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Table 3 Household economic characteristics

From: Assessment of food insecurity and its determinants in the rural households in Damot Gale Woreda, Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia

Characteristics

Frequency

Percent

Land size of HH

Less than 0.25 hectare

66

42.6

0.25–0.50 hectare

56

36.1

Half to one hectare

27

17.4

1–2 hectare

6

3.9

Involvement of the HH members in petty trading

Yes

42

27.1

No

113

72.9

Accessibility to main economic factors

0–30 min

33

21.3

30–60 min

47

30.3

Greater than 1 h

75

48.4

Credit by HABP for HH

Yes

60

39

No

95

61

Farm Input use by the HH

Yes

105

67.7

No

50

32.3

Major income source of the HH

Only crop production

6

3.8

Only livestock rearing

4

2.6

Mixed farming

92

59

Trade (wholesale, retail sale…)

7

5

Main source of food for the HH consumption

HH production only

19

12.3

HH production and from market

99

63.9

HH production, from market and PSNP

37

23.9

Experience of borrowing money from informal rural money lenders for food purchase

Yes

85

54.9

No

70

45.1

Confidence to overcome food insecurity

Yes

59

38

No

96

62

  1. Source: Field survey, 2014