Table 1 Summary statistics of the...

Table 1

Summary statistics of the extension agents characteristics

Variables	f	%	M	SD	Variables	f	%
Province					Service diversity
Bagmati	41	32.00			Specific service	39	30.50
Gandaki	87	68.00			Moderate diverse	41	32.00
Service area					Diverse	48	37.50
District Level	69	53.90			Mobile apps
Province Level	59	46.10			Yes	85	66.4
Gender					No	43	33.60
Male	90	70.30			Analytic Platforms
Female	38	29.70			Yes	10	7.80
Age (Years)			36.96	9.60	No	118	92.20
Officer Rank					Education
Sixth	19	14.84			Higher Sec. Level	3	2.34
Seventh	24	18.75			Diploma Level	10	7.80
Eighth	49	38.28			Bachelor’s degree	17	13.28
Nineth	12	9.38			Master’s degree	97	75.78
Tenth	24	18.75			Doctorate Degree	1	0.78
Experience (Year)			10.78	8.48	Annual Household Income
Expert Support					Less than 5 lakhs	14	10.9
Yes	32	25.00			Between 5 and 10 lakhs	50	39.1
No	96	75.00			Between 10 and 15 lakhs	27	21.1
Training Support					Between 15 and 20 lakhs	13	10.2
Yes	25	19.50			More than 20 lakhs	9	7.00
No	103	80.50			Prefer not to say	15	11.7
Office Support					Adoption of Digital Extension Tools
Full (office space with Internet + Laptop + Smartphone)	36	28.10			Adopter	69	54.00
Partial (Any of the two-item support)	62	48.40			Non-adopter	59	46.00
Limited (Only one item support)	30	23.40

Variables	f	%	M	SD	Variables	f	%
Province					Service diversity
Bagmati	41	32.00			Specific service	39	30.50
Gandaki	87	68.00			Moderate diverse	41	32.00
Service area					Diverse	48	37.50
District Level	69	53.90			Mobile apps
Province Level	59	46.10			Yes	85	66.4
Gender					No	43	33.60
Male	90	70.30			Analytic Platforms
Female	38	29.70			Yes	10	7.80
Age (Years)			36.96	9.60	No	118	92.20
Officer Rank					Education
Sixth	19	14.84			Higher Sec. Level	3	2.34
Seventh	24	18.75			Diploma Level	10	7.80
Eighth	49	38.28			Bachelor’s degree	17	13.28
Nineth	12	9.38			Master’s degree	97	75.78
Tenth	24	18.75			Doctorate Degree	1	0.78
Experience (Year)			10.78	8.48	Annual Household Income
Expert Support					Less than 5 lakhs	14	10.9
Yes	32	25.00			Between 5 and 10 lakhs	50	39.1
No	96	75.00			Between 10 and 15 lakhs	27	21.1
Training Support					Between 15 and 20 lakhs	13	10.2
Yes	25	19.50			More than 20 lakhs	9	7.00
No	103	80.50			Prefer not to say	15	11.7
Office Support					Adoption of Digital Extension Tools
Full (office space with Internet + Laptop + Smartphone)	36	28.10			Adopter	69	54.00
Partial (Any of the two-item support)	62	48.40			Non-adopter	59	46.00
Limited (Only one item support)	30	23.40

Note(s): f = frequency; % = percentage; M = Mean; SD = Standard deviation

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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