Table 1

Coarsening choices of the covariates

GroupCovariatesCoarsening strategyNotes
By household (HH) head characteristicsHH head age (years)20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 54, 59, 64, 69, 8013 bins: 20–23 = 0, 24–27 = 1, 28–31 = 2, 32–35 = 3, 36–39 = 4, 40–43 = 5, 44–47 = 6, 48–53 = 7, 54–58 = 8, 59–63 = 9, 64–68 = 10, 69–79 = 11, 80–99 = 12
HH head education (years)0, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11,137 bins: 0 = 0, 2–4 = 1, 5 = 2, 6–9 = 3, 10 = 4, 11–12 = 5, 13–19 = 6
HH head sex (dummy)0, 11 = male, 0 = female
HH head separated (dummy)0, 11 = yes, 0 = other
By household characteristicsCultivable land (acres)0, 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 81, 101, 201, 50112 bins: 0 = 0, 1–10 = 1, 11–20 = 2, 21–30 = 3, 31–40 = 4, 41–50 = 5, 51–60 = 6, 61–80 = 7, 81–100 = 8, 101–200 = 9, 201–500 = 10, 501–3,960 = 11
HH size1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 77 bins: 1–2 = 0, 2 = 1, 3 = 2, 4 = 3, 5 = 4, 6 = 5, 7–17 = 6
Medical status (dummy)0, 11 = suffered, 0 = other
Earning status (dummy)0, 11 = earns, 0 = other
SSN status (dummy)0, 11 = receives, 0 = no
Current residential location (dummy)0, 11 = urban, 0 = rural
Fishing (dummy)0, 11 = yes, 0 = no
Forestry (dummy)0, 11 = yes, 0 = no
Religion (dummy) [1 = Hindu, 0 = other]0, 11 = yes, 0 = other

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