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Table 5 Coefficients of propensity score (standard errors in parentheses)

From: Returns, setbacks, and future prospects of bio-energy promotion in northern Ethiopia: the case of family-sized biogas energy

Explanatory variables

Biogas adoption

Coefficient

P value

Age

0.12 (0.07)

0.07

Dummy male

− 0.357 (0.212)

0.09

Family size

0.065 (0.043)

0.12

Education

0.046 (0.029)

0.1

Cattle holding

− 0.02 (0.026)

0.39

Annual income

0.000026 (7.9e-06)

0.001

Distance between home and firewood collection site

0.00074 (0.00047)

0.1

Distance between home and watering point

− 0.0017 (0.0014)

0.2

Distance between home and nearest market

−0.008 (0.006)

0.22

Availability of electricity

0.71 (0.199)

0.000

Farm size

− 0.08 (0.12)

0.5

Medium fertility of soil

0.07 (0.16)

0.6

Poor fertility of soil

− 0.378 (0.168)

0.02

Farm location

2.27 (0.57)

0.000

Zero grazing

1.09 (0.46)

0.01

Extension service

0.006 (0.008)

0.44

Constant

− 7.78 (1.68)

0.000

Obs. = 400

LR chi2 (12) = 71.36

Prob>chi2 = 0.000

likelihood = − 241.58