Table 3 Descriptive statistics of sample households (continuous variable).

Age

43.36

9.89

43.02

11.35

43.18

0.303^NS

Education level

3.17

2.5

2.25

2.07

2.69

3.8***

Family size

6.04

1.72

5.13

1.5

5.56

5.4***

Farm experience

23.7

9.13

22.3

11.9

22.94

1.2 ^NS

Land size

2.07

1.4

1.70

1.38

1.88

2.5**

Livestock holding

2.9

2.13

3.4

1.99

3.14

− 2.36**

On-farm income

1960

1933

2435

1809

2209

− 2.4**

Frequency of Ext. contact

1.63

1.22

1.43

1.26

1.53

1.55^NS

Off/non-farm income

470

675

282

575

372

2.8***

The time required to reach OCSSCO

93.9

36.29

95.8

36.26

94.90

− 0.487 ^NS