Table 3 Marginal Effects of the determinants of exposure to improved pigeonpea

Gender of head (1 = Male, 0 = Otherwise)

0.025

0.063

Age of head (yrs)

−.0184^b

0.009

The square of age

0.000

0.000

Education of head (yrs)

−0.005

0.008

Household size

0.089

0.056

Distance to the market

−0.055^a

0.032

Distance to the agricultural extension office

−0.002

0.009

Membership in a social//faith based group (1 = yes, 0 = otherwise)

0.184^a

0.080

Membership in farmer club (1 = yes, 0 = otherwise)

0.026

0.091

Number of years lived in village

0.004^b

0.002

The value of assets (MK)

0.039^a

0.020

The Land holding size (ha)

0.032

0.026

Access to credit

0.091

0.067

Balaka

0.443^c

0.116

Thyolo

0.535^c

0.062

Number of interviews

440

Pseudo R2

0.2363

LR Chi 2

132.932

AIC

463.6344