Research Article
Knowledge on Pesticide Handling Practices and Factors Affecting Adoption of Personal Protective Equipment: A Case of Farmers from Nepal
Table 2
Description of variables used in the binary logit model.
| Variables | Type | Description | Value | Mean |
| Dependent variable | Adoption of PPE | Dummy | Farmers are aware of using PPE or not | 1 = aware 0 = unaware | 0.73 |
| Independent variable | Gender | Dummy | Sex of the respondent | 1 = male, 0 = female | 0.59 | Age | Continuous | Age of the respondent | Years | 39.52 | Number of members in the family | Continuous | Family size | Number of people living in a family | 5.29 | Land ownership | Dummy | Gender | 1 = male, 0 = female | 0.72 | Schooling years | Continuous | Level of education | Years of schooling | 9.85 | Buying pesticide by name | Dummy | Buying respective pesticide by name or not | 1 = buying pesticide by name, 0 = not | 0.51 | Reading labels | Dummy | Reading labels after buying or not | 1 = reading labels, 0 = not reading labels | 0.45 | Training related to pesticide | Dummy | Attended training or not | 1 = attended, 0 = not attended | 0.21 |
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