Analysis of Farmers’ Willingness to Use Blockchain and Influencing Factors Based on the Binary Logit Model
Table 1
Variable assignment.
Variable type
Variable name
Variable symbol
Explanation
Explained variable
Willingness to apply blockchain
1: application; 0: no application
Explanatory variables
Gender
1: male; 0: female
Age
1: under 18 years old (including 18 years old); 2: 19-30 years old (including 30 years old); 3: 31-45 years old (including 45 years old); 4: 45-60 years old (including 60 years old); 5: over 60 years old
Education level
1: primary school and below; 2: junior middle school; 3: senior high school and technical secondary school; 4: junior college; 5: bachelor degree and above
Part-time employment
1: focus on other businesses, supplemented by agriculture; 2: pay equal attention to other businesses and agriculture; 3: agriculture as the main business, other business as a supplement; 4: full-time farmers
Number of family members
1: up to 3 persons; 2: 4; 3: 5; 4: 6 or more
Family’s highest level of education
1: primary school and below; 2: junior middle school; 3: senior high school and technical secondary school; 4: junior college; 5: bachelor degree or above
Engaged in agricultural production time
1: less than 1 year; 2: 1-10 years (including 10 years); 3: 10-20 years (including 20 years); 4: 20-30 years (including 30 years); 5: over 30 years
Crop planting area
1: 10 mu and below; 2: 10-50 mu (including 50 mu); 3: 50-100 mu (including 100 mu); 4: 100-200 mu (including 200 mu); 5: more than 200 mu
Annual crop income per mu
1: up to $500; 2: 500-1000 yuan (including 1000 yuan); 3: 1000-1500 yuan (including 1500 yuan); 4: 1500-2000 yuan (including 2000 yuan); 5: over 2000 yuan
Application of agricultural information technology
1: no application; 2: less application; 3: general application; 4: more applications; 5: extensive use
Participation in agricultural training
1: no participation; 2: less participation (1-2 times); 3: general participation (3-5 times); 4: more participation (6-10 times); 5: many applications (more than 10 times)
Blockchain understanding
1: do not understand; 2: less understanding; 3: general understanding; 4: more understanding; 5: very well
The application of acquaintance blockchain
1: no application; 2: less participation; 3: general participation; 4: more participation; 5: many applications
Participation in blockchain training
1: no participation; 2: less participation (1-2 times); 3: general participation (3-5 times); 4: more participation (6-10 times); 5: participate a lot (more than 10 times)
