Table 3 Definition and summary statistics of variables used in regressions
Variable | Definition | N | Mean | S.D. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Outcome variable: | ||||
Agroecological knowledge | Sum from scores on landraces knowledge and traditional management practices (from 0 to 26) | 363 | 13.7 | 5.37 |
II. Explanatory variables: | ||||
Degree | Number of nominations given plus number of nominations received by the person in the network of germplams seed exchange | 363 | 4.77 | 4.26 |
Broker | Number of pairs connected through ego | 363 | 9.9 | 23.66 |
III. Control variables: | ||||
Age | Age of the person, in years | 363 | 66.1 | 13.79 |
Male | Dummy variable that captures the sex of the person interviewed, 1 = male, 0 = female | 363 | 0.68 | 0.46 |
Years gardening | Number of years the person has been gardening | 363 | 44.7 | 24.26 |
Egonetwork | Size of the person’s networks | 363 | 3.78 | 3.38 |
N | % | |||
Schooling | No schooling | 45 | 12.40 | |
Primary school | 176 | 48.48 | ||
Between primary school and university degree | 117 | 32.23 | ||
University degree | 25 | 6.89 | ||
Years of residency | Never been resident | 15 | 4.13 | |
Between 1 and 5 years | 8 | 2.20 | ||
Between 5 and 10 years | 12 | 3.31 | ||
More than10 years | 127 | 34.99 | ||
Always been resident | 201 | 55.37 | ||