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						X^2
		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

, Significant at 5% and 10% probability level, respectively (source: Model Output, 2020).