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Table 2 Socio-economic characteristics of sample households by household type

From: Impacts of Prosopis juliflora invasion on livelihoods of pastoral and agro-pastoral households of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia

Pre-interv. variables

Invaded N = (250)

Non-invaded N = (200)

Sample household N = (450)

Means difference

t value

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

AGEHH

42.490

10.208

38.58

11.004

40.545

10.777

3.91

−0.796

−3.694***

Family size age between 15 and 64

3.411

1.802

2.970

1.756

3.192

1.791

0.441

0.047

−2.484**

DISROAD

1.840

2.421

2.475

4.027

2.155

3.330

−0.635

−1.606

1.918*

DISMKT

3.824

3.872

13.736

5.618

8.756

6.914

−9.912

−1.746

20.614***

FARMEXPHH

26.109

10.902

20.135

8.210

23.137

10.098

5.974

2.692

−6.202***

TOTHH

6.302

2.496

6.270

2.254

6.286

2.376

0.032

0.242

−0.135NS

DEPENRATIO

1.030

0.072

1.056

0.075

−0.026

−0.003

1.288

1.051

2.678***

HH size in AE

5.578

2.152

5.407

1.894

5.493

2.027

0.171

0.258

−0.843NS

TOTALAND

2.621

2.369

2.148

2.211

5.493

2.027

0.474

0.158

−2.073**

TLU

5.033

3.214

4.610

3.271

4.820

3.246

0.423

0.057

1.308NS

  1. Source: own survey data, 2015
  2. *, ** and *** mean significant at the 10%, 5% and 1% probability levels, respectively
  3. Not significant (NS)