The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)
Table 1 Variable specification and summary statistics of household characteristics.
Variable | Viable label | Mean | Std. Dev. |
|---|---|---|---|
lnFCE | Natural log of consumption expenditure per adult equivalent | 8.00 | 0.40 |
Sex | Dummy of sex of household sex (1 = male) | 0.87 | 0.34 |
Age | Age of the household head in years | 40.19 | 12.73 |
Education | Level of education in numbers of years | 3.65 | 3.67 |
Adult equivalent | Size of household in adult equivalent | 4.89 | 1.65 |
Dependence ratio | Dependence ratio | 1.29 | 0.96 |
Annual income | Total annual income in birr | 16,878.67 | 13,263.07 |
Off-farm activity | Dummy for participation to off farm activity (yes = 1) | 0.46 | 0.50 |
Use of fertilizer | Dummy for use to fertilizer (yes = 1) | 0.54 | 0.50 |
Use of improved seed | Dummy for use to improved seed (yes = 1) | 0.51 | 0.50 |
Use of irrigation | Dummy for use to irrigation (yes = 1) | 0.35 | 0.48 |
Cultivated land | Total cultivated land holding | 0.29 | 0.17 |
Adoption of SWC | Dummy for use to SWC (yes = 1) | 0.49 | 0.50 |
Total Assets | Total assets in birr | 24,627.73 | 48,081.69 |
Livestock TLU | Livestock owned (Tropical Livestock Unit) | 1.78 | 1.90 |
Crop diversification | Number of crop growth | 2.46 | 0.70 |
Coping strategy indexFootnote 3 | Coping strategy index | 16.46 | 4.93 |
Number of sick | Number of sick person in 1 year | 0.36 | 0.66 |
Received credit | Dummy for receiving credit (yes = 1) | 0.13 | 0.34 |
Contact with DA | Number of contacts with extension agent, per month | 2.28 | 2.08 |