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Table 3 Propensity score variables (2015): mean value by treatment group (columns 1–3) and probit coefficients for group membership (columns 4–6)

From: Local resource mobilization for malaria vector control among Rwandan rice farmers: a pilot study into the role of community ownership

 

(1)

Control

(2)

ES

(3)

CB

(4)

ES (vs. Control)

(5)

CB (vs. Control)

(6)

CB (vs. ES)

High starting bid (2500 instead of 1500 RWF)

0.47

0.49

0.54

− 0.15

0.46***

0.05

Age of respondent (in yrs)

46.5

44.0

43.7

− 0.01

− 0.02***

− 0.01

Gender of respondent (male = 1)

0.57

0.56

0.54

0.16

− 0.35**

− 0.34**

No primary schooling (or not completed)

0.29

0.18

0.26

− 0.49*

0.06

0.28

Number of household members

5.7

6.0

5.4

0.02

− 0.10**

− 0.13***

Number of under-five children

0.5

0.8

0.8

0.19

0.37***

0.04

Number of years in cooperative

7.9

7.7

8.0

− 0.07*

0.07**

0.02

Share of rice income in total income

62.6

58.9

56.8

0.00

− 0.01**

− 0.01**

Size of land (in are = 100m2)

7.9

3.7

5.9

− 0.35***

− 0.10***

0.25***

Perceived importance of rice cultivation for malaria risk (1 = not at all important, …, 4 = very important)

3.5

3.1

3.4

0.00

− 0.02

0.24*

Frequency of mosquito bites in rice fields (1 = almost never, …, 4 = very often)

3.8

3.4

3.4

− 0.71***

− 0.49***

− 0.02

Malaria case in household in past year (0 = no; 1 = yes)

0.68

0.65

0.77

0.06

0.68***

0.22

Ever heard of larviciding (0 = no; 1 = yes)

0.01

0.33

0.04

2.36***

0.56

− 1.74***

Confidence in larviciding to effectively reduce malaria risk (1 = not at all, …, 4 = very much)

3.4

3.4

3.5

− 0.11

− 0.12

0.00

Trust in safety of larvicide application (1 = not at all, …, 4 = very much)

2.8

3.2

3.2

0.65***

0.80***

0.08

  1. ***, **, *Significance at 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively