Determinants of Adoption of Improved Dairy Technologies: The Case of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Demographic variables.

Age category	Adopters	Nonadopters	Total	t-value	P value
Frequency	63	87	100	52.75	0.005
Mean	40.3	43.9	41.8
Std	7.72	11.67	9.72
Maximum	65	80	80
Minimum	29	29	29
Sex	Adopters %	Nonadopters %	Total %	x^2	P value
Male	81	80	80.7	0.006	0.207
Female	19	20	19.3
Total	100	100	100
Educational level	Adopters %	Nonadopters %	Total %	t-value	P value
Illiterate	8	10.3	9.3	0.293	0.125
Grade 1–4	44.4	41.4	42.6
Grade 5–8	39.7	31	34.6
Grade 9–10	7.9	17.3	13.5
Above 10	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100
Mean	4.73	4.75	4.74
Std.	2.6	3	2.9
Availability of labor	Adopters %	Nonadopters %	Total %	X^2	P value
Yes	49	61	56	2	0.307
No	51	39	44
Total	100	100	100

Significant at a probability level less than 1% (source: own survey result, 2019).