Research Article
Determinants of Member Participation in Activities of Multipurpose Primary Cooperatives: The Case of Kindo Koysha District, Southern Ethiopia
Table 13
Summary of the relationship between dummy variables and member participation.
| Variables | Description | Participation category | X2 | | Low | Medium | High | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| MSHH | Single | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.816 | 0.378NS | Married | 37 | 35 | 41 | 38.7 | 13 | 12.3 | | | Divorced | 1 | 0.9 | 4 | 3.8 | 2 | 1.8 | | | Widowed | 2 | 1.8 | 4 | 3.8 | 1 | 0.9 | | |
| EDLHH | Cannot read and write | 26 | 24.5 | 24 | 22.6 | 6 | 5.7 | 3.192 | 0.078 | Primary level | 8 | 7.5 | 10 | 9.4 | 16 | 15.1 | | | Secondary level | 3 | 2.8 | 12 | 11.3 | 2 | 1.8 | | | Above | 3 | 2.8 | 4 | 3.8 | 2 | 1.8 | | |
| ATSC | Yes | 28 | 26.4 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 10.4 | 0.005 | 0.946NS | No | 12 | 11.3 | 15 | 14.2 | 5 | 4.7 | | |
| SRBMPPC | Very good | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | 5 | 4.7 | 5.310 | 0.025 | Good | 5 | 4.7 | 5 | 4.7 | 2 | 1.8 | | | Satisfactory | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14.2 | 4 | 3.8 | | | Poor | 16 | 15 | 22 | 20.8 | 5 | 4.7 | | |
| PTAA CC | Yes | 19 | 18 | 28 | 26.4 | 12 | 11.3 | 3.034 | 0.084 | No | 21 | 19.8 | 22 | 20.8 | 4 | 3.8 | | |
| PPOMPPC | Yes | 9 | 8.5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 7.5 | 3.734 | 0.054 | No | 31 | 29.2 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 7.5 | | |
| PCHOCDMP | Yes | 9 | 8.5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 7.5 | 2.294 | 0.129NS | No | 20 | 18.7 | 15 | 14.2 | 6 | 5.7 | | |
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, Significant at 5% and 10% probability level, respectively (source: Model Output, 2020). |