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

Table 7

Statistical summary of sampled adopters and nonadopters on dichotomous variables.

Variables	Description	Adopters (n = 63)		Nonadopters (n = 87)		X^2-value
		No.	%	No.	%
Off-farm income participation	Yes	45	71.4	39	44.8	0.03
	No	18	28.6	48	55.2
Labor availability	Yes	31	49	53	61	0.307
	No	32	51	34	39
Ownership of mobile telephone	Yes	32	50.7	45	51.7	0.245
	No	31	49.3	48	48.3
Access to credit services	Yes	51	81	48	55.2	0.001
	No	12	19	39	44.8
Access to extension service	Fortnightly	2	3.2	32	36.8	,
	Monthly	14	22.2	24	27.6
	Weekly	47	74.6	31	35.6
Perception	Positive	39	62	53	60.9	0.454
	Negative	24	38	34	39.1
Sex of the household head	Male	51	81	70	80	0.207
	Female	12	19	17	20

, , and denote significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively (source: own survey,2019).