Farmers’ Perceptions of Mexican Bean Weevil, Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman), and Pest Management Practices in Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

Factors affecting farmers’ pesticidal plants use decision for control of Mexican bean weevil (binary regression).

Variable	Coefficient (B)	SE	Wald	p-value
Age of the farmers	-0.17	0.43	0.164	0.686
Gender	17.206	11.0	0.130	0.999
Education level	0.554	0.227	5.963	0.015
Family size	0.604	0.309	3.836	0.050
Common bean farming experience	-0.164	0.284	0.333	0.564
Constant	-24.864	1.070	0.110	0.998

R²= 0.228; observations = 148; Chi-square= 12.355; p=0.030; -2 log likelihood = 61.976