Research Article
Determinants of Adoption of Improved Dairy Technologies: The Case of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Table 6
Statistical summary of sampled adopters and nonadopters on continuous variables.
| Variables | Adopters (n = 63) | Nonadopters (n = 87) | t-value | Mean | (Std. dev) | Mean | (Std. dev) |
| Age | 40.3 | 7.72 | 43.9 | 11.67 | 52.75 | Farm land size | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 13.4 | Farm income | 9642 | 5209 | 6025 | 4480 | 18 | Livestock ownership | 2.9 | 1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 30.3 | Distance to the nearest market | 3.84 | 3.1 | 4.74 | 3.5 | 15.74 | Dairy experience | 27.2 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 31.9 | Education | 4.73 | 2.6 | 4.75 | 3 | 0.293 |
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, , and denote significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively (source: own survey, 2019). |