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Table 1 Baseline socio-economic characteristics of sample households in rural Wolaita, Ethiopia

From: Performance of an adapted household food insecurity access scale in measuring seasonality in household food insecurity in rural Ethiopia: a cohort analysis

Characteristics (N = 473)

Category

# (%)

Household size

8+

120 (25.4)

5–7

217 (45.9)

<=4

136 (28.7)

Livestock (#)

 Cattle

0

91 (19.2)

1

126 (26.6)

2

127 (26.8)

3

55 (11.6)

> = 4

74 (15.6)

 Calves

0

151 (31.9)

1

195 (41.2)

> = 2

127 (26.8)

 Chickens

0

175 (37.0)

1–2

132 (28.0)

3–4

120 (25.3)

> = 5

46 (9.7)

 Goats

0

310 (65.5)

> = 1

163 (34.5)

 Sheep

0

354 (74.8)

> = 1

119 (25.2)

 Donkeys

0

367 (77.6)

> = 1

106 (22.4)