Factors affecting women’s participation in soil & water conservation in abeshege district Southern Ethiopia

Figures & data

Figure 1. Conceptual framework.

Figure 2. Map of the study area.

Source: Own ARC GIS computing output, 2022

Table 1. Distribution of sample under the study district

Sample RKAs	women Total	Participant women		Non-participant women		Total sample
		Total	Sample	Total	Sample
Dire lafto	101	70	31	32	13	42
Tachegnaw Geraba	72	51	21	21	9	30
Laygnaw Geraba	111	75	32	36	15	46
Tatesa	94	65	27	29	11	39
Lache	85	58	24	26	10	35
Tawela	101	70	29	31	12	42

Table 2. Independent variables and descriptive statistics

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation
Sex(women)^a	100.00
Education Level (years)	2.60	2.5
Farming Experience (years)	26.54	11.9
Family Size(number)	4.9	1.9
Economically Active Household Members (number)	3.2	0.3
Area of the Plot(ha)	0.55	0.15
Distance of the farm plot
<5min	15.03
5-10min	33.50
10-20min	36.00
>20min	15.47
Livestock holding (TLU)^a
<1	16.20
1–4	42.32
>4	41.48
The slope of the plot^a
Flat	16.70
Medium	52.51
Steep	30.79
Extension contact^a
Once/month	49.00
Twice/month	41.50
>2/month	9.50

^apercent (proportions)

Figure 3. Women participation in SWC practices.

Table 3. The distribution of Women’s responses by the extent of participation in SWC practices

Degree/level of participation	Percent	Chi-square
Poor	3.7	12.1
Average	16.1
Good	38.5
very good	41.6

Determinants of Women’s Participation in SWC Activities.

Table 4. Determinants of women’s participation in SWC in the study area

Variables	Coef.	Std. Err.	z	P>|z|	Marginal Effects dy/dx
Age	0.166	0.343	0.48	0.628	0.017
Marital Status	0.518	0.216	2.39	0.017	0.053
Education Level	0.467	0.203	2.30	0.021	0.048
Family Size	1.419	0.326	4.35	0.000	0.146
Land size	−1.374	0.279	4.92	0.000	0.142
Economically Active Household Members	0.582	0.193	3.02	0.003	−0.060
Distance of the farm plot	−2.168	1.451	−1.49	0.135	−0.224
Extension contact	1.536	0.433	3.55	0.000	0.283
ACCS_CREDIT	0.553	0.341	1.62	0.105	0.067
_cons |	−3.258	1.739	−1.87	0.061