The drivers and intensity of adoption of beekeeping in northwest Ethiopia

Table 3 Test of independence between the categorical variables and beekeeping adoption decision of rural households

Categorical variables used in the model	Category	Beekeeping adoption		p value
Categorical variables used in the model	Category	Non-adopter (%)	Adopter (%)	p value
Gender of a household head	Male	38	42	0.265
Gender of a household head	Female	9	11
Marital status of the household head	Single	3	2	0.334
	Married	30	31
	Divorced	14	11
	Widowed	4	5
Educational status of the household head	Illiterate	37	2	< 0.001***
	Basic	9	6
	Primary	2	18
	Secondary	2	17
	Diploma	1	6
Availability of accessories	Yes	14	30	0.064*
Availability of accessories	No	36	20
Access to credit	Yes	13	19	0.031**
Access to credit	No	36	32
Whether the household head has taken beekeeping training	Yes	12	16	0.465
Whether the household head has taken beekeeping training	No	37	35	0.465
Presence of honey bee pests	Yes	38	28	0.017**
Presence of honey bee pests	No	12	22	0.017**
Availability of bee feeds	Yes	9	11	0.536
Availability of bee feeds	No	42	38
Swarm catching practices	Yes	39	27	< 0.001***
Swarm catching practices	No	12	22	< 0.001***
Using honey produce for home consumption	Yes	3	46	< 0.001***
Using honey produce for home consumption	No	49	2	< 0.001***
Major economic activities of the household head	Beekeeping	8	13	0.302
Major economic activities of the household head	Others	42	37	0.302
Incentive to adopt beekeeping practices	Yes	6	44	< 0.001***
Incentive to adopt beekeeping practices	No	45	5%	< 0.001***
Hive preference	Traditional	33	30	0.304
	Modern	15	17
	Transitional	2	3
Location (district)	Dangila	18	30	< 0.001***
	Ayehu Gua	19	10
	Jawi	14	9

^*p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01 represent significance at 10%, 5% and 1% level of significance, respectively

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