Table III

Probability of household involvement in participatory varietal selection trials (probit)

Participation in PAR
Explanatory variablesProbit (SE)Marginal effects (SE)
Average age−0.05 (0.02)**−0.01 (0.01)**
Proportion of household members <6−2.12 (1.00)**−0.63 (0.31)**
Proportion of household members >601.28 (1.04)0.36 (0.32)
Household size−0.03 (0.06)−0.01 (0.02)
Proportion of household members that eat household beans but do not contribute labor of financial support1.14 (0.55)**0.34 (0.17)**
Proportion of household members that eat, provide labor and financial support1.59 (0.71)**0.47 (0.22)**
Too weak to cultivate your fields0.71 (0.21)**0.22 (0.07)**
Had to cultivate your fields alone0.77 (0.22)**0.24 (0.07)**
Had the option of receiving extra help from paid labor−0.63 (0.21)**−0.19 (0.07)**
Had the option of receiving extra help from voluntary family members−0.19 (0.2)−0.05 (0.06)
McFadden pseudo R20.19 
Log pseudolikelihood48.17 
Correctly classified observations73% 
No. of observations198 

Notes: Standard error is in ( ). *,**Significant at 10 and 5 percent levels, respectively

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