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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Logit estimates of determinants of entrepreneurial interest (reference category is no interest in entrepreneurship)

From: Entrepreneurial interest and academic performance in Nigeria: evidence from undergraduate students in the University of Ibadan

Variable

Estimates

Subjective norm: not encouraged by family or friends is the reference category

 Encouraged by family

0.99b (0.018)

 Encouraged by friends

0.60 (0.136)

Perceived behavioural control: no difficulty in combining business and academics is the reference category

 Difficult

−0.63b (0.021)

Gender: female is the reference category

 Male

0.03 (0.902)

Age in years: above 30 years is the reference category

 16–20

−0.99c (0.001)

 21–25

0.92c (0.001)

 26–30

0.06 (0.930)

Ethnic group: Hausa is the reference category

 Igbo

−0.68 (0.130)

 Yoruba

0.59a (0.084)

 Others

−0.5 (0.307)

Parents’ occupation: retired is the reference category

 Self-employed

0.91c (0.001)

 Salary worker

0.80c (0.006)

 Unemployed

−0.80a (0.092)

Income: above ₦31,000 is the reference category

 Less than ₦10,000

−0.27 (0.388)

 ₦10,000–₦20,000

0.48a (0.076)

 ₦21,000–₦30,000

0.60a (0.094)

 Constant

14.55 (0.982)

 Diagnostics

 

LR chi2 (16) = 49.84 prob. > chi2 = 0.0000

 

Pseudo R2 = 0.1610

 

Observation 245

 
  1. Source: authors’ computation
  2. Marginal effects of coefficients are reported with z-values in bracket
  3. Superscript letters indicate statistical significance at 1, 5 and 10%, respectively