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. | Positive |
2 | Age of the household head | AGE | Age of household head in years given in continuous variables (1, 2, 3, …) | Positive |
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 | Negative |
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 | Access to credit | CREDIT | A dummy variable, which takes 1 if a household access 0 other wise | Positive |
6 | Tropical livestock unit of holding | TLU | It is a continuous variable and measured by Tropical Livestock Unit (TLU Size of livestock owned by HHHs | Positive |
7 | Annual Income | INCOM | It is a Continuous variable and income generated by the household annually (in birr) | Positive |
8 | Annual Expenditure | EXP | It is a Continuous variable and different expense incurred by the household annually (in birr) | Negative |
9 | Distance from the nearest market | DISMARKT | It is a continuous variable designating HHs proximity to the nearest market center measured in kilometer. | Negative |
10 | Distance from the nearest financial Institution | DISFIN | It is a continuous variable designating HHs proximity to the nearest Financial institution measured in kilometer | Negative |
11 | 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 |