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Table 1 Description and summary of the variables used in the econometric models

From: Consumption smoothing and price enhancement motives for grain storage: empirical perspectives from rural Ethiopia

Variables

Description

Mean (std. dev)

2011-2012

2013-2014

Household characteristics

   

 Male headed

=1 if head is male; 0 if female

0.83

0.81

 Formal school

=1 if the head attends school; 0 otherwise

0.31

0.32

 Age of head

Age of the head in years

44.81 (15.09)

46.18 (14.59)

 Household size

Number of household members

5.355 (2.22)

5.391 (2.24)

 Livestock holding

Tropical livestock units (TLU)

3.819 (3.61)

4.153 (4.46)

 Farm size

Size of cultivated land (ha)

1.598 (6.92)

1.742 (4.12)

 Area under maize

Are allocated for maize (ha)

0.313 (0.97)

0.375 (1.90)

 Credit access

=1 if access credit; 0 otherwise

0.243

0.240

 Non-agribusiness

=1 if owns non-farm business; 0 otherwise

0.215

0.277

 Improved seed

=1 if used improved seed; 0 otherwise

0.186

0.236

Climatic factors and economic environment

  

 Distance to road

Distance to major road (km)

17.17 (19.14)

16.80 (18.61)

 Distance to market

Distance to nearest market (km)

65.63 (47.59)

66.24 (51.24)

 Distance to zone capital

Distance to administration center (km)

166.9 (124.3)

164.7 (117.6)

 Annual temperature

Mean annual temperature (°C)

19.78 (2.88)

19.79 (2.92)

 Temp. wet. quarter

Mean temperature of wettest quarter (°C)

19.36 (2.94)

19.37 (2.98)

 Total rainfall

Annual total rainfall (mm)

760.5 (232.9)

1621.8 (225.9)

Historical rainfall

Historical average rainfall (2001-2013) (mm)

886.54 (248.1)

947.03(248.8)

 Rainfall wet. quarter

Total rainfall of wettest quarter (mm)

425.4 (140.1)

758.2 (87.74)

Shocks

  

 Production shocks

=1 if reports any production shock

0.010

0.007

 Price shocks

=1 if reports any price shock

0.026

0.022

 Health shocks

=1 if reports any health shock

0.091

0.051

 Sample size (N)

Number of observations

1393

1541