Rural household perception and adaptation strategies to climate change and variability: in the case of Libo-kemkem Woreda, Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 1 Variables hypothesized to affect adaptation decisions by farmers in the Study area

Variable label	Description and measurement	Variable type	Expected sign
Agro-ecology	1, if location (agro-ecology zone) is Woina Dega, 0 otherwise	Dummy	+
Sex	1, if the household head is male; 0, otherwise	Dummy	+
Educ	1, if the household head is literate 0, otherwise	Dummy	+
Age	Age of household head in years	Continuous	+
Fam_size	Number of people in the household, measured in number	Discrete	+
Offarm	Annual income in Birr from off/non-farm activities	Continuous	+
Onfarm	Annual income in Birr from on farm activities	Continuous	+
Farm size	Farm size of household head in hectares	Continuous	+
Extension service	Extension service experience of the household head	Continuous	+