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Table 4 Binary logit outputs on variables influencing the use of cowpea cropping system

From: Appraisal of cowpea cropping systems and farmers’ perceptions of production constraints and preferences in the dry savannah areas of Nigeria

Variable (see Table 1) B SE Wald Sig Exp(B)
Constant 2.982** 1.006 8.790 0.003 19.731
Age − 0.292* 0.113 6.671 0.010 0.747
Education 0.274 0.232 1.405 0.236 1.316
Experience-cowpea 0.036 0.121 0.090 0.764 1.037
Extension-Contacts 0.203 0.153 1.762 0.184 1.225
Fertilizer use − 0.893** 0.298 9.011 0.003 0.409
Field days 0.387* 0.181 4.546 0.033 1.472
Gender − 1.507*** 0.342 19.446 0.000 0.222
Household-size 0.003 0.013 0.069 0.793 1.003
Status 0.054 0.546 0.010 0.921 1.056
  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; N = 420; B = coefficient for the constant (or the “intercept”), SE = standard error around the coefficient for the constant, Wald = Wald chi-square test, Sig. = statistical significance of the test, and Exp (B) = exponentiation of the B coefficient, which is an odds ratio