Model variables definition
| Name of variables | Definition |
|---|---|
| Women’s participation in micro-business | Dummy dependent variable; 1 if women engage in a registered micro-business, 0 if she engages in an unregistered micro-business |
| Age of operators | Continuous variable expressed in years |
| Educational attainment | Categorical variable 1 = illiterate, 2 = 1–8 years of formal education, 3 = 9–12 years of formal education, 4 = 1–2 years of skill training, 5 = three years of college diploma and. 6 = a bachelor's degree or higher |
| Marital status | Categorical variable 1 = married, 2 = single, 3 = divorced, 4 = widowed |
| Number of dependents | Individuals from women's families aged fewer than 15 and over 65, a continuous variable expressed in numbers |
| Hours/day | Continuous variable expressed as the number of hours women worked on their businesses |
| Days/week | Continuous variable expressed as the number of hours women worked on their businesses |
| Credit usage | Dummy variable, 1 if women received a credit within a year, 0 otherwise |
| Remittance | Dummy variable, 1 if women received other income from internal or external sources within a year, 0 otherwise |
| Savings | Dummy variable 1 = if surveyed women have a savings account and save money, 0 = otherwise |
| Entrepreneurial experience | Continuous variable expressed in years |
| Firms age | Continuous variable expressed in years |
| Food, nonfood, and overall annual adult expenditure | Outcome variables expressed in Ethiopian Birr |
| Name of variables | Definition |
|---|---|
| Women’s participation in micro-business | Dummy dependent variable; 1 if women engage in a registered micro-business, 0 if she engages in an unregistered micro-business |
| Age of operators | Continuous variable expressed in years |
| Educational attainment | Categorical variable 1 = illiterate, 2 = 1–8 years of formal education, 3 = 9–12 years of formal education, 4 = 1–2 years of skill training, 5 = three years of college diploma and. 6 = a bachelor's degree or higher |
| Marital status | Categorical variable 1 = married, 2 = single, 3 = divorced, 4 = widowed |
| Number of dependents | Individuals from women's families aged fewer than 15 and over 65, a continuous variable expressed in numbers |
| Hours/day | Continuous variable expressed as the number of hours women worked on their businesses |
| Days/week | Continuous variable expressed as the number of hours women worked on their businesses |
| Credit usage | Dummy variable, 1 if women received a credit within a year, 0 otherwise |
| Remittance | Dummy variable, 1 if women received other income from internal or external sources within a year, 0 otherwise |
| Savings | Dummy variable 1 = if surveyed women have a savings account and save money, 0 = otherwise |
| Entrepreneurial experience | Continuous variable expressed in years |
| Firms age | Continuous variable expressed in years |
| Food, nonfood, and overall annual adult expenditure | Outcome variables expressed in Ethiopian Birr |
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