0.039

0.003

22

0.024

34.63

0

GOF Pearson chi2

327.98

0.711

354.74

0.306

369.48

0.147

359.09

0.264

361.66

0.234

311.26

0.875

356.48

0.297

  1. CoeffCoefficient, SE Standard Error in parentheses, GOFGoodness of fit test