Table 3 Correlates of farmer preference... | Emerald Publishing

Table 3

Correlates of farmer preference for local traders in marketing of paddy: estimates from the logit model (n = 7,671)

Dependent variable – Sold to local trader (1 vs 0)	Coefficient	Marginal effect	Standard error	p value
Age	−0.000	0.000	0.002	0.66
Aware about MSP	−0.356	−0.087	0.085	0.00
Quantity sold	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.02
Credit from local trader	0.157	0.038	0.273	0.56
Disadvantaged caste (SC/ST)	0.092	0.022	0.120	0.44
Dummy for wage employment	−0.041	−0.010	0.064	0.52
BPL	0.015	0.004	0.084	0.86
Gender	0.048	0.012	0.096	0.61
Received training in agriculture	0.004	0.001	0.160	0.98
Illiterate	0.032	0.008	0.070	0.64
Purchased input from local trader	0.380	0.092	0.092	0.00
Expenditure on agrochemicals	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.31
State fixed effects	Yes
Constant	1.904		0.2281	0.00

Dependent variable – Sold to local trader (1 vs 0)	Coefficient	Marginal effect	Standard error	p value
Age	−0.000	0.000	0.002	0.66
Aware about MSP	−0.356	−0.087	0.085	0.00
Quantity sold	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.02
Credit from local trader	0.157	0.038	0.273	0.56
Disadvantaged caste (SC/ST)	0.092	0.022	0.120	0.44
Dummy for wage employment	−0.041	−0.010	0.064	0.52
BPL	0.015	0.004	0.084	0.86
Gender	0.048	0.012	0.096	0.61
Received training in agriculture	0.004	0.001	0.160	0.98
Illiterate	0.032	0.008	0.070	0.64
Purchased input from local trader	0.380	0.092	0.092	0.00
Expenditure on agrochemicals	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.31
State fixed effects	Yes
Constant	1.904		0.2281	0.00

Source(s): Estimated by authors