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Table 6 Heterogeneity in mean taste parameter models

From: Consumers’ preference and willingness to pay for enriched snack product traits in Shashamane and Hawassa cities, Ethiopia

 

Full G-MNL

G-MNL-II (γ=0)

G-MNL-I (γ=1)

G-MNL (τ = 1)

β

St. err

β

St. err

β

St. err

β

St. err

Taste parameters

Sorghum-chickpea

.477***

.110

.439***

.105

.466***

.106

.667***

.115

Maize-chickpea

.086

.122

.114

.120

.092

.102

− .262**

.111

Shape

.372***

.044

.367***

.043

.259***

.042

.075**

.038

Flavor

.473***

.060

.474***

.056

.483***

.065

.677***

.100

Labeling

1.16***

.084

1.139***

.077

1.192***

.100

1.244***

.107

Price

− .378***

.027

− .379***

.026

− .352***

.027

− .188***

.020

Constant

− 5.16***

.136

− 5.12***

.139

− 5.05***

.147

− 5.01***

.155

Observed heterogeneities

S-CH*elementary

− .464***

.090

− .456***

.089

− .373***

.107

− .179*

.092

S-CH*high school

− .186**

.079

− .178**

.076

− .164**

.081

− .047

.070

S-CH*diploma

− .666***

.101

− .631***

.096

− .684***

.118

− .136*

.078

M-CH*family size

− .031

.031

− .040

.030

− .026

.024

− .070**

.031

M-CH: elementary

.464***

.125

.464***

.122

.360***

.113

.163

.112

Shape*write & read

.493***

.121

.506***

.111

.556***

.120

.173**

.083

Shape*elementary

.337***

.056

.346***

.055

.316***

.061

.167***

.054

Flavor*sex

− .218***

.045

− .217***

.043

− .238***

.050

.016

.059

Flavor*family size

− .018

.013

− .016

.013

− .004

− .004

− .041**

.017

Flavor*Write & read

− .354***

.077

− .340***

.071

− .266***

.096

− .009

.077

Flavor*high school

.184***

.052

.186***

.048

.165***

.056

.101

.062

Flavor*degree

.539***

.089

.480***

.077

.531***

.111

.264***

.088

Labeling*sex

− .081

.054

− .089*

.051

− .048

.068

.064

.073

Labeling*family size

− .055***

.018

− .046***

.017

− .073***

.020

− .071***

.025

Labeling*high school

− .142*

.073

− .157**

.069

− .167*

.088

− .148*

.089

Labeling*diploma

− .942***

.083

− .909***

.074

− 1.08***

.146

− .098

.110

Labeling*degree

.244**

.113

.221**

.101

.193

.152

.011

.116

Price*family size

.018***

.005

.019***

.005

.022***

.006

− .011**

.005

Price*write & read

− .178***

.054

− .161***

.051

− .294***

.077

− .036

.033

Price*high school

.031

.025

.038

.023

.042*

.021

.691

.018

Price*Tec. college

− .132***

.039

− .129***

.036

− .017

.037

.063**

.030

Price*diploma

− .049

.029

− .053**

.026

− .101***

.036

− .046

.035

Heterogeneity in mean (standard deviation)

Sorghum-chickpea

.129

.120

.040

.105

.089

.083

.033

.099

Maize-chickpea

.039

.202

.048

.156

.000

.060

.025

.056

Shape

.127**

.063

.130**

.055

.128**

.057

.156***

.050

Flavor

.331***

.029

.321***

.028

.293***

.039

.351***

.054

Labeling

.518***

.037

.510***

.037

.536***

.051

.455***

.114

Price

.084***

.020

.076***

.019

.078***

.020

.031**

.012

Tau (τ)

.564***

.035

.558***

.033

.553***

.030

1.0

Fixed

Gamma (γ)

.621***

.119

0.0

Fixed

1.0

Fixed

.565***

.200

Sigma (i)

.984*

.573

.985*

.566

.985*

.561

.957

1.089

N

8400

 

8400

 

8400

 

8400

 

LL function

− 5236.95

 

− 5243.05

 

− 5229.90

 

− 5139.53

 

McFadden pseudo-R2

.432

 

.431

 

.433

 

.443

 

AIC/N

1.256

 

1.258

 

1.255

 

1.233

 
  1. The asterisk symbols ***, **, and * imply the significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively
  2. S-CH sorghum-chickpea, M-CH maize-chickpea