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Table 2.

A priori expectation for the BPM regression

	Description	Measurement	Expected signs
Gender	Gender of respondent	Dummy, Male = 1, Female = 0	+
Age	Age of respondent	Continuous Years	−
Educational level	Level of education	Continuous Years	+
Farming experience	Farming experience of respondent	Continuous Years	−/+
Awareness of climate change impact	Respondent awareness Level of adaptation	Dummy, Aware = 1, Not aware = 0	+
Land ownership	Type of landownership of respondent	Dummy, Personal = 1, Others = 0	+
Size of farm	Size of farmland	Continuous, Acres	−/+
Farm risk level	Level of risk a farmer is expose to	Indicator, High = 1 Medium = 2 Low = 0	−/+
Damage course	Level of damage course by an event	Indicator, High = 1 Medium = 2 Low = 0	+
Ability to adapt	Ability to adjust to climate change	Dummy Yes = 1, No = 0	−/+
Income	Level of farmer income from previous year	Continuous GHS	+
Credit	Access to credit	Dummy, Access = 1 Others = 0	+
Extension visit	How often does the agricultural extension officer visit you during the week in the farming season	Dummy, Once = 1 More than once = 0	+
Household size	Number of people in the farming household	Continuous	−/+
Farming methods	Type of farming method farmer is practicing	Indicator, Mono cropping = 0 Mixed cropping = 1 Crop rotation = 2 Mixed farming = 3 Others = 4	−

	Description	Measurement	Expected signs
Gender	Gender of respondent	Dummy,Male = 1,Female = 0	+
Age	Age of respondent	ContinuousYears	−
Educational level	Level of education	ContinuousYears	+
Farming experience	Farming experience of respondent	ContinuousYears	−/+
Awareness of climate change impact	Respondent awareness Level of adaptation	Dummy,Aware = 1,Not aware = 0	+
Land ownership	Type of landownership of respondent	Dummy,Personal = 1,Others = 0	+
Size of farm	Size of farmland	Continuous,Acres	−/+
Farm risk level	Level of risk a farmer is expose to	Indicator,High = 1Medium = 2Low = 0	−/+
Damage course	Level of damage course by an event	Indicator,High = 1Medium = 2Low = 0	+
Ability to adapt	Ability to adjust to climate change	DummyYes = 1,No = 0	−/+
Income	Level of farmer income from previous year	ContinuousGHS	+
Credit	Access to credit	Dummy,Access = 1Others = 0	+
Extension visit	How often does the agricultural extension officer visit you during the week in the farming season	Dummy,Once = 1More than once = 0	+
Household size	Number of people in the farming household	Continuous	−/+
Farming methods	Type of farming method farmer is practicing	Indicator,Mono cropping = 0Mixed cropping = 1Crop rotation = 2Mixed farming = 3Others = 4	−

Source: Authors’ own creation