Skip to main content

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 9 Difference in anthropometric variables among livelihood categories and members of households (values are mean ± standard deviation)

From: Traditional gender inequalities limit pastoral women’s opportunities for adaptation to climate change: Evidence from the Afar pastoralists of Ethiopia

 

Livelihood Category

Household members

Agrarian

Pastoral

Agro-pastoral

Husband

Wife

Son

Daughter

Age

21.93 ± 16.81

19.20 ± 18.14

23.14 ± 16.48*

45.36 ± 13.77**

33.93 ± 11.99*

2.7 ± 6.6

8.19 ± 4.82

Height

1.49 ± 1.41

2.77 ± 13.62**

1.49 ± 1.11

1.61 ± 0.14

2.83 ± 13.51*

1.28 ± 1.18

2.32 ± 10.29

Weight

36.72 ± 16.20

33.38 ± 20.05

36.51 ± 16.91

56.75 ± 6.45*

46.33 ± 6.30

22.94 ± 17.18

23.55 ± 11.88

BMI

18.31 ± 4.07

17.75 ± 10.01

18.51 ± 8.38

22.66 ± 8.54**

19.30 ± 4.05*

16.61 ± 11.27

15.70 ± 4.41

  1. *,**Values across rows are significantly different (P < 0.01) and (P < 0.001) respectively