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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of the sampled households

From: Adoption of improved rice technologies in major rice producing areas of Ethiopia: a multivariate probit approach

Household characteristics

Regional state

Improved seed

Amhara

Oromia

SWEP

BG

Overall

Adopters

Non adopters

Age of the household head

43.8

40.1

39.7

45.5

43.6

42.2

44.0

Farming experience

23.3

22.0

20.8

24.6

23.2

22.8

13.4

Rice farming experience

11.6

8.6

7.3

12.4

11.3

12.1

11.0

Education level of the head

1.7

3.7

2.9

2.4

1.9

2.3

1.7

Average family’s education

2.4

4.3

3.3

3.5

2.6

3.1

2.5

Household size

5.5

6.4

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.5

  1. Source: Own survey result.