Influence of Small-Scale Irrigation on Livelihoods of Rural Farm Households in the Case of Legehida District, Ethiopia

Table 9

Propensity score and covariate balancing.

Variables	Sample	Mean		Reduction bias (%)	T-test
		Treated	Control		t-value	value
Sexhhh	U	0.84956	0.64844		3.65	0.001
	M	0.84906	0.80573	78.5	0.83	0.406
Agehhh	U	42.08	46		−3.04	0.003
	M	42.292	40.901	64.5	1.19	0.234
Edshhh	U	0.76991	0.36719		6.84	0.001
	M	0.75472	0.78374	92.8	−0.5	0.618
Dprhh	U	4.7479	4.5595		0.98	0.328
	M	4.7812	5.0177	−25.5	−1.15	0.252
Fasize	U	5.0885	4.0391		5.14	0.001
	M	5.0472	5.0167	97.1	0.13	0.893
Sizecul	U	1.2212	0.83203		8.15	0.001
	M	1.184	1.1117	81.4	1.29	0.197
FPSFland	U	0.77876	0.42969		5.86	0.001
	M	0.77358	0.79442	94	−0.37	0.714
Tlu	U	6.6473	4.6154		8.88	0.001
	M	6.3906	6.2694	94	0.54	0.589
Eoff-farm	U	0.77876	0.35938		7.18	0.001
	M	0.77358	0.79159	95.7	−0.32	0.752
Dmkthh	U	7.146	7.6172		−1.45	0.147
	M	7.217	7.1161	78.6	0.27	0.785
Traing irri	U	0.78761	0.38281		6.92	0.001
	M	0.77358	0.75329	95	0.35	0.73
Dftchh	U	1.7409	2.0273		−1.92	0.056
	M	1.7426	1.7125	89.5	0.23	0.82
Accredit	U	0.78761	0.4375		5.91	0.001
	M	0.77358	0.83819	81.5	−1.19	0.236

, , and shows the level of significance at 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively. Source: own econometric result (2021).