Parameters

Coefficient Estimates

Wald

Odd ratio estimate

Gender

Male (r)

1.00

Female

−0.00127

0.9975

0.999

Age

<30 (r)

1.00

31 - 40

−0.2443

0.6204

0.783

41 - 50

−0.7350

0.2310

0.480

51 - 60

−0.6184

0.0004*

0.539

61 and above

−0.3007

0.7228

0.740

Education

1.00

Informal education (r)

Primary education

0.0841

0.8653

1.088

Secondary education

0.2095

0.7348

1.233

Tertiary education

−1.3791

0.1045

0.252

Length of engagement in farming

<5 (r)

1.00

6 - 10

0.0784

0.9345

1.082

11 - 15

1.2508

0.1896

3.493

16 - 20

1.6412

0.1271

5.162

21 - 25

1.7086

0.0203*

5.521

26 - 30

1.3424

0.1714

3.828

Source of income

Government Employee (r)

1.00

Business persons

−1.8852

0.0814

0.152

Maize farming

−1.5997

0.1382

0.202

Dairy farming

−0.7920

0.5158

0.453

Pastoralism

−2.1796

0.0473*

0.113

Wheat farming

11.9681

0.9923

0.212

Size008_2

−0.6723

0.1607

0.511

Size of land

<2 (r)

1.00

2 - 5

2.0169

0.1189

7.515

5 - 10

0.3384

0.6477

1.403

Type of landownership

Owner (r)

1.00

Leased land

1.3224

0.0280*

3.753

Communal ownership

0.8142

0.1231

2.257

Training

Yes (r)

1.00

No

−0.8742

0.0928

0.417

*Significant at 5% level of significance

Odds ratio < 1 less likely to occur in the first group

Odds ratio > 1 more likely to occur in the first group

Odds ratio of 1 indicates event under study is equally likely to occur in both groups

(r) = Reference category