Variable | Type | Description |
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Dependent (treatment) LSAIs | Dummy | 1 if a household is affected by the investment, 0 otherwise |
Outcome variables | ||
 Food energy intake | Continuous | Daily Kcal per adult equivalent |
 MAHFP | Continuous | Months of food adequacy |
 HDDS | Continuous | The number of food groups consumed |
 FCS | Continuous | Food consumption score |
 HFIAS | Continuous | HFIAS score |
 CSI | Continuous | A composite score |
 Food expenditure share | Continuous | Percentage |
 Food security index | Continuous | A composite index |
Covariates | ||
 Sex of household head | Nominal | 1 if the head is male, and 2 if female |
 Marital status of household head | Nominal | 1 = single, 2 = married, 3 = widowed, 4 = divorces |
 Age of household head | Continuous | Years |
 Education level of household head | Categorical | 0 = illiterate, 1 = read and write, 2 = primary, 3 = secondary, 4 = Certificate after high school complete, 5 = diploma and above |
 Main occupation | Nominal | 1 if the head engaged in crop farming or mixed (crop farming and livestock rearing, and 2 all others |
 Family size | Continuous | Number of family members |
 Dependency ration | Continuous | Ratio of dependent family members to the productive age groups |
 Farm land size | Continuous | Size of farm land in hectares |
 Livestock ownership in (TLU) | Continuous | Tropical Livestock Unit |
 Distance to potable water points | Continuous | Walking distance in minutes from home |
 Distance to all weather road | Continuous | Walking distance in minutes from home |
 Distance to health center | Continuous | Walking distance in minutes from home |
 Distance to school | Continuous | Walking distance in minutes from home |
 Distance to market | Continuous | Walking distance in minutes from home |
 Livelihood index | Continuous | An index |
 Access to credit | Dummy | 1 if a household has access, 0 otherwise |
 Radio as a source of information | Dummy | 1 if a household use radio, 0 otherwise |
 Family as a source of information | Dummy | 1 if a household use family, 0 otherwise |
 Kebele administration as a source of info | Dummy | 1 if a household use Kebele admn., 0 otherwise |
 DA as a source of information | Dummy | 1 if a household use DA, 0 otherwise |
 Improved seed or livestock breeds | Dummy | 1 if a household use improved seed or breeds, 0 otherwise |