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Table 9 Determinants of willingness of MSP participation

From: Factors influencing willingness to participate in multi-stakeholder platform by smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana: implication for research and development

Variable

Estimated result of probit model

Coefficient

Std error

Marginal effect

Age of household head

−0.0688

0.0106

−0.0757***

Gender

0.0001

0.2592

0.0002

Marital status of household

0.0185

0.6966

0.0203

Household size

0.0302

0.0174

0.0332*

Years of education of household head

0.0616

0.0463

0.0678

Membership of association

0.3354

0.2533

0.3689

Land availability

−0.0802

0.0561

−0.0882

Major farming decision

−0.0628

0.3570

−0.0691

Distance to meeting place

−0.0456

0.0663

−0.0501

Household income

0.0004

0.0002

0.0004**

Constant

3.5952

0.9925

3.9547

Number of Observations

250

Log likelihood

−64.5260

Mean dependent var.

0.8600

McFadden R-squared

0.3626

  1. Source: Regression Estimation from Author’s Household Survey Data (2012) ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05 and *p < 0.10.