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Table 3 Summary statistics

From: Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi

 

Mean

Standard deviation

Outcome variables

 Market participation (yes = 1)

0.22

0.42

 Quantity of groundnuts sold (kg)

51.69

181.24

Independent variables

 RCP (%)

38.26

46.04

 Genetic ancestry (yes = 1)

0.44

0.49

 Adoption extent (hectares)

0.38

0.74

 Share of total area

0.18

0.23

 Age of the household head (years)

46.33

16.04

 Educational level (years)

6.90

3.62

 Household head is male (%)

0.79

0.40

 Household size (number)

5.40

2.14

 Experience (years)

7.75

11.49

 Distance to market (km)

11.54

8.12

 Distance to extension agent(km)

4.79

4.22

 Farm size (hectares)

1.04

1.18

 Irrigation (yes = 1)

0.07

0.25

 Sandy soil (yes = 1)

0.99

0.09

 Ownership of radio (yes = 1)

0.49

0.50

 Ownership of mobile phone (yes = 1)

0.17

0.38

  1. To calculate the average sales level only for households who sold in markets, we obtained an average sales level of 233.39 kg with a standard deviation of 326.56.