Research Article
Determinants of Wheat Commercialization among Smallholder Farmers in Debre Elias Woreda, Ethiopia
Table 5
Summary statistics of categorical variables and level of commercialization.
| | Variables | Categories | Level of wheat commercialization | | Subsistence | Semicommercialized | Commercialized | Total samples | Chi-square test | | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) |
| | Sex of household head | Male | 25 (16.2) | 60 (39) | 18 (11.7) | 103 (66.9) | 10.11 | | Female | 25 (16.2) | 22 (14.3) | 4 (2.6) | 51 (33.1) |
| | Educational status | Literate | 20 (13) | 68 (44.2) | 17 (11) | 105 (68.2) | 27.36 | | Illiterate | 30 (19.5) | 14 (9.1) | 5 (3.2) | 49 (31.9) |
| | Extension service | User | 11 (7.1) | 44 (28.6) | 12 (7.8) | 67 (43.5) | 13.94 | | Nonuser | 39 (25.3) | 38 (24.7) | 10 (6.5) | 87 (56.5) |
| | Credit service | User | 18 (11.7) | 28 (18.2) | 5 (3.2) | 51 (33.1) | 1.29 | | Nonuser | 32 (20.8) | 54 (35.1) | 17 (11) | 103 (66.9) |
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Source: own survey (2018).
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