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Table 1 Variables, definitions, and summary statistics for all households

From: The impact of conflict on food security: evidence from household data in Ethiopia and Malawi

 

Description

Ethiopia

Malawi

Score

Food consumption score (FCS)

36.99

(16.19)

52.14

(18.01)

Conflict

(TREATMENT)

Binary variable indicating whether respondent household experience conflicts in last 12 months

0.01

(0.11)

0.05

(0.27)

Drought

Binary variable indicating whether respondent household experience drought in last 12 months

0.20

(0.40)

0.40

(0.49)

Flood

Binary variable indicating whether respondent household experience flood in last 12 months

0.02

(0.15)

0.17

(0.38)

Age

Age of head of household

46.66

(14.73)

44.31

(15.86)

Male

Binary variable indicating whether head of household is male

0.80

(0.40)

0.77

(0.42)

Income

Income of household from agriculture and livestock (in 2019 USD)

108.21

(456.78)

123.83

(1507.54)

Population center

Distance of homestead to nearest population center with > 20,000 population (in km)

37.89

(27.92)

29.30

(18.19)

Rain

Average total rainfall (mm)

1158.26

(386.46)

1060.57

(233.61)

Temperature

Annual mean temperature (× 10 degree Celsius)

190.13

(32.21)

215.32

(18.55)

Observations

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