Table 1 Description of dependent variables (coping and adaptation strategies) and independent variables (household characteristics) used in EFA and MVP regression models
Dependent variables | Description of variables | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Adaptation strategies | ||
Enset expansion (ENSEXP) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Chat expansion (CHATEXP) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Eucalyptus expansion (EUCALEXP) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Change in crop variety (CCVA) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Adjusting planting date (APLDATE) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Dry plowing/planting (DRYPLT) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Diversifying off-farm income (DIVI) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Coping strategies | ||
Accessing credit (CREDIT) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Selling livestock (LIVE) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Accessing relief (RELIEF) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Migration (MIGATE) | Dummy (1 yes, 0 no) | |
Independent variables | ||
Gender | Gender of household head (0 female, 1 male) | + |
Age | Age of the household head (years) | + |
MSTAT | Marital status of the household head (1 married, 0 otherwise) | + |
Educ | Education of household head (1 literate, 0 illiterate) | + |
FEXPR | Farm experience of household head (years) | + |
RLGN | Religion of household head (1 christians, 2 muslim) | ± |
ETHINI | Ethnicity of the household head (1 meskan, 2 dobi, 3 oromo) | ± |
NFAML | Number of family members | ± |
FAMADE | Number of family members in terms of adult equivalent | + |
EAFM | Number of economically active family member | + |
EDFM | Number of economically dependent family member | |
OX | Number of oxen per household | + |
COWS | Number of cows | + |
OLIVES | Number of other livestock (e.g. Heifer, bull) | + |
SHANDGOT | Number of sheep and goats | + |
DONKEY | Number of donkeys | + |
TLU | Number of livestock in terms of Tropical Livestock Unit (TLU) | + |
TLU_CAPITA | TLU per capita | + |
TLU_ADE | TLU per adult equivalent | + |
Radio | Does the household have a radio? (1 yes, 0 no) | + |
MOBILEPH | Does the household head have a mobile phone? (1 yes, 0 no) | + |
DSTWOREDA | Distance from the house to Woreda (District) town (walking minutes) | – |
DSTMARKT | Distance from the house to nearby market (walking minutes) | − |
TOTLANDS | Total landholding per household (ha) | + |
LAND_CAPITA | Landholding per capita | + |
LAND_EAFM | Landholding per economically active family member | + |
LAND_ADEQ | Land per adult equivalent | + |
RLINKBL | Number of relatives in the kebele | ± |
RLOUTKBL | Number of relatives outside the kebele | ± |
FRINKBL | Number of friends in the kebele | ± |
FROUTKBL | Number of friends outside the kebele | ± |
VIISITDA | Number of times that the Development Agent (DA) visited a household | + |
MEMCELL | Does a household head member of ‘Cell’? (1 yes, 0 no) | ± |
MEMLIQA | Is household head member of ‘Liqa’? (1 yes, 0 no) | ± |
MEMEDIR | Is household head member of ‘Edir’ (1 yes, 0 no) | + |
SENBETE | Is household head member of ‘Senbete’? (1 yes, 0 no) | + |
TRAINING | Did household head get training from over the last year? (1 yes, 0 no) | + |