Table 3 Results of multinomial regression of G. kola farmer’s perceptions of climate change according to some explanatory variables
Covariance | Decrease | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|
(A) Perception variable = rainfall | ||
Number of observation | 215 | |
Residual deviance | 230.741 | |
AIC | 254.741 | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.172 | |
Age | 2.545 (0.649)*** | 2.261 (0.764)*** |
Sex | 0.955 (0.669)* | 0.375 (0.806) |
Marital | − 0.612 (0.944) | 0.553 (1.051) |
Household_size | − 0.222 (0.446) | − 0.020 (0.572) |
Educational_level | 1.348 (0.399)*** | 1.511 (0.584)*** |
(B) Perception variable = drought | ||
Number of observation | 215 | |
Residual deviance | 292.163 | |
AIC | 316.163 | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.089 | |
Age | − 0.060 (0.501) | − 0.536 (0.351)* |
Sex | − 0.671 (0.573) | 0.044 (0.425) |
Marital | 0.864 (0.892) | − 0.178 (0.716) |
Household_size | 0.313 (0.501) | − 0.260 (0.318) |
Educational_level | − 1.096 (0.425)*** | − 1.138 (0.298)*** |
(C) Perception variable = flood | ||
Number of observation | 215 | |
Residual deviance | 279.317 | |
AIC | 303.317 | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.089 | |
Age | − 0.019 (0.517) | − 0.532 (0.351)* |
Sex | 0.463 (0.679) | − 0.044 (0.412) |
Marital | − 8.187 (66.418) | 0.713 (0.582) |
Household_size | 0.013 (0.514) | − 0.175 (0.320) |
Educational_level | − 1.234 (0.448)** | − 0.946 (0.296)*** |
(D) Perception variable = temperature | ||
Number of observation | 215 | |
Residual deviance | 366.924 | |
AIC | 390.924 | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.051 | |
Age | 0.173 (0.356) | 0.293 (0.385) |
Sex | − 0.041 (0.392) | 0.877 (0.493)* |
Marital | 0.974 (0.552)** | 0.176 (0.847) |
Household_size | − 0.526 (0.309)* | − 0.238 (0.365) |
Educational_level | − 0.059 (0.299) | − 0.626 (0.320)** |
(E) Perception variable = wind | ||
Number of observation | 215 | |
Residual deviance | 368.322 | |
AIC | 392.322 | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.051 | |
Age | − 0.233 (0.504) | − 0.454 (0.291)* |
Sex | 0.809 (0.622)* | 0.363 (0.344) |
Marital | 1.917 (0.770)* | 1.029 (0.589)* |
Household_size | 0.369 (0.479) | 0.428 (0.264)* |
Educational_level | − 0.256 (0.461) | − 0.556 (0.255)** |