Table 2 Descriptive statistics for independent (control) variables
From: IITA’s genebank, cowpea diversity on farms, and farmers’ welfare in Nigeria
Variable | All | North West | North East |
|---|---|---|---|
Household characteristics | |||
Age*** | 43.759 (12.369) | 44.823 (12.292) | 41.758 (12.277) |
Sex (0/1)*** | 0.941 (0.236) | 0.961 (0.194) | 0.904 (0.295) |
Education | 5.248 (5.931) | 5.304 (5.920) | 5.142 (5.955) |
Household size*** | 8.292 (4.511) | 8.558 (4.786) | 7.793 (3.897) |
Experience (0/1)*** | 0.957 (0.203) | 0.942 (0.234) | 0.985 (0.121) |
Need credit (0/1)*** | 0.514 (0.500) | 0.480 (0.500) | 0.577 (0.495) |
Pedigree information | |||
Anc (0/1)*** | 0.409 (0.492) | 0.436 (0.496) | 0.358 (0.480) |
NumAnc*** | 10.708 (17.538) | 11.907 (18.134) | 8.395 (16.104) |
Farm characteristics | |||
Size*** | 1.938 (2.377) | 1.736 (2.101) | 2.317 (2.787) |
Slope*** | 1.241 (1.002) | 1.303 (1.011) | 1.124 (0.975) |
Soil fertility | 0.072 (0.328) | 0.069 (0.339) | 0.077 (0.306) |
Distance to field* | 26.215 (27.820) | 25.551 (25.161) | 27.464 (32.224) |
Market characteristics | |||
Distance to seed dealer | 68.952 (142.333) | 67.058 (167.225) | 72.498 (76.381) |
Distance to village market*** | 42.510 (61.023) | 39.424 (60.115) | 48.290 (62.334) |
Distance to district market*** | 85.898 (85.329) | 79.670 (75.739) | 97.563 (99.903) |