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Table 2 Marginal Effects (Ordered Logit Model)

From: Estimating the effects of financial access on poor farmers in rural northern Nigeria

Variable

Poorest 20%

2nd 20%

3rd 20%

4th 20%

Richest 20%

Age

−0.0097 (0.377)

−0.0064 (0.38)

−0.0002 (0.802)

0.0057 (0.38)

0.0106 (0.377)

Gender

0.0824 (0.004)

0.05539 (0.007)

0.0036 (0.59)

−0.047 (0.007)

−0.0934 (0.005)

Education

−0.1791 (0.23)

−0.01189 (0.238)

− 0.00037 (0.798)

0.0106 (0.236)

0.01955 (0.23)

HH Size

−0.0113 (0.092)

−0.0075 (0.10)

− 0.00023 (0.795)

0.0067 (0.101)

0.01238 (0.091)

Asset (Land Size)

0.0203 (0.295)

0.0135 (0.299)

0.0004 (0.799)

−0.012 (0.299)

−0.02219 (0.295)

Savings Financial Institution

−0.0278 (0.313)

−0.01846 (0.317)

− 0.00057 (0.802)

0.0165 (0.319)

0.03035 (0.313)

Membership of Community Savings Club

0.06418 (0.009)

0.04262 (0.013)

0.00133 (0.795)

−0.03808 (0.014)

−0.07005 (0.008)

Borrowing from Financial Institution

0.04933 (0.037)

0.03276 (0.044)

0.00102 (0.794)

−0.02927 (0.045)

−0.05384 (0.035)

Borrowing from Family and Friend

−0.02939 (0.435)

−0.0195 (0.437)

− 0.00006 (0.804)

0.0174 (0.438)

0.03208 (0.435)

Ownership of Traditional Crop Insurance

−0.1227 (0.001)

−0.0815 (0.002)

− 0.0025 (0.794)

0.0728 (0.003)

0.1339 (0.001)

Benefited from a Govt Agric Prgrm

−0.0629 (0.056)

−0.0418 (0.064)

− 0.0013 (0.796)

0.0373 (0.066)

0.0687 (0.055)

  1. Source: Authors Estimation using Field Survey Data (2014)
  2. Note: Figures in parentheses are p-values; Dependent Variable Income Quintile