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Table 5 Descriptive summary of discrete variables

From: Factors affecting farmers’ participation in watershed management programs in the Northeastern highlands of Ethiopia: a case study in the Teleyayen sub-watershed

Variables

Participant (N = 176)

Non-participant (N = 39)

Chi-square value

Asymp. sig (2-sided)

Number

%

Number

%

Educational status of the HH head

 Literate

44

25

15

38.5

2.906

0.088

 Illiterate

132

75

24

61.5

  

Gender of the HH head

 Male

134

76.1

38

97.4

9.052*

0.003

 Female

42

23.9

1

2.6

  

Access to PSNP

 Yes

43

24.4

4

10.3

3.756

0.053

 No

133

75.6

35

89.7

  

Access to credit services

 Yes

133

75.6

33

84.6

1.485

0.223

 No

43

24.4

6

15.4

  

Land tenure security

 Yes

55

31.2

22

56.4

8.792*

0.003

 No

121

68.8

17

43.6

  

Access to off-farm income

 Yes

31

17.6

8

20.5

0.181

0.671

 No

145

82.4

31

79.5

  

Stakeholder support

 Yes

67

38

16

41

0.118

0.731

 No

109

62

23

59