Table 1 Definition of variables.
From: Impact of informal institutions on youth agribusiness participation in Southern Benin
Variables | Definition | The nature of variables in the database | The nature of variable after transformation |
|---|---|---|---|
Dependent variable: participation in the agribusiness sector | |||
PART | Participation in the agribusiness sector | Binary (1 = yes; 0 = No) | Binary (1 = yes; 0 = No) |
Socio-economic characteristics | |||
AGE | Age of the respondent (in years) | Continuous | Continuous |
GENDER | Gender of the respondent | Binary (0 = female, 1 = male) | Binary (0 = female, 1 = male) |
MATR | Marital status | Categorical* | Binary (0 = single, 1 = married and other) |
LOCAT | Residential area | Categorical** | Binary (0 = rural area; 1 = urban and suburban area) |
FATHEDU | Father’s educational level | Ordinal variable1 | Ordinal variable1 |
RESPEDU | Respondent’s educational level | Ordinal variable1 | Ordinal variable1 |
FATHERINCOM | Father’s income | Interval variable2 | Interval variable2 |
RESPINCOM | Respondent’s income | Interval variable2 | Interval variable2 |
LAND | Access to land | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low; 1 = High) |
CREDIT | Access to credit | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low; 1 = High) |
TECHN | Access to technical knowledge | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low; 1 = High) |
Informal institutions | |||
TRUST | Trust in people around | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low; 1 = High) |
OBED | Obedience is not a shared societal value | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low; 1 = High) |
CONTR | Have control over their life | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low; 1 = High) |
WOM | Women's participation in the agribusiness sector is a shared societal value | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low; 1 = High) |
YOUTH | Youth participation in the agribusiness sector is a shared societal value | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low; 1 = High) |
Generated variables | |||
INST_1 | Index of informal institutions | – | Index computed with principal component analysis |
INFINST | Informal institutions | – | Binary (0 if \(\mathrm{Inst}1\le \mathrm{its mean}\); 1 if \(\mathrm{Inst}1 >\mathrm{its mean}\)) |
FORINST | Formal institutions | Seven-point Likert scale3 | Binary (0 = Low judiciary system quality; 1 = good judiciary system) |