Research Article
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) | X2-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 |
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, , and denote significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively (source: own survey,2019). |