Table 6 Ordinary probit regressions of the four active fodder management choices, with ward level precipitation and temperature variables, county dummies, and tenure dummies. Note: Parameter estimates are elasticities

Climate/geographical variables

 Precipitation

 − 7.211 (− 5.45)^c

 − 1.842 (− 2.81)^b

2.405 (3.33)^c

25.097 (4.07)^c

 Temperature

2.198 (.97)

.968 (.79)

1.341 (.91)

42.076 (3.33)^c

 Population density

.570 (1.42)

.939 (4.15)^c

.088 (.43)

.264 (.44)

Tenure dummies (baseline: no deed)

 Community title deed

.035 (− .21)

.263 (3.47)^c

.088 (.97)

 − .141 (− .70)

 Private title deed

 − .035 (− .94)

.042 (1.92)^a

.0289 (1.12)

 − .047 (− 1.06)

Livestock ownership dummies

 Owns cattle

.362 (.85)

.164 (.58)

.414 (1.43)

1.058 (2.18)^b

 Owns goats

.764 (1.40)

.752 (1.85)^a

 − .300 (− .71)

 − .268 (− .22)

 Owns sheep

.160 (.36)

.446 (2.03)^a

.106 (.44)

.192 (.34)

 Owns camels

.013 (.33)

 − .029 (− 1.24)

.011 (.45)

 − .076 (− 1.79)^b

Demographic variables

 Male hh head

 − .386 (− 1.10)

 − .039 (− .22)

 − .371 (− 1.78)^a

 − 3.370 (− 2.95)^c

 Age of hh head

− .426 (− .55)

.373 (.84)

 − .641 (− 1.37)

.354 (.26)

 School years hh head

 − .150 (− .60)

 − .106 (− .78)

 − .350 (− 1.90)^a

 − .0123 (− .03)

 Hh size

1.076 (2.00)^a

.068 (.29)

− .141 (− .52)

1.276 (1.75)^a

McFadden pseudo R-squared

.498

.334

.195

.418

No. of obs

176