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

Table 8

Relationship between socioeconomic factor and participation level of members.

Socioeconomic factor	Participation categories		Mean		Std. deviation		R		F		value
Income	Low		9664.93		5325.294
	Medium		13524.30		10195.962
	High		21120.62		14810.815
	Total		13214.55		10234.957		0.360		8.188		0.001
Shareholding	Low		1.85		0.975
	Medium		2.42		1.279
	High		3.06		1.482
	Total		2.30		1.266		0.328		6.213		0.003
Land holding size	Low		1.78		.725
	Medium		1.93		1.165
	High		2.25		1.342
	Total		1.92		1.054		0.144		1.170		0.315NS
Livestock Ownership	Low		2.92		1.054
	Medium		3.19		1.138
	High		3.13		1.147
	Total		3.38		1.706		−0.013		0.081		0.922NS
Education level	Education level of households
	Participation categories	Cannot read and write		Primary level		Secondary level	Above secondary			X^2		value
		%		%		%	%
	Low	24.5		7.5		2.8	2.8
	Medium	22.6		9.4		11.3	3.8
	High	5.7		15.1		1.8	1.8
	Total	52.8		22.7		16	8.5			3.192		0.078

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