Prevalence and associated factors of multidimensional poverty among rural households in West Gojjam Zone, northern Ethiopia: a household-based cross-sectional study

Table 4 Determinants of multidimensional poverty in West Gojjam Zone– binary logistic regression results

Variable	Categories	β	AOR	Standard Error	P-value
Owned Land Size	Continuous variable	-5.544	0.004	1.408	< 0.001
Log of off-farm Income	Continuous variable	-4.147	0.016	0.972	< 0.001
Access to Road	Yes	-6.269	0.001	1.894	0.001
Access to Road	No (Ref)
Frequency of agricultural extension service per year	Continuous variable	-3.598	0.027	1.252	0.004
Age of Household Heads	20–39(Ref)
	40–59	1.200	3.320	1.250	0.252
	≥ 60	2.500	12.182	1.200	0.045
Access to Loan Services	Yes	-3.963	0.019	1.337	0.003
Access to Loan Services	No (Ref)
Constant	Constant	4.735	113.857	2.064	0.003

Ref = reference group, β = Parameter Estimate, AOR=\(\:{e}^{\beta\:}\), P-value=probability value

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