Table A1 Summary of key variables by...

Table A1

Summary of key variables by preference to village trader

Sold to village trader	Sold to Mandi		Sold to local traders		Mean difference
Sold to village trader	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean difference
Quantity sold	6406.66	10719.69	4324.31	5241.56	−2082.35
Credit from local trader	0.01	0.09	0.01	0.11	−0.003
Disadvantaged caste (SC/ST)	0.27	0.44	0.32	0.47	−0.050***
Dummy for wage employment	0.45	0.50	0.49	0.50	−0.037***
Dummy for Below Poverty Line (BPL)	0.27	0.44	0.31	0.46	−0.038***
Gender	0.93	0.25	0.93	0.25	−0.002
Received training in agriculture	0.04	0.21	0.04	0.20	0.003
Illiterate	0.28	0.45	0.28	0.45	0.001
Purchased input from local trader	0.37	0.48	0.53	0.50	−0.163***
Expenditure on agrochemicals	4119.49	12550.07	4714.03	14596.56	−594.538**

Sold to village trader	Sold to Mandi		Sold to local traders		Mean difference
Sold to village trader	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean difference
Quantity sold	6406.66	10719.69	4324.31	5241.56	−2082.35
Credit from local trader	0.01	0.09	0.01	0.11	−0.003
Disadvantaged caste (SC/ST)	0.27	0.44	0.32	0.47	−0.050***
Dummy for wage employment	0.45	0.50	0.49	0.50	−0.037***
Dummy for Below Poverty Line (BPL)	0.27	0.44	0.31	0.46	−0.038***
Gender	0.93	0.25	0.93	0.25	−0.002
Received training in agriculture	0.04	0.21	0.04	0.20	0.003
Illiterate	0.28	0.45	0.28	0.45	0.001
Purchased input from local trader	0.37	0.48	0.53	0.50	−0.163***
Expenditure on agrochemicals	4119.49	12550.07	4714.03	14596.56	−594.538**

Note(s): ***, ** and * indicate significance at 1, 5 and 10% levels

For continuous variables, the test of mean difference across groups is through t-test, and for dummy variables, the mean difference is tested by the χ² test

Source(s): Data NSSO 2011–12

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