Name of the variable | Nature of the variable | Hypothesized relationship with the dependent variable (biogas adoption) | Description of the variable |
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Age | Continuous | Positive/negative | Age of the household head in years |
Sex | Dummy | Positive/negative | Sex of the household head; a dummy variable for gender relationships (male = 1, female = 0) |
Family size | Continuous | Positive/negative | Family size of the household |
Education | Continuous | Positive | Education level of the household head in years |
Cattle holding | Continuous | Positive | Number of cattle owned by the household (heads/hh) |
Annual income | Continuous | Positive | Annual income of the household in ETB |
DistFire | Continuous | Positive | Distance to nearest firewood collection site in kilometer |
DistWater | Continuous | Negative | Distance to nearest permanent water point in kilometer |
DistMarket | Continuous | Positive/negative | Distance to nearest market in kilometer |
Availability of electricity | Dummy | Negative | Availability of modern fuels mainly electricity (yes = 1, otherwise = 0) |
Farm size | Continuous | Positive | Total size of farm plots owned and operated by the household in Tsimad |
Fertility status | Categorical | Positive/negative | Fertility status of farm plot (1 = poor, 2 = medium, 3 = good) |
Farm location | Continuous | Negative | Distance between house and farm of the household in kilometer |
Extension service | Continuous | Positive | Frequency of contacts between agricultural extension worker and the household (frequency in a year) |