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Table 4 Summary of variables used to construct a ‘Drought Resilience Index’ (DRI)
Variable | Camel households | Non-camel households | Hypothesized sign | Component loading | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. | |||
Number of alternative sources of income | 0.920 | 0.788 | 1.060 | 0.774 | + | 0.616 |
Proportion of off-farm income to total income | 0.260 | 0.353 | 0.440 | 0.381 | + | 0.592 |
Meals consumed per day in times of scarcity | 1.470 | 0.504 | 1.430 | 0.450 | + | 0.257 |
Proportion of food consumed in scarcity | 0.660 | 0.726 | 0.540 | 0.471 | + | 0.165 |
Months of scarcity | 5.000 | 4.847 | 5.890 | 4.622 | – | 0.422 |