Variables | ATE corrected | Classical adoption | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Marginal effect | SE | Marginal effect | SE | |
Gender of head (1 = Male, 0 = Otherwise) | −0.282** | 0.139 | −0.042 | 0.035 |
Age of head (yrs) | 0.048** | 0.023 | −0.001 | 0.004 |
The square of age | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Education of head (yrs) | 0.030 | 0.016 | 0.001 | 0.004 |
Household size | −0.007 | 0.113 | 0.019 | 0.028 |
Distance to the village market | 0.006 | 0.03 | −0.006 | 0.006 |
Distance to the agricultural office | −0.016 | 0.017 | −0.008** | 0.004 |
Membership is a faith group (1 = yes, 0 = no) | −0.276** | 0.119 | −0.04 | 0.031 |
Membership in farmer club (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 0.223 | 0.193 | 0.081 | 0.074 |
Number of years lived in village | −0.007 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
The value of assets (MK) | 0.002 | 0.042 | 0.015 | 0.009 |
The Land holding size (ha) | −0.033 | 0.06 | 0.001 | 0.02 |
Access to credit | .410*** | 0.11 | 0.146** | 0.045 |
Balaka | 0.359 | 0.251 | 0.289** | 0.106 |
Thyolo | −0.351 | 0.189 | 0.059 | 0.05 |
Number of interviews | 152 | 440 | ||
Pseudo R2 | 0.4121 | 0.3827 | ||
LR Chi 2 | 73.9007 | 72.314 | ||
AIC | 156.2294 | 269.215 | 0.05 |