Table 3

Logit regression results (dependent variable=1 if currently indebted, 0 otherwise)

(1)(2)(3)(4)
VariablesMarginal effectsORsMarginal effectsORs
Age0.0151.0880.0081.044
(0.014)(0.088)(0.011)(0.062)
Age squared−0.0000.999−0.0001.000
(0.000)(0.001)(0.000)(0.001)
Male−0.1440.416−0.0460.783
(0.088)(0.240)(0.077)(0.327)
Independent farmer (base)0.0001.0000.0001.000
 Contract farmer0.201**2.911**0.154**2.144**
(0.087)(1.317)(0.070)(0.728)
Farm size0.016*** 1.098*** 0.018*** 1.099***
(0.005)(0.035)(0.004)(0.027)
No education (base)0.0001.000
 Primary education−0.1410.435
(0.122)(0.327)
 Secondary education−0.1230.482
(0.117)(0.345)
Family labour0.1071.8100.123**1.871**
(0.074)(0.721)(0.060)(0.566)
Recording expenses (base)0.0001.0000.0001.000
 Not recording expenses0.268*** 4.065*** 0.239*** 3.222***
(0.094)(1.964)(0.076)(1.175)
 Sometimes record expenses0.1231.8790.0551.301
(0.099)(0.949)(0.083)(0.515)
Primary occupation0.0001.0000.0001.000
 Secondary occupation0.0031.020−0.0120.939
(0.096)(0.570)(0.076)(0.374)
Constant0.027*0.038**
(0.054)(0.052)
Observations214214316316
Pseudo R squared0.2450.187
  • SEs in parentheses.

  • *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.

  • Source, Authors’ own calculations.