Table 2.

Mean values of outcomes and predictors by region for the community-level analysis.

Variable	Full	Cañar/ Chimborazo	Loja
Outcomes
Change in NDVI x10, 2000–08	2.56	3.93	0.65
Change in EVI x10, 2000–08	2.95	4.47	0.82
Predictors
Ratio of migrants/nonmigrants, 2000–08 (%)	0.30	0.28	0.32
Mean annual precipitation (cm)	100	78	129
CV of monthly precipitations (%)	6.97	5.14	9.51
Experienced drought, 2000–08 (0/1)	0.23	0.28	0.15
Mean annual temperature (°C)	16.8	13.3	21.7
SD of monthly temperatures (°C)	3.01	3.24	2.69
Mean land slope, 2000 (%)	16.9	15.9	18.3
SD of land slope, 2000 (%)	7.18	7.33	6.97
Mean farm size, 2008 (ha)	3.03	2.21	4.17
Maize cultivated, 2000 (0/1)	0.83	0.77	0.91
Coffee cultivated, 2000 (0/1)	0.18	0.00	0.42
Potatoes cultivated, 2000 (0/1)	0.44	0.75	0.00
Peanuts cultivated, 2000 (0/1)	0.27	0.00	0.64
Population size, 2000 (#)	302	457	87
Mean education, 2000 (years)	4.70	3.97	5.70
Rare transport interruptions, 2000–2008 (0/1)1	0.11	0.15	0.07
Occasional transport interruptions, 2000–08 (0/1)	0.32	0.20	0.49
Regular transport interruptions, 2000–08 (0/1)	0.36	0.41	0.29
Frequent transport interruptions, 2000–08 (0/1)	0.20	0.24	0.15
NDVI x10, 2000	0.77	−0.06	1.92
EVI x10, 2000	0.84	0.15	1.81
Ncommunities	78	34	44

¹Reference category