Table 3.

Description of the explanatory variables used in the model.

Choices (j)	Adaptation strategies	Description and unit of measurement
1.	NO	No climate change adaptation (NO)
2.	SWCP + VAR	Soil and water conservation and planting trees (SWCP) + Crop variety (VAR) (new variety, drought tolerant, resistant to disease, short season)
3.	SWCP + VAR + IRR	SWCP + VAR + Irrigation (IRR)
4.	SWCP + VAR + DIVIN	SWCP + VAR + Diversification into off + non-farm income (DIVIN)
5.	VAR + DIVIN	VAR + DIVIN
6.	VAR + IRR + DIVIN	VAR + IRR + DIVIN

Independent Variables	Description and unit of measurement	Expected sign
Sex	binary, 1 if the head is male and 0 if female	+/-
Age	continuous, age of household head in years	+
Education	continuous, education level of household head in years	+
Famlysize	continuous, family size of the household in adult equivalent	+
Income	continuous, total annual income of the household head in ETB	+
Landsize	continuous, land size owned by the household head in hectare (ha)	+
Livestk	continuous, livestock hold by the household head in TLU	+
Wealth	categorical, community based relative wealth category of the household head (1 = better-off, 2 = less poor, 3 = poor)	+
Extension	binary, 1 if the head has access to extension services, 0 therwise	+
Cooprmem	binary, 1 if the head has access to formal cooperatives, 0 therwise	+
Credit	binary, 1 if the head has access to credit, 0 therwise	+
Mktdista	continuous, distance from the nearest market (town) in km	-
Ecology	binary, 1 if the head is from arid, 0 therwise	+/-
Perception	binary, 1 if the head perceive climate change and 0 otherwise	+