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Table 6 Multinomial logit model result on determinants of livelihood diversification strategies.

From: Determinants of rural livelihood diversification strategies among Chewaka resettlers’ communities of southwestern Ethiopia

Variables

Households’ livelihood diversification strategies

Agriculture + non-farm

Agriculture + off-farm

Agriculture + non-farm + off-farm

Coef

Std. Err

Odds ratio

Coef

Std. Err

Odds ratio

Coef

Std. Err

Odds ratio

Intercept

26.089

5.856

 

29.780

5.970

 

33.583

6.189

 

SEX

− 1.412

0.865

0.244

− 1.457

0.889

0.233

− 2.589**

1.181

0.075

AGE

− 0.227***

0.057

0.797

− 0.212***

0.057

0.809

− 0.260***

0.063

0.771

HHSZ

1.881***

0.400

6.562

1.560***

0.405

4.759

1.894***

0.431

6.644

EDUST

− 3.742**

1.176

0.024

− 3.782*

1.205

0.023

− 4.323**

1.244

0.013

AGECO

− 0.512

0.782

0.599

− 0.378

0.812

0.685

− 1.049

0.889

0.350

FERTLZ

− 0.449

0.795

0.638

− 0.659

0.830

0.517

− 0.272

0.894

0.764

LIVSTK

− 2.284**

0.727

0.102

− 2.704***

0.752

0.067

− 2.518**

0.825

0.081

LANDSZ

− 4.658***

1.084

0.009

− 5.204***

1.140

0.005

− 5.444***

1.227

0.004

IMSEED

0.699

0.736

2.013

0.724

0.758

2.062

0.529

0.824

1.697

CRDT

− 1.957**

0.901

0.141

− 1.917

0.929

0.147

− 2.337*

0.989

0.097

EXTCON

0.244

0.172

1.277

0.342

0.177

1.408

0.196

0.194

1.216

MKTD

− 1.554***

0.365

0.211

− 1.549***

0.374

0.212

− 3.069***

0.466

0.046

TRAIN

− 2.199**

0.887

0.111

− 1.873

0.917

.154

− 1.865

0.975

0.155

MCOOP

1.160

0.752

3.189

1.136

0.776

3.113

0.691

0.844

1.997

LEADR

− 0.866

1.382

0.421

− 0.811

1.427

0.444

− 1.759

1.527

0.172

INCOM

1.000**

0.000

1.001

0.000

0.000

1.000

0.000

0.000

1.000

Reference category:

Agriculture alone

Dependent variable:

Livelihood diversification strategies

Number of observations:

384

−  2 Log likelihood model fitting:

Intercept only—985.023, Final—446.243

LR chi-square test:

538.780

Degrees of freedom:

48

Significance:

0.000***

Pseudo R2:

0.817

  1. ***, **,* indicates significant at < 1%, 5% and 10% probability levels, respectively
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