Table 4

Logit Regression Results for Respondents’ Acceptance of Prairie Strip Contracts

Variable (Unit)Unweighted LogitWeighted Logit
Payment offer (US$/acre/ year)0.00611***
(0.000747)		0.00735***
(0.00109)
Prairie strip land
(acres)		−0.122***
(0.0395)		−0.146**
(0.0600)
Perceived yield gains
(latent)		2.307***
(0.516)		1.534*
(0.800)
Perceived pest management costs
(latent)		0.540
(0.391)		0.406
(0.645)
Perceived farm management costs (latent)−1.120***
(0.434)		−1.149
(0.762)
Perceived soil retention
(latent)		0.799***
(0.209)		1.038***
(0.329)
Perceived weed and pest pressure
(latent)		−0.0967
(0.271)		−0.0761
(0.363)
Perceived biodiversity benefit
(latent)		0.423
(0.373)		0.738
(0.597)
Age
(years)		−0.00122
(0.0100)		−0.00539
(0.0181)
Education
(categorical)		0.00472
(0.140)		−0.157
(0.238)
Nonfarm work
(categorical)		−0.0150
(0.0760)		0.0259
(0.127)
Previous contact
(0/1)		0.254
(0.234)		0.569
(0.356)
CRP or EQIP/CSP Participation
(0/1)		0.511**
(0.242)		0.613
(0.419)
Constant−1.916**
(0.843)		−1.618
(1.409)
Pseudo R-squared0.2490.311

  • Note: N = 487. Standard errors are in parentheses. Probit results are in the Appendix.

  • ↵* p < 0.1;

  • ↵** p < 0.05;

  • ↵*** p < 0.01;