Ethiopian Rural Household Survey 1989-2009

Ethiopia, 1989 - 2009

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ETH_1989-2009_ERHS_v01_M

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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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Describe reason - Reason 2 (q19_7b)

Data file: ERHS 1994a_r1p1s9

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

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Categories

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

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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