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Variable
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All
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Market participants (N = 398)
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Non-market participants (N = 165)
|
Difference
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t-value
|
|---|
Consumption expend. per capita (N)
|
21897.78 (954.84)
|
27015.49 (2474.14)
|
19776.11 (859.47)
|
7239.38 (2077.27)
|
3.49***
|
Rice income per hectare (N)
|
223555.90 (6109.67)
|
242161.20 (7584.32)
|
178677.80 (9122.47)
|
63483.32 (13164.66)
|
4.82***
|
Rice income per capita (N)
|
28503.33 (1054.86)
|
31107.86 (1401.26)
|
22220.53 (1097.74)
|
8887.84 (2289.01)
|
3.88***
|
Total farm income per capita (N)
|
43188.73 (1607.10)
|
45329.88 (2168.30)
|
38024.03 (1586.53)
|
7305.85 (3520.42)
|
2.08**
|
|
Average yield (kg/ha)
|
3271.07 (94.35)
|
3587.00 (118.42)
|
2509.06 (131.13)
|
1078.00 (202.42)
|
5.33***
|
|
Total farm size (ha)
|
2.59 (0.09)
|
2.47 (0.11)
|
2.91 (0.16)
|
0.45 (0.20)
|
2.21**
|
|
Access to credit (%)
|
23.45 (0.02)
|
28.14 (0.02)
|
12.12 (0.03)
|
16.02 (0.04)
|
4.14***
|
- Source: Field survey, 2010. ***, **, and * implies significant at 1 %, 5 %, and 10 % respectively
- Note: Figures in Parentheses are the standard error
