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Table 4 Determinants of energy choices using multivariate probit model

From: Factors influencing the adoption of biogas digesters in rural Ethiopia

Explanatory variables

Firewood

Charcoal

Biogas

Dried dung

Coef.

Stan error

Coef.

Stan error

Coef.

Stan error

Coef.

Stan error

Cattle holding

0.0132

0.0351

0.0446

0.0431

−0.1129

0.0485**

−0.0250

0.0386

Household members age 15 to 64

0.0352

0.0528

−0.0861

0.0699

−0.2024

0.0739***

−0.0980

0.05753

Dummy variable female = 1

−0.3075

0.3389

−0.8338

0.3629**

−1.268

0.5386**

0.0753

0.3880

Access to electricity

0.8505

0.3290***

−0.4368

0.4554

0.6605

0.4538

0.8752

0.327***

Access to credit

0.7711

0.2483***

−0.2945

0.3110

1.528

0.3665***

0.4561

0.2675

Storing bio-slurry

−0.0162

0.0073**

−0.0005

0.0087

0.0104

0.0115

0.0004

0.0077

Location

−0.1185

0.1916

−0.0564

0.2232

−0.1415

0.2921

0.4672

0.2129**

Livestock mobility

0.4364

0.1948**

−0.2695

0.2424

0.1569

0.2923

0.0287

0.2092

Constant

−1.069

0.9332

2.9480

1.108

−6.7070

149.88

−1.2030

1.0240

  1. aProbit model: only explanatory variables with at least one significant variable shown. Variables not shown include household members over 64, goat total livestock unit (TLU), cropping, diversity of income, working time, land size, availability of waste residues, access to extension services, type of stove, and income level
  2. Significance level: ***1% and **5%