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

Table 8

Parameters estimation of binary logistic regression on the adoption status of dairy households in [41].

Dependent variables Y = 0, Y = 1	Explanatory variables	Β	Std. error	Wald	Odds ratio (exp(B))	Sign
AGE		−0.178	0.064	7.729	0.837	0.005
SEX		1.754	1.389	1.595	5.781	0.207
EDUCLEV		0.228	0.148	2.352	1.256	0.125
FRMLSZ		−1.913	1.156	2.739	0.148	0.098
FARMINC		0.000	0.000	8.879	1.000	0.003
OFFAP		−2.385	1.097	4.725	0.092	0.030
TLU		−0.642	.307	4.377	0.526	0.036
FLVR		1.001	0.981	1.042	2.722	0.307
OMTPN		1.102	0.947	1.354	3.010	0.245
DNMKT		−0.524	0.184	8.108	0.592	0.004
ADPES		−9.988	2.494	16.040	0.000	0.000
ACCS		−5.671	1.700	11.132	0.003	0.001
DEXP		0.231	0.086	7.202	1.260	.007
PTECH		−0.693	0.926	0.560	0.500	0.454

denotes significance at a probability level less than 1% probability level, denotes significance at a less than 5% probability level, and denotes significance at a less than 10% probability level, observation: N = 150; -2Log likelihood 49.74; chi-squared model: 154.35; sensitivity/correct prediction of adopter: 90.5; specificity/correct prediction of nonadopter: 95.4; overall cases correctly predicted: 93.3.