Table 2 Definition of variables, measurements and summary statistics
Variable | Measurement | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic factors | |||
Sex of household head | Dummy (1 if male, otherwise 0) | 0.841 | 0.365 |
Marital status of the household head | Dummy (1 if married, otherwise 0) | 0.946 | 0.225 |
Age of household head | Years | 47.69 | 14.56 |
Socioeconomic | |||
Farming as the primary occupation | Dummy (1 if farming, otherwise 0) | 0.89 | 0.096 |
Household practices irrigation | Dummy (1 if yes, otherwise 0) | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Farm size | Continuous (acres) | 3.917 | 4.037 |
Land ownership | Dummy (1 if yes, otherwise 0) | 0.872 | 0.121 |
Institutional factors | |||
Access to agricultural credit | Dummy (1 if yes, otherwise 0) | 0.189 | 0.285 |
Extension service | Dummy (1 if yes, otherwise 0) | 0.608 | 0.488 |
Farmer groups | Dummy (1 if yes, otherwise 0) | 0.352 | 0.477 |
Non-farm employment | Dummy (1 if yes, otherwise 0) | 0.333 | 0.471 |
Crop diversity index | Index | 1.801 | 1.155 |
Livestock diversity index | Index | 0.527 | 0.382 |
Crop–livestock diversity index | Index | 1.71 | 0.76 |