Table 5.

Relationship between the demographic profile of the respondent and their level
of adoption

Demographic Variables C-Value P-Value Interpretation

Age -0.712 0.001 Highly Significant
Sex 2.650 0.449 Not Significant
Educational Attainment 64.911 0.001 Highly Significant
Rice Farming Experience -0.696 0.001 Moderately
Significant
Tenurial Status 5.573 0.134 Not Significant
Size of the Farm 15.404 0.423 Not Significant
Agricultural Organization 40.104 0.001 Moderately
Significant
Attendance in 72.041 0.001 Highly Significant
Trainings/Seminars

Age

Age. Another farmer characteristic that is often examined in adoption studies is age. A farmer's age may influence
adoption in one of several ways. Older farmers may have more experience, resources, or authority that would allow them
more pOSSibilities for trying a new technology. Experience in a particular farming area or with a given crop may not be
strictly correlated with age, however, and it may be worth asking more specifically about experience. On the other hand, it
may be that younger farmers are more likely to adopt a new technology, because they have had more schooling than the
older generation or perhaps have been exposed to new ideas as migrant laborers.

In either case, it is unlikely that the demonstration of a relation between age and adoption per se will be of immediate
utility. It is more important to see if the relationship is due to farmers' experience or education or if the association with
age is more la reflection of characteristics of the farm household, including the distribution of authority, labor
availability, or sources of income. An example of this type of analysis is shown in Box B at the end of this chapter.

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The results show that the mean age of adopters in Tanzania is approximately 44 years and that of
non-adopters is close to 45 years. For the case of Uganda, the mean age of adopters is nearly 45
years and approximately 46 years for non-adopters. This shows that in both Tanzania and Uganda,
adopters are relatively younger than non-adopters implying that as the age of the farmer increases,
there are chances of developing resistance to the adoption of new technologies.

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All bivariate correlation analyses express the strength of association between two variables
in a single value between -1 and +1. This value is called the correlation coefficient. A
positive correlation coefficient indicates a positive relationship between the two variables
(as values of one variable increase, values of the other variable also increase) while a
negative correlation coefficient expresses a negative relationship (as values of one
variable increase, values of the other variable decrease).
Demographic Variables C-Value P-Value Interpretation
Age -0.721 0.001 Highly Significant
Sex 1.702 0.636 Not Significant
Educational Attainment 74.447 0.001 Highly Significant
Rice Farming Experience -0.676 0.001 Moderately Significant
Tenurial Status 3.159 0.368 Not Significant
Size of the Farm 14.173 0.512 Not Significant
Agricultural Organization 34.492 0.001 Moderately Significant
Attendance in Trainings/Seminars 72.041 0.001 Highly Significant