In this sub-section we analyze the factors influencing market outlet choice among members and members, using a Tobit model. In order to identify factors affecting market outlet choices by both members and non-members we run four Tobit regressions. For the first regression we took the proportion of coffee sold to private traders as dependent variable, and only considered members in the analysis. For the second regression, the proportion of coffee sold to coops was taken as the dependent variable, and the analysis was conducted exclusively for non-members. For the third regression, we also considered the group of non-members but we have taken the proportion of coffee sold to private traders as the dependent variable. For the fourth regression we also considered the group of but we have taken the proportion of coffee sold to coops as the dependent variable. We focus however on the factors influencing (1) the proportion of coffee sales by members to private traders and (2) the proportion of sales by non-members to coops. Therefore, we present in Table 10 only the results of the first two models. The results of other two models (third and fourth regression) are summarized in text without table. 10 Factors determining market outlet choice decision of member and non member coffee farmers Group Members Non members Members Non Members members Dependent variable Proportion sold Proportion Proportion Proportion to traders sold to coops sold to sold to coops sold to traders traders Independent variables Coefficient Coefficient Std. Err. Std. Err. T value T Age, years -.016332 .0029978 .0014079 .0020717 0.68 Education, 0=illiterate, 1=literate, .058392 -.0102432 .0220025 .0191752 2.65 2=elementary, 3=junior, 4 secondary, 5 high school 6=above high school Proportion of land allocated to coffee, 2745086 .1360267 .1293235 .1238399 2.12 Ha Proportion off farm income to total -.2012341 -.2545235 .1191571 .0748646 -1.69 income, Birr
In this sub-section we analyze the factors influencing market outlet choice among members and using a Tobit model. In order to identify factors affecting market outlet choices by both members and non-members we run four Tobit regressions. For the first regression we took the proportion of coffee sold to private traders as dependent variable, and only considered members in the analysis. For the second regression, the proportion of coffee sold to coops was taken as the dependent variable, and the analysis was conducted exclusively for non-members. For the third regression, we also considered the group of non-members but we have taken the proportion of coffee sold to private traders as the dependent variable. For the fourth regression we also considered the group of but we have taken the proportion of coffee sold to coops as the dependent variable. We focus however on the factors influencing (1) the proportion of coffee sales by members to private traders and (2) the proportion of sales by non-members to coops. Therefore, we present in Table 10 only the results of the first two models. The results of other two models (third and fourth regression) are summarized in text without table. 10 Factors determining market outlet choice decision of member and non member coffee farmers Group Members Non members Members Non members Members Dependent variable Proportion sold to traders Proportion sold to coops Proportion sold to traders Proportion sold to coops sold to traders Independent variables Coefficient Coefficient Std. Err. Std. Err. T value T Age, years .0014079 -.016332 .0020717 .0029978 0.68 Education, 0=illiterate, 1=literate, 2=elementary, 3=junior, 4 secondary, 5 high school 6=above high school .058392 -.0102432 .0220025 .0191752 2.65 Proportion of land allocated to coffee, Ha 2745086 .1360267 .1293235 .1238399 2.12 Proportion off farm income to total income, Birr -.2012341 -.2545235 .1191571 .0748646 -1.69 members,
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