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

Table 7

Relationship between demographic factors and levels of participation of members.

Demographic factors	Participation categories	Mean		Sth. deviation		R		F	value
Age	Low	41.10		12.059
	Medium	46.00		13.638
	High	53.63		12.285
	Total	45.3		13.412		0.308		5.555	0.005
Family size	Low	2.90		.982
	Medium	3.24		.938
	High	3.44		.629
	Total	3.14		0.930		0.212		2.508	0.086
Marital status		Status of marriage
	Participation categories	Single		Married		Divorced	Widowed	X^2	value
		%		%		%	%
	Low	0		35		0.9	1.8
	Medium	0.9		38.7		3.8	3.8
	High	0		12.3		1.8	0.9
	Total	0.9		85.9		6.6	6.6	0.816	0.378NS

Significant at the 10% probability level, significant at 1% probability level, and NS: not significant (source: Own Survey, 2020).