Determinants of the Market Outlet Choice of Bamboo Culms (Yushania alpine) Producers in Banja District, Western Ethiopia
Table 5
The results of multivariate probit model.
Variables
Wholesalers
Retailers
Processors
Local traders
Coef (se)
Coef (se)
Coef (se)
Coef (se)
Sex
0.726 (0.744)
−0.131 (0.506)
0.748 (0.533)
0.193 (0.426)
Read and write
−0.259 (0.369)
0.342 (0.301)
−0.278 (0.329)
−0.087 (0.288)
Attend primary school
−0.226 (0.457)
0.607 (0.380)
0.247 (0.407)
0.134 (0.354)
Attend secondary school
−4.314 (103.9)
−0.777 (0.845)
0.686 (0.755)
−0.716 (0.692)
Family size
0.328 (0.123)
0.119 (0.089)
−0.231 (0.09)
0.115 (0.083)
Price
0.030 (0.034)
0.032 (0.025)
0.027 (0.025)
−0.007 (0.023)
Total land size
0.737 (0.397)
0.470 (0.320)
0.048 (0.341)
−0.101 (0.292)
Bamboo farming experience
−0.008 (0.019)
−0.05 (0.024)
0.063 (0.023)
−0.037 (0.012)
Distance to the market
−0.001 (0.004)
0.003 (0.003)
−0.02 (0.004)
0.009 (0.003)
Extension contact
−0.1003 (0.112)
0.015 (0.088)
−0.029 (0.095)
−0.048 (0.081)
Silviculture management
−0.061 (0.370)
0.287 (0.303)
0.664 (0.326)
−0.417 (0.289)
Number of culm harvested
0.001 (0.001)
0.001 (0.001)
0.0003 (0.0004)
0.0004 (0.0004)
Constant
−4.769 (1.604)
−1.392 (1.167)
0.326 (1.169)
−0.204 (1.064)
Source: field survey result, 2020. Note. indicates the statistical significance of variables at 1%. indicates the statistical significance of variables at 5% and indicates the statistical significance of variables at 10%.
