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Table 1 Description of variables and their expected impact on access to credit/cooperative services and cocoa productivity

From: The simultaneous impact of access to credit and cooperative services on cocoa productivity in South-western Nigeria

Variables

Description

Unit

Expected sign

Summary statistics

Natural log of productivity

Measured in kg/Ha

kg/ha

 

8.115 (a5.91)

Age

Measured in years

Year

 + 

51.30 (10.06)

Age squared

Measured in years

Year

–

2722.12 (960.29)

Household size

Measured in number of household members

Number of persons

 + 

7.07 (5.29)

Education

Measured in years spent in school

Years spent in school

 + 

8.88 (3.48)

Farming experience

Measured in years spent in farming

Years spent in farming

 + 

24.12 (7.15)

Farm size

Measured in hectares

Hectares

 + 

9.10 (5.47)

Gender

1 = male

0 = female

Dummy

 + 

0.89 (0.24)

Own asset

1 = if farmer owns an asset

0 = otherwise

Dummy

 + 

0.70 (0.13)

  1. aFigures in parentheses are standard deviation