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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Implications of food-for-work programs for consumption and production diversity: Evidence from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia

 

All years

2001

2003

2006

2010

Mean

FFW = 1

FFW = 0

FFW = 1

FFW = 0

FFW = 1

FFW = 0

FFW = 1

FFW = 0

FFW = 1

FFW = 0

Age of household head (years)

54.05 (14.59)

52.01

55.94***

50.45

56.04***

51.80

54.55*

53.79

56.76*

52.30

56.76***

Female-headed household (0/1)

0.28 (0.45)

0.22

0.33***

0.22

0.34**

0.21

0.32**

0.21

0.38***

0.23

0.31*

Education of head (0/1)

0.31 (0.46)

0.32

0.30

0.38

0.27**

0.26

0.37**

0.36

0.28

0.25

0.27

Adult female labor (#)

1.37 (0.85)

1.51

1.24***

1.48

1.14***

1.42

1.26*

1.59

1.22***

1.54

1.31***

Adult male labor (#)

1.39 (1.13)

1.58

1.22***

1.53

1.22**

1.56

1.24***

1.72

1.09***

1.55

1.29**

Children (#)

2.10 (1.61)

2.41

1.82***

2.76

1.92***

2.66

2.17***

1.88

1.26***

2.32

1.80***

Land area owned (Tsimdi)a

4.61 (3.41)

4.39

4.81**

4.51

4.60

4.64

4.86

4.35

4.60

4.15

5.04**

Livestock (TLUs)b

3.17 (3.31)

3.14

3.19

4.12

4.38

2.64

2.66

2.74

2.57

2.78

3.43**

Off-farm income (0/1)

0.50 (0.50)

0.50

0.50

0.77

0.76

0.38

0.37

0.41

0.48

0.36

0.47**

Number of observations

1426

741

685

203

140

117

227

156

159

209

215

  1. a1 Tsimdi = 0.25 ha; bTropical livestock units (calculated based on Ayalew et al. 2003). * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%