From: Household food insecurity and coping strategies in Southern Ethiopia
Variable acronyms | Independent variables | Measurement | Status of HHs food insecurity |
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AGRECO | Agro-ecology | It is dummy 0 was assigned for lowland, 1 was assigned for midland | _ |
SEXHH | Sex of HHs head | It is a dummy variable (i.e.1if it is female and 0 otherwise | + |
AGEHH | Age of HHs head | Continuous measured with age | _ |
EDUHH | Education HHs head | Continuous measured with year of schooling | _ |
FSHH | Family of size HHs head | Continuous measured with adult equivalency | + |
TNO | Number oxen | Continuous measured in number of oxen | _ |
TLU | Tropical livestock unit | Continuous measured with tropical livestock unit | _ |
UCF | Use of chemical fertilizer | It was a dummy variable taking the value of 1 if a farmer was being used fertilizer and 0 otherwise | _ |
DRRESEED | Drought-tolerant seeds | It is a dummy variable that takes a value of 1 if farmers used improved seeds and zero, otherwise | _ |
SWC | Soil and water conservation | It is dummy variable 1 if a HH is practicing soil and water conservation and 0 otherwise | _ |
DISTMKT | Distance to nearest market | It is a continuous variable measured minute | + |
CREDAMO | Credit amount | Continuous variable measured in Birr | _ |
REMAMO | Receiving remittance amount | Continuous variable measured in Birr | _ |
PSNP | Productive safety net program | This is a dummy variable for which value 1 is assigned was participate in the program, 0 otherwise | _ |
CLMATE | Access to climatic information | It is dummy variable 1 HH who have access to climatic information, 0 otherwise | _ |
CULLAND | Size of cultivated land | Continuous measured with hectare | _ |
IRRIGA | Access to irrigation | It is dummy variable (receiving support were code with a numeric value 1 and 0 if otherwise) | _ |
EXN | Access to extension service | It was dummy variable assigned the value label 1 for HHs were access to adequate agricultural extension service and 0 otherwise | _ |
OFFANO | Off- and non-farm | Continuous measured in Birr | _ |