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Table 3 Endogenous switching for FSF adoption and milk and meat consumption expenditure

From: Does it pay to switch from free grazing to stall feeding? Impact of stall feeding practice on household welfare in Tigrai Ethiopia

Variables

(FSF = 1)

(FSF = 0)

(FSF = 1/0)

Consumption

Consumption

Selection

Family size (count)

18.36 (98.52)

31.65 (47.64)

0.0445 (0.0332)

Household head sex (male = 1)

751.5** (341.2)

− 102.2 (262.0)

0.401* (0.214)

Household head age (year)

− 16.44 (10.13)

5.832 (8.664)

− 0.00239 (0.00513)

Household head education (literate = 1)

− 374.3 (362.6)

− 99.19 (298.7)

0.0350 (0.155)

Total food expenditure (ETB)

0.0823*** (0.0208)

0.0413*** (0.0138)

1.81e-06 (3.19e-06)

Farm size (ha)

− 63.41 (84.29)

71.42 (155.7)

0.0310 (0.0582)

Total farm income (ETB)

0.0401 (0.0381)

− 0.00273 (0.00253)

− 7.93e-06 (6.06e-06)

Total off farm income (ETB)

0.0226 (0.0187)

− 0.00336 (0.00315)

− 3.90e-06 (5.67e-06)

Religion of household head (Orthodox = 1)

− 593.2 (623.1)

− 51.60 (317.1)

0.488** (0.211)

Location of household (highland = 1)

713.0 (791.4)

− 174.8 (203.5)

− 1.080** (0.451)

Information access (TV, radio, and mobile = 1)

148.6 (395.2)

124.4 (357.8)

0.546*** (0.183)

Herd size (TLU)

155.4*** (59.18)

186.9*** (49.73)

− 0.0216 (0.0237)

Access to formal credit (yes = 1)

737.2 (482.0)

122.5 (272.3)

− 0.0302 (0.168)

Animal shock experience (yes = 1)

− 182.0 (363.8)

− 130.3 (362.8)

0.338* (0.183)

Distance to free grazing land (walking minute)

  

0.00168 (0.00183)

Exposure of SF(years)

  

0.322*** (0.0560)

Constant

1038 (1251)

− 261.2 (503.9)

− 2.587*** (0.503)

lns1, lns2

7.552(0.045)***

7.527(0.0001)***

 

ρ12

− 0.318 (0.280)

0.0023(0.124)

 

LR test of indep. eqns (PV

 

0.1434

 

Observations

364

364

364

  1. P values are for slopes: ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05, and *P < 0.10 = significant at 1%, 5%, and 10% probability level, respectively