Variables

Description

Form of variable

Adoption

1 if a respondent adopted hermetic storage otherwise 0

Dependent variable

Gender

1 if a respondent is male and zero for female

Independent variable

Age

Continuous variable indicating the age of the respondent

Independent variable

Marital status

1 if a respondent is married and zero otherwise

Independent variable

Education

1 if a respondent is literate (know how to read and write) and zero otherwise

Independent variable

Household head

1 if a respondent is a household head and zero otherwise

Independent variable

Farmer group member

1 if a respondent is a member of a farmer group association or else zero

Independent variable

Owns a radio

1 if a respondent owns a radio and 0 otherwise

Independent variable

Received training on HSTs

1 if a respondent receives training on hermetic storage and 0 otherwise.

Independent variable

Access to extension services

1 if a respondent had access to extension services and 0 otherwise.

Independent variable