Variables
|
Unmatched
|
Matched
|
---|
MEM
|
CONN
|
Diff
|
MEM
|
CONN
|
Diff
|
---|
Mean
|
Mean
|
Mean
|
Mean
|
---|
TOTALCAP
|
56,262.54
|
44,962.97
|
11,299.56***
|
55,891
|
44,735
|
11,156**
|
Inputs
|
ENGINEOPER
|
1.63
|
1.43
|
0.20**
|
1.64
|
1.42
|
0.22*
|
FUELCOST
|
200,483.40
|
174,351.80
|
26,131.60**
|
203,116
|
180,000
|
23,116
|
USEFULSEINE
|
2.28
|
2.14
|
0.14
|
2.25
|
2.08
|
0.17
|
LEADERSEMP
|
0.95
|
0.60
|
0.35***
|
0.93
|
0.61
|
0.32**
|
HELPERSEMP
|
1.34
|
0.91
|
0.43***
|
1.32
|
1.01
|
0.32**
|
Variables in the matching procedure
|
AGE
|
43.87
|
38.83
|
5.04***
|
43.67
|
43.26
|
0.41
|
EXPERIENCE
|
21.11
|
16.03
|
5.07***
|
20.84
|
20.39
|
0.45
|
EDUCYEAR
|
8.67
|
8.10
|
0.56
|
8.66
|
8.56
|
0.10
|
REPEAT
|
0.04
|
0.12
|
− 0.07
|
0.04
|
0.02
|
0.02
|
FEMLABSHR
|
1.27
|
1.35
|
− 0.08
|
1.25
|
1.14
|
0.11
|
FEMAS
|
0.41
|
0.15
|
0.26***
|
0.39
|
0.43
|
− 0.04
|
AKWA-IBOM
|
0.18
|
0.19
|
− 0.01
|
0.19
|
0.18
|
0.01
|
ONDO
|
0.11
|
0.41
|
0.30***
|
0.11
|
0.12
|
− 0.01
|
MOBILE
|
0.94
|
0.88
|
0.06*
|
0.94
|
0.93
|
0.01
|
EXTENSION
|
0.14
|
0.02
|
0.12***
|
0.13
|
0.06
|
0.09
|
CREDIT
|
0.33
|
0.21
|
0.12**
|
0.30
|
0.33
|
− 0.03
|
CUSTOMERS
|
2.38
|
2.58
|
0.20
|
2.40
|
2.13
|
0.27
|
SHOCK
|
0.64
|
0.69
|
− 0.05
|
0.64
|
0.67
|
− 0.03
|
TAROAD
|
0.36
|
0.22
|
0.14***
|
0.36
|
0.31
|
0.05
|
LEADER
|
0.08
|
0.14
|
− 0.06
|
0.09
|
0.10
|
− 0.01
|
COOPa
|
0.24
|
0.07
|
0.18***
|
0.23
|
0.26
|
− 0.03
|
Observations
|
95
|
258
| |
92
|
258
| |
- aThis is a traditional form of cooperation whereby fishers and non-fishers contribute to informal savings and credit associations for their mutual benefit. It represents a more generic form of cooperative association at the local level and captures the social participation of fishers in other groups
- *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01
- Source: Authors’ calculation based on survey data