Research Article
Dairy Farmers’ Choice of Milk Market Outlets: Evidence from Farm Households in Central Ethiopia
Table 3
Results of multinomial logit regression on farmers’ choices of milk market outlets using direct sales to a local consumer as base category.
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| | Mlogitmprobit | | Cooperatives | | AGE | −0.160 | (−1.72) | −0.122 | (−1.87) | | GEN | −0.753 | (−0.84) | −0.374 | (−0.59) | | HSIZE | 0.944 | (1.78) | 0.702 | (1.79) | | EDU | 0.124 | (0.16) | 0.00463 | (0.01) | | NCOW | 1.126 | (2.00) | 0.772 | (1.92) | | DIST | 0.659 | (1.27) | 0.486 | (1.34) | | EXTE | 0.259 | (0.33) | 0.0199 | (0.04) | | EXPE | 0.256 | (2.32) | 0.193 | (2.41) | | LAND | −1.541 | (−1.84) | −1.203 | (−1.98) | | CHILD | 1.986 | (2.32) | 1.582 | (2.61) | | ACC | −1.814 | (−1.74) | −1.185 | (−1.73) | | PRICE | 0.0619 | (0.28) | 0.0694 | (0.48) | | MEMB | 4.264 | (3.87) | 2.896 | (4.11) | | INFOM | 1.535 | (1.93) | 1.104 | (1.97) | | POM | −0.251 | (−0.32) | −0.114 | (−0.20) | | _Cons | −5.692 | (−1.00) | −4.167 | (−1.12) | | Hotels___Restaurant | | AGE | −0.272 | (−1.94) | −0.208 | (−2.11) | | GEN | −1.819 | (−1.67) | −1.126 | (−1.47) | | HSIZE | 1.750 | (2.48) | 1.262 | (2.56) | | EDU | −0.680 | (−0.76) | −0.444 | (−0.68) | | NCOW | 2.102 | (2.78) | 1.533 | (2.89) | | DIST | 0.344 | (0.48) | 0.178 | (0.37) | | EXTE | 4.358 | (2.72) | 2.985 | (2.80) | | EXPE | 0.163 | (1.14) | 0.127 | (1.27) | | LAND | −0.643 | (−0.61) | −0.700 | (−0.95) | | CHILD | 2.356 | (2.26) | 1.669 | (2.26) | | ACC | −1.288 | (−0.99) | −0.943 | (−1.07) | | PRICE | 0.804 | (3.00) | 0.552 | (3.22) | | MEMB | 3.075 | (2.64) | 2.274 | (2.71) | | INFOM | 0.0184 | (0.02) | 0.205 | (0.29) | | POM | −3.085 | (−2.70) | −1.996 | (−2.71) | | _Cons | −18.13 | (−2.32) | −11.98 | (−2.39) | | Processing plants | | AGE | 0.0251 | (0.30) | 0.00623 | (0.11) | | GEN | −0.603 | (−0.68) | −0.276 | (−0.44) | | HSIZE | 0.595 | (1.27) | 0.501 | (1.44) | | EDU | 0.413 | (0.59) | 0.338 | (0.65) | | NCOW | 1.801 | (3.33) | 1.286 | (3.42) | | DIST | 0.885 | (1.85) | 0.672 | (1.99) | | EXTE | −0.111 | (−0.15) | −0.00870 | (−0.02) | | EXPE | 0.0337 | (0.32) | 0.0339 | (0.46) | | LAND | −0.218 | (−0.27) | −0.215 | (−0.39) | | CHILD | 0.846 | (1.14) | 0.624 | (1.14) | | ACC | −2.462 | (−2.54) | −1.738 | (−2.63) | | PRICE | 0.587 | (2.97) | 0.428 | (3.16) | | MEMB | 1.328 | (1.82) | 0.859 | (1.63) | | INFOM | 0.442 | (0.62) | 0.345 | (0.67) | | POM | 0.614 | (0.81) | 0.469 | (0.86) | | _Cons | −19.16 | (−3.54) | −13.86 | (−3.95) | | N | 120 | | 120 | | | r2_ct | 0.442 | | | | | r2_ctadj | 0.230 | | | | | aic0 | 2.646 | | | | | aic_n | 317.6 | | | |
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∗∗∗, ∗∗, and ∗indicate the significance level of 0.1%, 1%, and 5%, respectively ( , , ). The numbers written in brackets indicate t-statistics. |
