Does microcredit use helps farmers win battle against food insecurity: evidence from Jimma zone of Southwest Ethiopia

Table 4 Binary logistic regression result.

Variables	Coef	Odds ratio	Z	P > z
Sex of the household head	− 0.4002	0.6702	− 1.62^NS	0.104
The religion of the households head	− 0.0752	0.9275	− 0.24^NS	0.812
Age of the household head	− 0.0187	0.9814	− 0.97^NS	0.330
Marital status	− 0.3318	0.7176	− 0.93^NS	0.352
Education level	0.1862	1.2046	3.51***	0.000
Family size	0.3518	1.4216	4.61***	0.000
Farming experience	0.0225	1.0228	1.18^NS	0.238
Land size	0.2029	1.2250	2.25**	0.025
Livestock holding	− 0.1116	0.895	− 1.94*	0.052
On-farm income	− 0.0002	0.998	− 2.28**	0.023
Frequency of extension contact	0.1375	1.1474	1.44^NS	0.149
Off-farm/non-farm income	0.0004	1.0004	1.90*	0.057
Time required to reach OCSSCO	− 0.0001	0.9999	− 0.03^NS	0.975
Constant	− 1.7592	0.1722	− 1.98	0.047
Pseudo R² = 0.1380		Log-likelihood = − 214.72
LR chi² (13) = 68.73		Number of obs = 360
Prob > chi² = 0.0000

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