Influence of Small-Scale Irrigation on Livelihoods of Rural Farm Households in the Case of Legehida District, Ethiopia

Table 2

Types of variable, measurement, and hypothesis expectation.

Types of variable	Description	Measurement	Hypothesis expectation
Dependent variable
PSSI/participation in small-scale irrigation	Dummy, the status of participation in small-scale irrigation	1 = Participation on irrigation	+
Outcome variable
Income	Continuous, income earned from irrigation production and livestock rearing	ETB
Food security	Continuous, food calorie intake per day	AE
Independent/explanatory variable
AHH	Continuous, the age of household head of years old	Year	−
SHH	Dummy, gender of household head	1 = male; 0 = otherwise	+
FSHH	Continuous, family size of the household	Number	+
DPRHH	Continuous, dependency ratio of household	Determine in age	+/−
EDSHH	Dummy, the educational status of a household	1 = Literate; 0 = Illiterate	+
TCLHH	Continuous, total cultivated land holding size	Hectare	+
SFHH	Dummy, soil fertility status of land	1 = Fertile; 0 = Otherwise	+
TLUHH	Continuous, total livestock holding size	TLU	+
EOFF	Dummy, engage in off-farm	1 = Participation in off-farm; 0 = Otherwise	+
DMKTHH	Continuous, distance of market to household home	Km	−/+
DFTCHH	Continuous, distance of FTC to household home	Km	−
TRIIRHH	Dummy, training on the issue of irrigation	1 = Access to train and 0 = Otherwise	+
ACRSHH	Dummy, the level of access to credit service	1 = Yes; 0 = Otherwise	+