Table 7 Estimation result of negative binomial regression on factors influencing the number of livelihood options adopted by landless rural households
Livelihood options | IRR | Robust Std. Err | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender of household head (male = 1)*** | 1.4448 | 0.1665 | 0.001 |
Age square of household head*** | 0.9998 | 0.0001 | 0.009 |
Educational status of household head (literate = 1) | 0.9003 | 0.0739 | 0.200 |
Family size of the households | 1.0306 | 0.0297 | 0.297 |
Edir (yes = 1) * | 1.1605 | 0.0933 | 0.064 |
Distance to road in km | 0.9996 | 0.0093 | 0.964 |
Distance to district in km*** | 0.9806 | 0.0052 | 0.000 |
Credit access (yes = 1) | 0.9288 | 0.0782 | 0.380 |
Distance to farmers training center in Km | 1.0138 | 0.0112 | 0.213 |
Livestock holding in TLU | 0.9868 | 0.0223 | 0.555 |
Safety net Participation(yes = 1) | 0.9164 | 0.0932 | 0.391 |
Constant term | 3.2629 | 0.5052 | 0.000 |
/lnalpha | − 53.6532 |  |  |
Alpha | 5.00e−24 |  |  |
Model summary | |||
 Negative binomial regression | Number of obs = 258 | ||
 Dispersion = mean | LR chi2(11) = 50.35 | Prob > chi2 = 0.000 | |
 Log pseudo-likelihood = −449.2308 | Pseudo R2 = 0.053 | ||