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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of dependent and independent variables

From: Factors affecting farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to perceived trends of declining rainfall and crop productivity in the central Rift valley of Ethiopia

Strategies/independent variables

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Standard deviation

Adaptation strategies

 Enset expansion (ENSEXP)

0

1

0.22

0.49

 Chat expansion (CHATEXP)

0

1

0.30

0.45

 Eucalyptus expansion (EUCALEXP)

0

1

0.50

0.50

 Change in crop variety (CCVA)

0

1

0.21

0.41

 Adjusting planting date (APLDATE)

0

1

0.15

0.14

 Dry ploughing/planting (DRYPLT)

0

1

0.26

0.12

 Diversifying off-farm income (DIVI)

0

1

0.29

0.31

Coping strategies

 Accessing credit (CREDIT)

0

1

0.15

0.13

 Selling livestock (LIVE)

0

1

0.63

0.48

 Accessing relief (RELIEF)

0

1

0.36

0.45

 Migration (MIGATE)

0

1

0.58

0.46

Independent variables

 GENDER

0

1

0.80

0.25

 AGE

16

82

44.9

13.21

 MSTAT

0

3

1.1

0.41

 EDUC

0

3

0.89

1.01

 FEXPR

2

65

29.35

13.13

 RLGN

1

4

1.81

0.52

 ETHINI

1

3

1.82

0.90

 NFAML

1

16

6.20

2.33

 FAMADE

1.02

14.03

5.51

2.05

 EAFM

1

10

3.36

1.69

 EDFM

0

8

2.84

1.86

 OX

0

6

1.42

1.06

 COWS

0

15

1.32

1.42

 OLIVES

1

12

1.49

1.63

 SHANDGOT

0

16

2.38

2.88

 DONKEY

0

6

0.43

0.76

 TLU

0

26.62

3.70

2.97

 TLU_CAPITA

0

3.46

0.63

0.50

 TLU_ADE

0

3.75

0.71

0.55

 RADIO

0

1

0.61

0.48

 MOBILEPH

0

1

0.15

0.34

 DSTWOREDA

0

240

86.00

56.80

 DSTMARKT

0

150

43.54

31.35

 TOTLANDS

0.13

8

1.1

0.91

 LAND_CAPITA

0.30

1.33

0.19

0.15

 LAND_EAFM

0.06

4

0.38

0.37

 LAND_ADEQ

0.03

1.61

0.21

0.17

 RLINKBL

1

5

3.77

1.42

 RLOUTKBL

1

5

1.80

1.10

 FRINKBL

1

5

3.40

1.42

 FROUTKBL

1

5

1.45

0.84

 VIISITDA

0

3

1.80

1.76

 MEMCELL

0

1

0.62

0.49

 MEMLIQA

0

1

0.31

0.46

 MEMEDIR

0

1

0.85

0.35

 SENBETE

0

1

0.13

0.33

 TRAINING

0

1

0.60

0.50