Table VI. Model estimation of the impact... | Emerald Publishing

Table VI.

Model estimation of the impact of aging, off-farm employment and social network on farmers’ adoption behavior of soil and water conservation technology

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Variable	Coefficient	Standard error	Coefficient	Standard error	Coefficient	Standard error
Aging	−0.613***	0.163	−1.706***	0.414	−0.619***	0.164
Off-farm employment	−0.775**	0.259	−0.771**	0.261	−1.195***	0.297
Social network	0.279***	0.075	0.271***	0.075	0.262**	0.076
Aging × social network	–	–	0.344**	0.118	–	–
Off-farm employment × social network	–	–	–	–	0.077**	0.026
Educational level	−0.021	0.021	−0.018	0.021	−0.020	0.021
Gender	−0.032	0.389	−0.066	0.393	−0.026	0.393
Agricultural machinery quantity	0.186	0.143	0.154	0.144	0.132	0.145
Cultivated land area	0.109***	0.012	0.106***	0.012	0.109***	0.012
Village cadres	−0.055	0.197	−0.034	0.198	−0.043	0.198
Government investment	1.053***	0.145	1.079***	0.146	1.089***	0.146
Severity of soil erosion	0.201**	0.069	0.209**	0.069	0.203***	0.069
Constant	−1.801**	0.563	−1.747**	0.568	0.077**	0.026
LR chi²	351.54		360.02		359.91
Prob > chi²	0.0000		0.0000		0.0000
Pseudo R²	0.2328		0.2385		0.2384
Log likelihood	−579.3948		−574.70385		−574.75934

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Variable	Coefficient	Standard error	Coefficient	Standard error	Coefficient	Standard error
Aging	−0.613***	0.163	−1.706***	0.414	−0.619***	0.164
Off-farm employment	−0.775**	0.259	−0.771**	0.261	−1.195***	0.297
Social network	0.279***	0.075	0.271***	0.075	0.262**	0.076
Aging × social network	–	–	0.344**	0.118	–	–
Off-farm employment × social network	–	–	–	–	0.077**	0.026
Educational level	−0.021	0.021	−0.018	0.021	−0.020	0.021
Gender	−0.032	0.389	−0.066	0.393	−0.026	0.393
Agricultural machinery quantity	0.186	0.143	0.154	0.144	0.132	0.145
Cultivated land area	0.109***	0.012	0.106***	0.012	0.109***	0.012
Village cadres	−0.055	0.197	−0.034	0.198	−0.043	0.198
Government investment	1.053***	0.145	1.079***	0.146	1.089***	0.146
Severity of soil erosion	0.201**	0.069	0.209**	0.069	0.203***	0.069
Constant	−1.801**	0.563	−1.747**	0.568	0.077**	0.026
LR chi²	351.54		360.02		359.91
Prob > chi²	0.0000		0.0000		0.0000
Pseudo R²	0.2328		0.2385		0.2384
Log likelihood	−579.3948		−574.70385		−574.75934

Notes:

** and *** respectively represented significant tests at 5 and 1% levels