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Table 5 Linear regressions showing the political and economic determinants of farmers’ suicide with alternative specifications of dependent variables, 2001-05

From: The political economy of farmers’ suicides in India: indebted cash-crop farmers with marginal landholdings explain state-level variation in suicide rates

 

Lagged

NCRB

All

Female

 

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

Marginal farmers %

·406***

·224**

·327***

·217*

 

(·068)

(·068)

(·062)

(·073)

Cash crops %

·449*

·355*

·300*

·077

 

(·170)

(·140)

(·128)

(·097)

Indebted farmers %

·617**

·259§

·474***

·403***

 

(·179)

(·128)

(·130)

(·090)

Model N

90

90

90

90

Model F

46·93***

10·79***

33·96***

19·16***

Model adjusted R2

·800

·630

·733

·596

  1. Notes:- *p < = · 05 (5%), **p < = · 01 (1%), ***p < = · 001 (0.1%), §p = ·060 (6%). Constants calculated but not reported.