Research Article
Impact of Improved Forage Technology Adoption on Dairy Productivity and Household Income: A Propensity Score Matching Estimation in Northern Ethiopia
Table 4
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics for binary variables (X2-test).
| Variables | Categories | Adopter (N = 192) | Nonadopter (N = 128) | Total value | X 2-value | value | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % |
| Sex | Male | 115 | 42 | 158 | 58 | 274 | 85.89 | 2.75 | 0.097 | Female | 13 | 29 | 32 | 71 | 45 | 14.11 |
| Training | Yes | 58 | 79.45 | 15 | 20.55 | 73 | 22.88 | 60.938 | 0.000 | No | 70 | 28.46 | 176 | 71.54 | 246 | 77.12 |
| Field day | Yes | 64 | 90.14 | 7 | 9.86 | 71 | 22.26 | 95.092 | 0.000 | No | 64 | 25.81 | 184 | 74.19 | 248 | 77.74 |
| Extension contact | Yes | 123 | 67.96 | 58 | 32.04 | 181 | 56.74 | 134.88 | 0.000 | No | 5 | 3.26 | 133 | 96.38 | 138 | 43.26 |
| Income from off-farm | Yes | 34 | 46.58 | 39 | 53.42 | 73 | 22.88 | 1.6392 | 0.200 | No | 94 | 38.21 | 152 | 61.79 | 246 | 77.12 |
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The symbols , , and denote statistical significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% level, respectively. Source: authors’ analysis using primary data (2021). |