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

Table 4

Descriptive statistics of dummy variables of household characteristics.

	0 = Otherwise	24	9.95	79	32.78	103	42.74	40.185
Access to credit service	1 = Yes	89	36.93	56	23.23	145	60.17	30.695
	0 = No	24	9.95	72	29.87	96	39.83
Variable	Category of variables	Irrigation user		Nonirrigation user		Total		Chi2-test/
		Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Sex hhh	Male	96	39.83	83	34.44	179	74.27	12.704
	Female	17	7.05	45	18.67	62	25.73
Education level hhh	1 = Literate	87	36.09	47	19.50	134	55.60	39.430
	0 = Illiterate	26	10.78	81	30.61	107	44.40
Soil fertility land	1 = Fertile	88	36.51	55	22.82	143	59.34	30.309
	0 = Unfertile	25	10.37	73	30.29	98	40.66
Off-farm	1 = Participate	88	36.51	46	19.08	134	55.60	42.760
	0 = Otherwise	25	10.37	82	34.02	107	44.40
Training irrigation	1 = Access to train	89	36.93	49	20.33	138	57.26