Determinants of the Market Outlet Choice of Bamboo Culms (Yushania alpine) Producers in Banja District, Western Ethiopia

Table 2

Hypothesis of variables used in multivariate probit.

Variables	Measurement/codes	Expected outcomes on the market outlets
		Wholesalers	Retailers	Processor	Local trader
Sex	Dummy (1 male, 0 otherwise)	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve
Education	Categorical	+ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Family size	Continuous (man equivalent)	+ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Price	Continuous (in birr)	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve
Total land size	Continuous (hectar)	+ve	+ve	+ve	−ve
Experience	Continuous (in year)	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve
Distance	Continuous (walking hour)	−ve	−ve	−ve	+ve
Extension contact	Continuous (number of contact)	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Silviculture management	Dummy (1 = Yes, 0 otherwise)	+ve	+ve	+ve	−ve
Number of culm harvested	Continuous (number of culm)	+ve	+ve	+ve	−ve