Determinants of Highland Bamboo (Yushania alpine) Culm Market Supply in Semen Ari District, South Omo Zone of Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Variables in the multiple linear regression (MLR) model.

Variables	Measurement	Expected sign
Dependent variables
Market supply of bamboo culm	Number of bamboo culms supplied to market
Explanatory variables
Sex	1 if male, 0 if female	+
Age	Years	+
Education	Years of schooling	+
Family size	Family size above 15 years (number)	+
Land cover by bamboo	Land size covered by bamboo (ha)	+
Market information	1 if market information available, 0 unless
Extension contact	1 if have extension contact, 0 otherwise	+
Annual household income	Annual income except from bamboo sale (birr)	+
Experience	Supplying bamboo culm to market (years)	+
Market distance	Distance from home to market center (minute)	−
Price of bamboo culm	Market price of bamboo culm (birr)	+

Source: own description after extensive literature review.