Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the explanatory variables
From: Livelihood assets’ influence on Ugandan farmers’ control practices for Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)
Explanatory variables | All Sample | Non-adopters | 1 practice | 2 practices | 3 practices | Full-adopters | F test1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(obs. 1058) | (obs. 235) | (obs. 319) | (obs. 277) | (obs. 225) | (obs. 2) | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
Human capital | |||||||
HH head education | 5.95 (3.91) | 5.94 (3.83) a | 6.25 (4.13) a | 5.57 (3.84) a | 6.03 (3.74) a | 5.50 (0.71) a | 1.16 |
HH head age | 56.62 (14.46) | 57.58 (14.82) ab | 54.59 (14.25) b | 58.47 (14.86) a | 56.20 (13.53) ab | 59.00 (19.80) ab | 3.05** |
HH size | 6.37 (3.14) | 6.48 (3.60) a | 6.35 (3.20) a | 6.24 (2.84) a | 6.43 (2.90) a | 7.50 (0.71) a | 0.28 |
Social capital | |||||||
HH head gender | 0.74 (0.44) | 0.74 (0.44) ab | 0.71 (0.46) b | 0.71 (0.46) ab | 0.80 (0.40) a | 1.00 (0.00) ab | 2.22* |
Access to extension services | 0.54 (0.50) | 0.49 (0.50) b | 0.54 (0.50) ab | 0.52 (0.50) b | 0.64 (0.48) a | 0.50 (0.71) ab | 2.69** |
Natural capital | |||||||
Central region | 0.22 (0.41) | 0.16 (0.37) b | 0.27 (0.45) c | 0.20 (0.40) bc | 0.20 (0.40) bc | 1.00 (0.00) ac | 20.10*** |
Eastern region | 0.20 (0.40) | 0.51 (0.50) a | 0.16 (0.37) c | 0.10 (0.30) bc | 0.08 (0.26) b | 0.00 (0.00) abc | |
Mid-Western region | 0.23 (0.42) | 0.22 (0.42) ab | 0.27 (0.44) a | 0.26 (0.44) b | 0.16 (0.37) ab | 0.00 (0.00) ab | |
South-Western region | 0.35 (0.48) | 0.11 (0.31) d | 0.29 (0.46) c | 0.44 (0.50) b | 0.56 (0.50) a | 0.00 (0.00) abcd | |
Land owned | 4.51 (7.19) | 4.67 (8.00) | 4.24 (5.48) | 4.34 (4.77) | 4.94 (10.29) | 6.25 (1.77) | 0.40 |
Land banana percentage | 41.52 (31.07) | 26.29 (32.02) a | 44.76 (30.41) b | 47.05 (29.91) b | 46.14 (27.36) b | 31.15 (18.80) ab | 19.80*** |
Physical capital | |||||||
Home index | 38.54 (21.44) | 36.50 (22.14) | 39.93 (20.26) | 39.17 (21.18) | 37.88 (22.64) | 44.74 (15.24) | 1.02 |
Farm equipment index | 43.47 (21.19) | 47.20 (20.93) a | 44.13 (22.71) ab | 42.24 (19.82) b | 40.26 (20.37) b | 34.08 (15.82) ab | 3.56*** |
Financial capital | |||||||
Banana farming objective | 1.79 (0.63) | 1.66 (0.67) b | 1.81 (0.64) a | 1.78 (0.58) ab | 1.91 (0.59) a | 2.50 (0.71) ab | 5.22*** |
Access to credit facilities | 0.70 (0.46) | 0.69 (0.47) ab | 0.66 (0.47) b | 0.70 (0.46) ab | 0.79 (0.41) a | 0.50 (0.71) ab | 2.88** |
Off-farm income | 0.88 (0.33) | 0.94 (0.23) a | 0.87 (0.34) b | 0.86 (0.34) b | 0.84 (0.37) b | 1.00 (0.00) ab | 3.37*** |
Vulnerability context | |||||||
BXW status | 1.98 (1.75) | 0.22 (0.84) a | 1.61 (1.84) b | 3.04 (1.20) c | 3.04 (1.04) c | 2.00 (1.41) abc | 185.45*** |
Institutional context | |||||||
Access to BXW initiatives | 0.22 (0.41) | 0.10 (0.30) c | 0.22 (0.41) b | 0.20 (0.40) b | 0.35 (0.48) a | 0.50 (0.71) abc | 11.24*** |