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Table 9 Impact of access to cooperative services on cocoa productivity

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

Variables

Cooperative membership

Productivity of cooperative members

Productivity of cooperative non-members

Age

0.416*** (3.01)

0.146*** (2.75)

− 0.077* (− 1.82)

Age2

0.785*** (4.57)

0.110** (2.07)

0.137*** (2.90)

Household size

0.148*** (3.81)

0.115*** (3.20)

− 1.697*** (− 12.10)

Years of education

0.303* (1.81)

0.509*** (3.01)

0.506*** (7.11)

Year of experience

0.417 (0.41)

0.260*** (2.78)

− 0.152 (− 0.56)

Farm size

0.291*** (3.55)

0.132 (1.50)

0.653*** (32.89)

Gender

0.161 (0.78)

0.375* (1.73)

5.960*** (6.09)

Asset

0.014 (0.08)

0.779*** (4.16)

− 0.248 (− 0.47)

Constant

1.052*** (3.67)

3.701*** (2.74)

2.247*** (2.77)

/Ins0

0.565** (1.97)

  

/Ins1

0.856*** (3.67)

  

/r0

0.901** (2.46)

  

/r1

1.071*** (5.46)

  

Sigma_ 0

2.354 (1.45)

  

Sigma _1

0.991*** (4.98)

  

Rho_0

1.093** (2.25)

  

Rho_1

0.202** (2.05)

  

Observations

300

201

99

  1. LR test of Indep. Eqns: Chi2 (2) = 441.90 Prob > Chi2 = 0.000
  2. ***, ** &* represent significance levels at 1%, 5% & 10%, respectively
  3. Source: Field Survey (2018)