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Table 9 Effects of network position in farmers group on knowledge acquisition

From: Effects of farmers’ social networks on knowledge acquisition: lessons from agricultural training in rural Indonesia

Variables

Coffee scores (only for coffee farmers)

Cocoa scores (only for cocoa farmers)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Time × degree centrality

1.453

  

0.0370

  
 

(2.022)

  

(0.719)

  

Time × closeness centrality

 

1.472

  

0.416

 
  

(3.363)

  

(1.223)

 

Time × betweenness centrality

  

3.879

  

1.397

   

(4.209)

  

(1.429)

Degree centrality

−0.0969

  

2.081**

  
 

(1.684)

  

(0.893)

  

Closeness centrality

 

0.523

  

3.049**

 
  

(2.906)

  

(1.458)

 

Betweenness centrality

  

−0.890

  

3.635**

   

(3.087)

  

(1.688)

Time

3.842***

3.466*

4.027***

1.688***

1.483**

1.631***

 

(0.796)

(1.841)

(0.598)

(0.348)

(0.749)

(0.270)

Living nearby extension official

0.306

0.292

0.276

−0.0927

−0.0828

−0.313

(within 15-min walk)

(0.493)

(0.492)

(0.498)

(0.427)

(0.426)

(0.421)

Years of education of household head

0.124**

0.123**

0.124**

0.165***

0.169***

0.155***

 

(0.0622)

(0.0618)

(0.0605)

(0.0558)

(0.0567)

(0.0527)

Motorbike possession

1.024

1.050

1.000

−0.0379

0.0126

−0.367

(=1 if owning)

(0.703)

(0.701)

(0.714)

(0.352)

(0.374)

(0.354)

Mobile phone possession

−0.951*

−0.957*

−0.938*

0.808

0.770

0.619

(=1 if owning)

(0.495)

(0.492)

(0.488)

(0.550)

(0.577)

(0.590)

Organic fertilizer

0.930**

0.881**

0.946**

−1.177**

−1.206**

−0.949**

(=1 if using)

(0.428)

(0.438)

(0.423)

(0.490)

(0.509)

(0.457)

Chemical fertilizer

−0.658*

−0.648*

−0.655*

1.206***

1.155**

1.296***

(=1 if using)

(0.383)

(0.384)

(0.385)

(0.462)

(0.459)

(0.459)

Years of experience cultivating coffee

0.0117

0.0116

0.0122

   
 

(0.0176)

(0.0176)

(0.0170)

   

Years of experience cultivating cocoa

   

0.00556

0.00392

0.00358

    

(0.0173)

(0.0172)

(0.0168)

Constant

5.994***

5.646***

6.057***

8.184***

7.192***

9.572***

 

(0.937)

(1.453)

(1.026)

(1.791)

(2.033)

(1.578)

\(W \times Y_{it}\)

−0.598***

−0.597***

−0.598***

−0.450***

−0.459***

−0.471***

 

(0.144)

(0.143)

(0.144)

(0.151)

(0.149)

(0.150)

Farmers group fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

148

148

148

110

110

110

Number of household ID

74

74

74

55

55

55

R-squared (within)

0.475

0.472

0.479

0.454

0.456

0.461

R-squared (between)

0.400

0.402

0.399

0.474

0.460

0.489

  1. Results are based on random-effects spatial autoregressive (SAR) model. Heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors are in parentheses
  2. ***, **, and * signify statistical significance at the 1, 5, and 10% level, respectively