The impact of agricultural cooperatives membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers: empirical evidence from eastern Ethiopia

Ahmed, Musa Hasen; Mesfin, Hiwot Mekonnen

doi:10.1186/s40100-017-0075-z

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 5 Description of explanatory variables and hypotheses

From: The impact of agricultural cooperatives membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers: empirical evidence from eastern Ethiopia

Variables	Description	Expected effect on membership
Age	Age of the household head	“+”, “−”
Sex	Gender of the household head; 1 if male and 0 otherwise	“+”, “−”
Education	Educational status of household head; 1 if attended some form of education 0 otherwise	“+”
Farming experience	Number of years since the household head started agricultural production	“+”
Social responsibility	The position of the household head in the society; 1 if the head has social responsibility and 0 otherwise	“+”
Number of oxen	Number of oxen the household owned	“+”
Off/nonfarm activity	Participation in off/nonfarm activity; 1 if the head participates in off/nonfarm activities and 0 otherwise	“−”
Market distance	Distance from the respondent’s residence to the nearest market measured in kilometer	“−”
Market information	Access to market information; 1 if the household head has access 0 otherwise	“+”
Coop office distance	Distance from the respondent’s residence to the cooperative office in kilometer	“−”
Family aged below 16	The numbers of family members of the respondent who are aged below 16	“−”
Family aged above 50	The numbers of family members of the respondent who are aged above 50	“−”
Family size in AE	Family size expressed in adult equivalent	“−”, “+”
Livestock in TLU	Size of livestock the household own measured in tropical livestock units
TLU less oxen	Size of livestock the household own except the number of oxen expressed in tropical livestock units	“+”
TLU per AE	Size of livestock owned by the household measured in tropical livestock units expressed per adult equivalent	“+”
Land owned	Size of land owned by the household measured in quxi	“+”
Land per AE	Size of land owned by the household expressed in adult equivalent	“+”
Babile	The household lives in Babile district	“+”, “−”
Gursum	The household lives in Gursum district	“+”
Fedis	The household lives in Fedis district	“+”

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