Analyzing Potato Market Participation, Market Surplus, and Market Outlet Choice on Small Farm Household Level in Lemo District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Two potato market participations and weighted mean comparison test of continuous variables.

Continuous variable	Mean			t-value
	Nonparticipants (n = 46)	Participants (n = 156)	Total (n = 202)
Age of household head	48.61	47.33	47.62	0.699
Educational level	2.087	7.481	6.252	−10.440
Distance to the nearest market	72.152	43.628	50.124	7.737
Family labor force (adult equivalent)	4.489	5.455	5.235	−3.036
Total cropland size	0.832	1.508	1.354	−5.666
Oxen owned by a farmer	1	2.135	1.876	−7.331
Access to extension service	0.565	2.365	1.955	−10.966
Amount of credit used	0	1728.205	1334.653	−2.533

Note. and show statistically significant level at 1% and 5%, respectively.