Variables

How variables were coded

Determinants of causes of deforestation

Gender

Education

Forest guard services

Forest-dependent income

Household size

Access to weather information

Alternative livelihood

Cost of inputs

High temperature and low rainfall

Poor farm yield

1 = male, 2 = female

1 = literate, 2 = illiterate

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = low, 2 = high, 3 = not sure

1 = good, 2 = poor access, 3 = no access

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = high, 2 = low, 3 = moderate, 4 = don’t know

1 = high, 2 = low, 3 = moderate, 4 = don’t know

Livelihood economic activity

Charcoal business

Hunting

Agriculture

Trading

Wood logging

Awareness of deforestation

Direct causes of deforestation

Charcoal burns

Farming

Over grazing

Wood logging

1 = high, 2 = low, 3 = moderate, 4 = don’t know

1 = high, 2 = low, 3 = moderate, 4 = don’t know

1 = high, 2 = low, 3 = moderate, 4 = don’t know

1 = high, 2 = low, 3 = moderate, 4 = don’t know

1 = high, 2 = low, 3 = moderate, 4 = don’t know

1 = yes, 2 = no

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

Indirect causes of deforestation

Population growth

High illiteracy rate

Poverty

Lack of alternative livelihood

Poor government policies

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure

1 = yes, 2 = no, 3 = not sure