Table 3

Logistic regression of decision to contract farm tobacco leaf

VariableCoefficient (SE)OR95% CI
Education0.070** (0.032)1.0720.0068293 to 0.1332859
Age0.021** (0.010)1.0210.0014479 to 0.0407494
Gender−0.369 (0.339)0.691−1.034214 to 0.295791
Marital status−0.293 (0189)0.746−0.6641334 to 0.0776689
Household size−0.002 (0.039)0.998−0.077806 to 0.0747506
Land size0.017 (0.013)1.018−0.0089615 to 0.0437512
Legal entitlement−0.05 (0.538)0.952−1.103369 to 1.003958
Kasungu district−0.338 (0.325)0.713−0.9741365 to 0.2982531
Mchinji district0.614 (0.354)1.848−0.0788636 to 1.306963
Ntchisi district−0.293 (0.344)0.746−0.9682023 to 0.3815926
Dowa district−0.653 (0.352)0.520−1.34264 to 0.036243
Lilongwe district−1.121*** (0.360)0.326−1.827255 −0.4152208
Need for credit1.789*** (0.193)5.9831.410803 to 2.166925
Tobacco harvested0.001*** (0.0001)10.0002846 to 0.0008995
Tobacco revenue−2.06e−07 (1.95e−07)1−5.89e−07 to 1.77e−07
Years of growing tobacco−0.019 (0.015)0.982−0.0470926 to 0.0100618
Constant−1.772** (0.850)0.170−3.438279 to −0.1055974
  • **p<0.05, ***p<0.01.