The Impact of Rural Livelihood Diversification on Household Poverty: Evidence from Jimma Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Variables and work hypothesis summary table.

Dependent variables		Dummy variables (1 = if household livelihood activities are diversified; 0 = if non-diversified)
Outcome variable		Dummy (HH poverty status 1 = if poor, 0 = if not poor)
Independent variables
Variable	Variable type	Variable definition/measurement	Expected sign
AGE HHD	Continuous	Age of household head measured in years	+ve
SEX HHD	Dummy	Sex of household head representing 1, male; 0, female	+ve
FAM SIZE	Continuous	Number of family members in a household	+ve
DEPENDRT	Continuous	The ratio of (children under the age of 15 and old age of above 65 to the active labor force)	−ve
EDU	Continuous	Education level of household head in the year of schooling	+ve
LAND	Continuous	Land size owned in hectares	−ve
TLU	Continuous	Total livestock ownership in tropical livestock unit	−ve
DISMAK	Continuous	Distance from house to nearest local market measured by kilometer	+ve
CREDIT	Dummy	Access to credit service, 1 if the household received; 0 otherwise	+ve
EXTENSION	Continuous	Frequency of extension contact of days within a month	+ve
OFFF INC	Continuous	Annual income get from off-farm activities in ETB	+ve
NON INC	Continuous	Annual income get from non-farm activities in ETB	+ve

Field survey (2019).