General Enterprising tendencies scores of agricultural science education students (n = 176)
| Entrepreneurial characteristics | Low (f/%) | Medium (f/%) | High (f/%) | Mean (M ±SD) | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Need for Achievement | 41 | 91 | 44 | 8.05 ±1.81 | Medium |
| 23.3 | 51.7 | 25.0 | |||
| Need for Autonomy | 85 | 65 | 26 | 2.42 ±1.10 | Low |
| 48.3 | 36.9 | 14.8 | |||
| Creative Tendency | 61 | 103 | 12 | 7.20 ±1.49 | Medium |
| 34.7 | 58.5 | 6.8 | |||
| Calculated Risk – Taking | 48 | 114 | 64.8 | 7.36 ±1.61 | Medium |
| 27.3 | 14 | 8.0 | |||
| Internal Locus of Control | 84 | 85 | 7 | 6.80 ±1.51 | Medium |
| 47.7 | 48.3 | 4.0 | |||
| Overall GET | 15 | 160 | 1 | 31.82 ±4.25 | Medium |
| 8.5 | 90.9 | 0.6 |
Demographic characteristics of agricultural science students (n = 176)
| Variables | Sub-groups | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 144 | 81.8 |
| Female | 32 | 18.2 | |
| Age (years) | Less than 20 | 18 | 10.2 |
| 20–29 | 143 | 81.3 | |
| 30–39 | 13 | 7.4 | |
| 40 and above | 2 | 1.1 | |
| Level of students | 100 | 66 | 37.5 |
| 200 | 68 | 38.6 | |
| 300 | 42 | 23.9 | |
| Willing to establish agricultural enterprises | Yes | 161 | 91.5 |
| No | 15 | 8.5 | |
| Area to specialized | Livestock production | 71 | 44.1 |
| Crop production | 53 | 32.9 | |
| Mechanisation services | 15 | 9.3 | |
| Food processing | 13 | 8.1 | |
| Information delivery | 4 | 2.5 | |
| Aggregation and sales | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Input supply | 2 | 1.2 |
Multivariate Test of level and sex on students' entrepreneurial characteristics (n = 176)
| Effect | Criteria | Value | F | Hypothesis df | Error df | p. value | Partial η2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Wilks' Lambda | 0.95 | 0.83 | 10.00 | 332.00 | 0.60 | 0.02 |
| Sex | Wilks' Lambda | 0.98 | 0.62 | 5.00 | 166.00 | 0.69 | 0.02 |
| Level*Sex | Wilks' Lambda | 0.98 | 0.62 | 5.00 | 166.00 | 0.69 | 0.02 |