Food insecurity of rural households in Boset district of Ethiopia: a suite of indicators analysis

Table 1 Variables hypothesized to affect food security in the study area

Explanatory variables	Description	Expected sign
Gender	Dummy takes the value of 1 if male and zero otherwise	+
Age	Continuous	+/−
Educational status	Dummy takes the value of 1 if formal education and zero otherwise	+
Household size	Continuous	+/−
Participation in non-farm activities	Dummy takes the value 1 if there is access and zero otherwise	+
Farmland size	Continuous	+
Access to irrigable land	Dummy takes the value 1 if there is access and zero otherwise	+
Total annual income	Continuous	+
Noticed frequent drought	Dummy takes the value 1 if they have noticed and zero otherwise	−
Noticed frequent flood occurrence	Dummy takes the value 1 if they have noticed and zero otherwise	−
Access to weather forecast	Dummy takes the value 1 if there is access and zero otherwise	+
Availability of kebele assistance	Dummy takes the value 1 if there is access and zero otherwise	+
Access to DA services	Dummy takes the value 1 if there is access and zero otherwise	+
Access to health extension services	Dummy takes the value 1 if there is access and zero otherwise	+
Access to credit services	Dummy takes the value 1 if there is access and zero otherwise	+
Distance from input/output markets	Continuous	−
Distance to road transport	Continuous	−
Distance to health services	Continuous	−
Availability of other (NGO) support organizations	Dummy takes the value 1 if there is access and zero otherwise	+

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