Table 1 Variables’ definition and their descriptive statistics
Variable | Variables’ definition | Obs | Mean | Std. dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fert_adop | Adoption of fertilizer (yes = 1, 0 otherwise) | 626 | 0.70 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 |
Frt_hac | Fertilizer use (kg/ha) | 626 | 94 | 188 | 0 | 1600 |
Gsale_parit | Output market participation (yes = 1, 0 otherwise) | 626 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 |
Mktsur | Marketed surplus of household (Birr) | 626 | 16,799 | 47,565 | − 86,570 | 34,4166 |
psexF1 | Gender of the household head (female = 1) | 626 | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0 | 1 |
page | Age of the household head (years) | 626 | 57.84 | 15.23 | 20 | 99 |
peduH | Educational status (illiterate = 1, 0 otherwise) | 626 | 0.910 | 0.011 | 0 | 1 |
Famsize | Family size of household (number) | 626 | 5.53 | 2.53 | 1 | 12 |
male_adult | The number of male adults | 626 | 1.93 | 1.46 | 0 | 8 |
female_adult | The number of female adults | 626 | 1.55 | 1.18 | 0 | 6 |
Oxen_qty | The number of oxen ownership | 626 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 0 | 8 |
TLU_Nox | The non-ox tropical livestock (TLU) | 626 | 3.57 | 3.73 | 0 | 26.5 |
Acceinfo | Access to information (yes = 1) | 626 | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0 | 1 |
Ownland_ha | Household owns land size in hectare | 626 | 1.02 | 0.76 | 0.03 | 5.5 |
farmsize_ha | Household operated land size in hectare | 626 | 1.12 | 0.87 | 0.06 | 7.55 |
Acces_irrg | Access to irrigation (yes = 1) | 626 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 |
distmkt_hr | Distance to nearby market (hour) | 626 | 1.28 | 0.95 | 0 | 4.5 |
distanceto~t | Distance to plot (hour) | 626 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.08 | 4 |
distworda_h | Distance to district office (hour) | 626 | 2.81 | 1.51 | 0 | 12 |
Cropin_Aju | Total crop income (Birr/hh) | 626 | 18,428 | 55,222 | 30 | 1,111,911 |
pcapcrcon~u | Per capita crop consumption (Birr) | 623 | 785 | 1745 | 2.42 | 18964. |
SRF_3yrmean | Rainfall of previous 3 years to cropping season (mm) | 626 | 102.29 | 38.50 | 46.97 | 205.1 |
SstdevRF_3~n | Rainfall variability (std.dev) of previous 3 years to cropping season (mm) | 626 | 12.88 | 4.80 | 0.768 | 19.70 |