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Table 3 Linear regressions showing the political and economic determinants of farmers’ suicide, 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

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Marginal farmers %

·252

  

·381*

·402*

·437***

 

(·233)

  

(·123)

(·163)

(·095)

Cash crops %

 

·683§

 

·801**

 

·518*

  

(·355)

 

(·240)

 

(·209)

Indebted farmers %

  

·670*

 

·806**

·549*

   

(·214)

 

(·231)

(·187)

Model N

90

90

90

90

90

90

Model F

1.17

3.70

9.83*

13·97***

6·53*

18·06***

Model adjusted R2

·086

·359

·365

·566

·591

·741

  1. Notes:- *p < = · 05 (5%), **p < = · 01 (1%), ***p < = · 001 (0.1%), § p = ·071 (7.1%). Constants calculated but not reported.