Determinants of pastoral and agro-pastoral households’ participation in fodder production in Makueni and Kajiado Counties, Kenya

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Table 5 Logit model estimates for the determinants of household’s participation in fodder production

Variable	β	Wald	Exp (β)	Marginal effect	p value
Age	− 0.034 (0.021)	2.688	0.966	0.008 (0.005)	0.104
Gender	0.878** (0.420)	4.367	2.407	0.200 (0.976)	0.040
Education	0.141*** (0.052)	7.326	1.151	0.003 (0.115)	0.007
Land size owned	− 0.007 (0.005)	1.537	0.993	− 0.001 (0.001)	0.217
Total herd size	0.015** (0.008)	2.988	1.015	0.003 (0.002)	0.085
Group membership	1.318*** (0.403)	10.699	3.736	0.289 (0.085)	0.001
Access to extension	2.333*** (0.414)	31.706	10.306	0.492 (0.074)	0.000
Constant	− 1.235 (1.340)	0.850	0.291	–	–

Statistical significance level: ***1%, **5%; Chi-square (df = 7) = 117.99 (p < 0.001); − 2log likelihood = 171.577; Cox and Snell R² = 0.421; Nagelkerke R² = 0.570; N = 216; standard error in parentheses