From: Analysis of poverty, income inequality and their effects on food insecurity in southern Ethiopia
Variables | Measurements | Descriptive statistics | Hypotheses | |
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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) | Â | Â | |
3. Widowed | 29 (12.78) | Â | Â | |
4. Divorced | 13 (5.73) | Â | Â | |
Energy source—electricity | Yes/no | 180 (79.30) | – |  +  |
Main occupation | 1. Unemployed | 25 (11) |  ±  |  ±  |
2. Agriculture | 43 (19) | Â | Â | |
3. Trade | 66 (29) | Â | Â | |
4. Wage worker | 93 (41) | Â | Â | |
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) |  |  ±  |