Table 1.
Descriptive results of key explanatory variables.
| Pre-COVID-19 (2019) |
Post-COVID-19 (2020) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Male headed households | 0.82(0.37) | 0.81(0.36) |
| Age of head (years) | 49.68(14.88) | 49.40(14.24) |
| Education of head (years) | 8.21(5.89) | 8.81(5.93) |
| Family size (number) | 6.33(3.84) | 5.89(3.32) |
| Value of assets (PPP USD) | 1678.41(3370.92) | NA |
| Urban households | 0.39(0.49) | NA |
| Poor households (poorest asset tercile = 1) | 0.20(0.40) | NA |
| Households living in North East Nigeria | 0.17(0.38) | NA |
| Distance to main road (km) | 5.37(6.05) | NA |
| Livelihood (income) sources during the last 12 monthsa | ||
| Farming /agriculture | 0.77(0.42) | NA |
| Non-farm business | 0.64(0.48) | NA |
| Wage employment | 0.34(0.47) | NA |
| Remittances and assistances | 0.26(0.44) | NA |
| No. observations | 1,882 | 1,882 |
Notes: This table presents descriptive statistics associated with our final sample. Values out of parenthesis are means while values in parenthesis are standard deviations. NA stands for “Not Available”.
a
We note that households were asked to mention multiple sources of livelihood and hence choices are not mutually exclusive.
Source: Authors' calculations based on Nigeria LSMS-ISA 2019 and 2020 rounds. Sample weights have been applied.