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Table 2 Definitions and summary statistics of variables used in the model

From: Determinants of credit constraints and its impact on the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies among rice farmers in South-West Nigeria

Variables

Description of variables

Mean

SD

Dependent

 

 PCA index

Improved technology

  

 Risk-constrained

1 if HH head is risk-constrained, 0 otherwise

0.47

0.49

 Quantity constrained

1 if HH head is quantity-constrained, 0 otherwise

0.54

0.49

 Price-constrained

1 if HH head is price-constrained, 0 otherwise

0.37

0.48

Independent

 

 Gender

1 if HH head is male and 0 if female

0.56

0.50

 Household head’s age

Age of HH head (years)

47.28

7.67

 Marital status

1 if HH head is married, 0 if other/single/widowed

0.80

0.40

 Educational status

Years of education of HH head (years spent in school)

6.45

5.70

 Household size

Number of HH size (number)

4.66

1.24

 Off-farm activities

1 if HH engages in any off-farm activity

0.54

0.50

 Farming experience

Years of HH experience in rice production (years)

15.73

5.09

 Access to credit

1 if HH has access to credit, 0 if otherwise

0.57

0.50

 Amount received

Amount of credit received in Naira

38,630.56

47577.03

 Distance to loan source

Distance to the source of loan (km)

13.06

13.55

 Annual interest rate

Annual interest rate (%)

0.65

0.61

 Farm size

Total land owned by HH (hectares)

7.37

3.04

 Access to climate info

1 if HH climate change information, 0 if otherwise

0.36

0.48

 Access to extension

1 if HH access to extension, 0 if otherwise

0.53

0.50

 Membership

1 if HH belongs to Farmers’ Association

0.54

0.50

 Mean annual temp

Mean of annual temperature (°C)

27.66

0.05

 Mean annual ppt

Mean of annual precipitation (mm)

111.05

16.09

 Location_Ekiti State

1 if HH is from Ekiti, 0 if otherwise

0.38

0.48

 Location_Ondo State

1 if HH is from Ondo, 0 if otherwise

0.38

0.49

 Location_Osun State

1 if HH is from Osun, 0 if otherwise

0.35

0.48