Rural Household Perception of Drought Occurrence and Its Influence on Livelihood Strategy in Northeast Ethiopia

Table 2

Respondents’ demographic characteristics.

Demographic characteristics	Dega (N = 118)		Woina-Dega (N = 118)		Kolla (N = 118)		Total (N = 354)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Male	74	62.7	68	57.6	76	64.4	218	61.6
Female	44	37.3	50	42.4	42	35.6	136	38.4
Age
<25	7	5.9	6	5.1	9	7.6	22	6.2
25–35	44	37.3	48	41	43	36.4	135	38.1
36–45	25	21.2	18	15	26	22.1	69	19.5
46–55	11	9.3	13	11	14	11.9	38	10.7
56–65	20	16.9	24	20.3	19	16.1	63	17.8
>65	11	9.3	9	7.6	7	5.9	27	7.6
Education
Illiterate	81	68.6	74	62.7	64	54.2	219	61.9
Read and write	21	17.8	25	21.2	27	22.9	73	20.6
Grade 1–4	13	11	15	12.7	21	17.8	49	13.8
Grade 5–8	3	2.5	4	3.4	6	5.1	13	3.7
Grade 9–12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Marital status
Single	4	3.4	4	3.4	6	5.1	14	3.9
Married	96	81.4	86	72.9	82	69.5	264	74.6
Divorced	9	7.6	12	10.2	13	11	34	9.6
Widowed	9	7.6	16	13.5	17	14.4	42	11.9
Family size
<3	32	27.1	28	23.7	22	18.6	82	23.2
3–6	35	29.7	39	33.1	43	36.4	117	33
7–10	34	28.8	33	28	38	32.2	105	29.7
>10	17	14.4	18	15.2	15	12.7	50	14.1