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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Impact of off-farm activities on technical efficiency: evidence from maize producers of eastern Ethiopia

Variable

Pooled (n = 355)

Participants (n = 76)

Non-participants (n = 279)

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

District

1.437

0.497

1.487

0.503

1.423

0.495

Off_farm

0.214

0.411

1.00

0.00

–

–

Education_HH

0.631*

0.483

0.724

0.450

0.606

0.490

Education_spouse

0.242**

0.429

0.368

0.486

0.208

0.407

Age_HH

37.930

8.804

37.579

8.341

38.025

8.938

Sex_HH

0.896*

0.306

0.829

0.379

0.914

0.281

Coop

0.217***

0.413

0.382

0.489

0.172

0.378

Land owned

2.786

2.228

2.938

1.902

2.744

2.311

Distance_mkt

34.640

21.716

33.355

20.864

34.990

21.966

Social_role

0.31

0.463

0.368

0.486

0.294

0.456

Market_info

0.487***

0.027

0.711

0.052

0.427

0.03

Livestock

3.010

1.871

2.987

2.017

3.017

1.833

Family AE

5.361

1.802

5.586

1.940

5.300

1.762

Value_yield

5467.268***

3886.116

7091.053

4380.921

5024.946

3624.290

Value_fertilizer

468.069**

434.974

590.155

524.878

434.812

401.768

Value_seed

164.193***

116.374

207.586

133.923

152.373

108.404

Value_labor

1793.965****

1091.748

2266.322

1163.708

1665.295

1036.727

Land_maize

2.066***

1.447

2.618

1.697

1.916

1.335

  1. *Significance at 10% level
  2. **Significance at 5% level
  3. ***Significance at 1% level