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

Pastoralism

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Table 4 Socio-economic characteristics of sample households by household type

Pre-interv. variables	Description	Invaded		Non-invaded		Total		χ ² value
		(N = 250)		(N = 200)		(N = 450)
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
SEXHH	MALE	220	88	164	82	384	85	2.963*
SEXHH	FEMALE	30	12	36	18	66	15	2.963*
EDUHH	Illiterate	200	80	132	66	332	73	10.311***
	Literate	50	20	68	34	118	27	10.311***
	Yes	71	28.4	145	72.50	216	50.45	25.604^***
	No	179	71.6	94	46.50	273	59.05
CREDITACC	Yes	103	41.2	68	33.66	171	37.43	2.153NS
CREDITACC	No	147	58.8	132	65.35	279	62.08	2.153NS
DRTEF	Yes	175	70	190	94.06	365	82.03	43.879***
DRTEF	No	75	30	10	4.95	85	17.475	43.879***
Number of food secured people	Food secure	126	50.4	81	40.5	207	45.45	4.048**
Number of food secured people	Not food secure	124	49.6	119	59.5	243	54.55	4.048**
SAFTYNT	Yes	161	64.4	102	50.5	263	57.45	7.346***
SAFTYNT	No	89	35.6	98	48.51	187	42.06	7.346***
IRRGTN	Yes	22	8.8	56	27.72	78	18.26	24.383***
IRRGTN	No	228	91.2	144	71.29	372	81.25	24.383***

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