Research Article
Determinants of the Use of Hermetic Storage Bags for Maize Storage among Smallholder Farmers in Northwest Ethiopia
Table 3
Descriptive analysis results of continuous variables.
| Variables | User | Nonuser | Total (n = 392) | t value | Mean | Std. deviation | Mean | Std. deviation | Mean | St. deviation |
| Age | 42.68 | 6.792 | 47.78 | 9.816 | 45.23 | 8.803 | 5.978 | Family size | 4.99 | 1.625 | 4.96 | 1.5 | 4.98 | 1.56 | −0.194 | Farming experience | 23.41 | 8.087 | 21.17 | 6.633 | 25.64 | 8.780 | 5.693 | Landholding size | 2.383 | 1.218 | 2.11 | 1.295 | 2.246 | 1.263 | −2.15 | Number of livestock (TLU) | 7.3 | 2.577 | 5.02 | 2.298 | 6.16 | 2.692 | −9.236 |
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