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Table 3 Parameter estimates of the Tobit-model for the influence of the explanatory variables on the household expenditure for sheep and goat meat

From: Determinants of sheep and goat meat consumption in Switzerland

Independent variables

Coefficients

Marginal effect

Robust standard error

Sheep and goat meat price per kg in CHF

−1.362*

−0.214*

0.598

Pork price per kg in CHF

2.423***

0.380***

0.523

Beef price per kg in CHF

−1.275**

−0.200**

0.410

Chicken price per kg in CHF

−0.153

−0.024

0.266

Fish price per kg in CHF

−0.244

−0.038

0.190

Household monthly total expenditure in CHF

0.001***

0.000***

0.000

Household monthly expenditure for food in CHF

0.055***

0.009***

0.005

Presence of children (yes = 1, otherwise = 0)

−15.116***

−2.372***

1.939

University degree (university degree = 1, otherwise = 0)

9.902***

1.554***

1.618

Household in the French-speaking region of Switzerland (yes = 1, otherwise = 0)

20.187***

3.168***

1.968

Household in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland (yes = 1, otherwise = 0)

−5.314*

−0.834*

2.505

  1. *, ** and *** denote significance at 5%, 1% and 0.1% level, respectively.