Coping mechanisms | Male | Female | Significance |
---|---|---|---|
Cuttin down consumption of more nutritious food items (meat, egg, etc.) | 2.33 | 3.65 | 0.00 |
Selling of asset and others materials | 0.7 | 1.01 | 0.227 |
Selling charcoal and fire wood | 0.51 | 3.0 | 0.006 |
Consumption of wild food | 2 | 5 | 3.50 |
Engage in petty retailing of items | 0.66 | 3.86 | 0.00 |
Seasonal migration/mobility for labor | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.71 |
Selling fire wood and charcoal | 1.5 | 2.49 | 0.01 |
Sending out children to work on others’ farm | 0.82 | 1.22 | 0.347 |
Relying on less preferred and less expensive food | 2.29 | 4.49 | 0.00 |
Dropping of children from school | 1.10 | 2.44 | 0.015 |
Reduction in non-food expenditures | 1.93 | 3.87 | 0.000 |
Daily labor in both rural and urban areas | 1.47 | 0.50 | 0.001 |
Purchase of food by credit/relying on borrowing | 1.61 | 1.23 | 0.026 |
Skip entire day without food | 1.61 | 0.91 | 0.015 |
Reducing number of meals per day | 2.57 | 4.32 | 0.000 |
Sending family members to abroad for remittance | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.045 |
Selling liquor (‘Arake’ and ‘Tela’)a | 1.85 | 0.68 | 0.001 |
Sale of timber | 0.69 | 0.22 | 0.025 |
Begging | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.180 |