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Table 3 The effects of household characteristics, household assets and production practices on peanut yields (dependent variable is log of peanut yield)

From: Production, post-harvest management and gender dynamics among smallholder peanut farmers in Haiti

Log of yield

Log of yield

Coef.

Std. Err.

North

− 0.27

0.49

Female household head

− 0.22**

0.09

Wife makes decisions

0.04

0.12

Joint decisions

0.15*

0.09

Farming experience (years)

− 0.01

0.00

Uses irrigation

0.04

0.14

Remittances from abroad

0.13

0.10

Works with an organization

0.05

0.10

Runner variety

0.34

0.47

Peanut consumption

0.01

0.01

Primary education

0.06

0.09

Secondary education

0.10

0.11

College education

0.14

0.21

Other education

0.08

0.30

Pig (yes or no)

0.06

0.07

Cattle (yes or no)

0.11

0.08

Goats (yes or no)

− 0.04

0.09

Number of adults

− 0.11

0.08

Other jobs

0.23**

0.11

Horse (yes or no)

− 0.02

0.08

Uses fertilizer

− 0.14

0.19

More than 1/2 of land in slope

− 0.27**

0.13

Constant

5.18

0.21

R2

0.11

 

Adjusted R2

0.05

 

F

1.75

 

N

333

 
  1. ***, **, *, mean significant at the 1 percent, 5 percent and 10 percent level, respectively