| No | Variable name | Variable code | Definition and unit of measurement | Hypothesis |
| 1 | Sex of the household head | SEX | Sex is a dummy variable assigned one if a head is male and 0 otherwise. | Negative |
| 2 | Age of the household head | AGE | Age of household head in years given in continuous variables (1, 2, 3, …) | Negative |
| 3 | Total family size in the household | FAMLSIZ | Total number of household members takes the value of (1, 2, 3, …). It is a continuous variable | Positive |
| 4 | Education status of the household head | EDUCHH | It is a continuous variable measured in education level of household (quantified by number of years of schooling) | Positive |
| 5 | Dependency ratio of the household | DPRHH | It is a continuous variable measured in percent a No of children below 15 years and aged persons above 65 years of age in a HH given in values as 0, 1, 2, 3, … | Positive |
| 6 | Access to credit | CREDIT | A dummy variable, which takes 1 if a household access 0 other wise | Positive |
| 7 | Tropical livestock unit of holding | TLU | It is a continuous variable and measured by Tropical Livestock Unit (TLU Size of livestock owned by HHHs | Negative |
| 8 | Asset Value | ASSET | It is a Continuous variable and estimated value of all the physical assets (except land) owned by a household (in birr) | Positive |
| 9 | Membership of Cooperative | MEMCOP | A dummy variable, which takes 1 if a household participate in cooperative 0 other wise | Positive |
| 10 | Access to Mass Media | MEDIA | A dummy variable, which takes 1 if a household access 0 otherwise | Positive |
| 11 | Access to Veterinary extension service | ACCEXT | A dummy variable, It refers to extension agent contact with farmers which takes 1 if a household access 0 otherwise | Positive |
| 12 | Distance from the nearest market | DISMARKT | It is a continuous variable designating HHs proximity to the nearest market center measured in kilometre. | Negative |
| 13 | Access to electricity | ACCELCT | A dummy variable, which takes 1 if a household access 0 otherwise | positive |
| 14 | Access to Irrigation | IRRGT | A dummy variable, which takes 1 if a household access 0 otherwise | Positive |
| 15 | Total farm land size | FLNDSZ | Land size owned by the household in hectares local unit takes the value of (1, 2, 3, …). It is a continuous variable | Negative |
| 16 | Access to Rangeland | RNGLND | A dummy variable, which takes 1 if a household access 0 otherwise | Negative |