Table 5 Bi-logit model estimation of whether the climate events most concerning to households occurred 10 years ago.
From: Ethnic diversity and divergent perceptions of climate change: a case study in Southwest China
Dependent variables | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drought | Long-term drought | Erratic rainfall | ||||
Explanatory variables | Likelihood ratio test: Chi-Square = 7.676; df = 2; p = 0.022 | Likelihood ratio test: Chi-Square = 16.787; df = 2; p = 0.000 | Likelihood ratio test: Chi-Square = 11.702; df = 5; p = 0.039 | |||
Pseudo R2: Cox & Snell = 0.030; Nagelkerke = 0.051 | Pseudo R2: Cox & Snell = 0.128; Nagelkerke = 0.181 | Pseudo R2: Cox & Snell = 0.136; Nagelkerke =0.215 | ||||
Percentage correct predictions: | Percentage correct predictions: | Percentage correct predictions: | ||||
Do you think drought occurred 10 years ago? | Do you think a long-term drought occurred 10 years ago? | Do you think erratic rainfall occurred 10 years ago? | ||||
—yes: 99.5% | —yes: 87.2% | —yes: 96.9% | ||||
—no: 2.4% | —no: 32.4% | —no: 31.3% | ||||
Overall percentage: 83.1% | Overall percentage: 70.7% | Overall percentage: 83.8% | ||||
Number of obs. = 251 | Number of obs. = 128 | Number of obs. = 81 | ||||
coefficient | Sig. | Coefficient | Sig. | Coefficient | Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
constant | 0.955 | 0.009** | 0.936 | 0.011** | −3.361 | 0.266 |
distance | 0.033 | 0.014** | ||||
semiannual | 5.321 | 0.077 | ||||
areaCultivated | 2.840 | 0.080 | ||||
areaIrrigable | −2.855 | 0.093 | ||||
areaRainfed | −2.033 | 0.054* | ||||
rateCultivated | 1.040 | 0.035* | ||||
rateRainfed | −1.214 | 0.009** | ||||
incomeFR | −2.999 | 0.049* | ||||
incomeMH | −4.311 | 0.035* |
