Determinants of Member Participation in Activities of Multipurpose Primary Cooperatives: The Case of Kindo Koysha District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Summary of hypothesized variables and their expected signs.

No.	Variable codes	Variable types	Unit of measurements	Expected signs
1	Age of household (AGHH)	Continuous	Years	+ve/−ve
2	Marital status of household (MSHH)	Categorical	Naming	+ve/−ve
3	Educational level of household (EDLHH)	Categorical	Naming	+ve
4	Family size of household (FSHH)	Continuous	Number	+ve
5	Total annual income of household (TAIHH)	Continuous	Birr	+ve
6	Share hold amount of household (SHHAOH)	Continuous	Amount of share in No.	+ve
7	Land holding size of household (LHSHHs)	Continuous	Hectare	+ve
8	Livestock holding size of HHs (LSHSHHs)	Continuous	TLU	−ve
9	Access to saving and credit service (ATSC)	Dummy	“1” if yes, “0” otherwise	+ve
10	Distance from cooperative service (DFCS)	Continuous	Km.	−ve
11	Access to and utilization of agricultural inputs (ATUAGI)	Continuous	Quintals	+ve
12	Services rendered by MPPC (SRBMPPC)	Categorical	Naming	+ve
13	Perceived transparency and accountability (PTAACC)	Dummy	“1” if yes, “0” if no	−ve
14	Perceived progress of MPPC (PPOMPPCs)	Dummy	“1” if yes, “0” if no	−ve
15	Perceived challenges of (PCHOMPPCDM)	Dummy	“1” if yes, “0” if No	+ve
16	Perceived members satisfaction towards service rendered (PMSTSR)	categorical	Naming	+ve/−ve

Source: Own Design (2020).