Variable description | Factor scoring | Mean | Standard deviation | |
Exposure index |
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Frequency of extreme events | Number of extreme events | 0.616 | 5.000 | 1.099 |
Minimum temperature | Rate of change in average minimum temperature | −0.533 | 0.038 | 0.019 |
Maximum temperature | Rate of change in average minimum temperature | −0.340 | 0.025 | 0.017 |
Change in rainfall | Rate of change in average minimum temperature | 0.470 | 0.170 | 0.340 |
Sensitivity index |
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Soil fertility | Perception of households regarding their soil fertility, dummy variable 1 = good and 0 = bad | −0.632 | 0.513 | 0.501 |
Experience of crop failure | Experience with crop failure over the last 5 years past 2009, dummy variable, 1 = yes, 0 = no | 0.586 | 1.733 | 0.444 |
Change in land degradation | Perception of households regarding change in degraded land, categorical variable 1 = decrease, 2 = no change, 3 = increase | 0.508 | 2.160 | 0.868 |
Adaptive capacity index |
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Technical assistance | Access to technical assistance, dummy variable 1 = yes, 0 = no | 0.286 | 0.780 | 0.416 |
Farm income | Total farm income in Kwacha | 0.607 | 8259.97 | 15629.63 |
Change in area cultivated | Perception of households regarding change in area cultivated, categorical variable, 1 = decrease, 2 = no change, 3 = increase | 0.414 | 2.093 | 0.822 |
Education of household head | Education of the household head, categorical variable, 1 = none, 2 = primary, 3 = secondary | 0.451 | 1.953 | 0.606 |
Family size | Family size, number | −0.064 | 4.607 | 1.996 |
Roof type | Roof type with leaves, dummy, 1 = yes, 0 = no | 0.414 | 1.209 | 0.408 |