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Table 3 Multivariate probit estimates of determinants of household livestock ownership
Independent variables | Dependent variables | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cattle | Goats | Sheep | Pigs | Chicken | |
Rainfall | −.8081163 (0.000)*** | −.7598865 (0.000)*** | −.9484667 (0.000)*** | −1.096674 (0.000)*** | −.8474476 (0.000)*** |
Gender | .395902 (0.001)*** | .1980286 (0.074)* | .522055 (0.000)*** | .0740547 (0.527) | −.0370914 (0.756) |
Age | .0075615 (0.073)* | −.006287 (0.134) | .0006373 (0.879) | −.0034608 (0.433) | .0078559 (0.071)* |
Marital status (married) | .0498536 (0.673) | .2985565 (0.011)** | .1797063 (0.120) | .2280364 (0.057)* | .0314676 (0.796) |
Household size | .025016 (0.092)* | .0040827 (0.778) | .0035543 (0.806) | .0080245 (0.597) | −.0145113 (0.343) |
Education | −.0878694 (0.202) | −.1586561 (0.018)** | .0128164 (0.850) | −.0345151 (0.617) | −.0283003 (0.695) |
Religion (Christianity) | −.6903832 (0.074)* | −.2455355 (0.502) | .3882413 (0.341) | −.2730725 (0.479) | −.1473506 (0.695) |
Religion (Traditional) | −.5548041 (0.212) | .1738362 (0.680) | .7530044 (0.103) | .3113998 (0.87) | −.320749 (0.465) |
Household income | .1375483 (0.016)** | .1482393 (0.007)** | .0983903 (0.070)* | .1752523 (0.002)*** | .131781 (0.026)** |
Employment status | −.1675546 (0.200) | −.128393 (0.309) | −.2348115 (0.065)* | .0601004 (0.644) | −.2541429 (0.055)* |
Constant | .2461727 (0.614) | .3220724 (0.491) | −.6576902 (0.184) | −.1292247 (0.791) | .5603101 (0.248) |