Skip to main content

Table 2 Definition of variables, measurement, descriptive statistics and hypotheses

From: Analysis of poverty, income inequality and their effects on food insecurity in southern Ethiopia

Variables

Measurements

Descriptive statistics

Hypotheses

Frequency (%)/mean (St. Dev.)

Poverty

Income inequality

Sex

Male/female

155 (68.7)

–

–

Age

Years

43.40 (12.24)

 ± 

 ± 

Education

Years

10.05 (5.08)

–

 + 

Family size

Adult equivalent

5.26 (2.26)

 + 

–

Marital status

1. Married

177 (77.9)

 ± 

 

2. Single

8 (3.52)

  

3. Widowed

29 (12.78)

  

4. Divorced

13 (5.73)

  

Energy source—electricity

Yes/no

180 (79.30)

–

 + 

Main occupation

1. Unemployed

25 (11)

 ± 

 ± 

2. Agriculture

43 (19)

  

3. Trade

66 (29)

  

4. Wage worker

93 (41)

  

Remittance

Yearly in birr

61.25 (249.06)

–

 + 

Savings

Monthly in birr

740.98 (613.7)

–

 + 

Access to credit

Yes/no

211 (92.95)

–

 + 

House ownership

Yes/no

178 (78.41)

–

 + 

Water supply

Yes/no

167 (73.57)

–

–

Health status

Sick family member/not

10 (4.41)

 

–

Migration status

Migrant family member/not

45 (19.82)

 

 ± 

  1. Source: Own survey, 2019