Ethiopian Rural Household Survey 1989-2009

Ethiopia, 1989 - 2009

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eth-csae-erhs-1989-2009-v1

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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Centre for the study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University (AAU)

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Oct 15, 2012

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Data file: ERHS 1994a_r1p1s9

Overview

Valid: 70

Invalid: 4023

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 29

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Rain failure (Belg;Meher;Meher&Belg)/Unreliablility	2	2.9%
2	Crop damage by pests/Natural disaster (flood, wind,...)	2	2.9%
3	Population increase/large family size (too many children)	9	12.9%
4	Poor soil quality/erosion	2	2.9%
5	Lack of off-farm employment/income opportunities	0	0%
6	Insufficient food stocks	1	1.4%
7	Shortage of arable land/landlessness	7	10%
8	Lack of oxen, other livestock/farm tools	14	20%
9	Lack of seeds (improved/local) and fertilizer	18	25.7%
10	Better rains/Better crops	0	0%
11	Not yet recovered from previous drought	0	0%
13	Experience/recovery from previous drought	0	0%
14	Ownership of oxen, livestock/farm tools	0	0%
15	Improved market supply	1	1.4%
16	Hard work	0	0%
17	High market price of grain/food/fertilizer	2	2.9%
18		11	15.7%
19	Reduced pressure from loca/PA authorities (No AMC quota)	0	0%
20	Have backyard gardening	0	0%
21	Old age/Poor health	0	0%
29	Other	1	1.4%
Sysmiss		4023

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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