Table 4 Respondent Asset and Assistance Based Coping Strategies in Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia, 2017
From: Household food insecurity and coping strategies among pensioners in Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia
Type of Coping Strategies | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Borrowing money to buy food | 207 | 51.9 |
Receiving donation from relatives or friends | 176 | 44 |
Migrate household member to the nearby town for wage labor | 173 | 43.4 |
Selling household assets | 123 | 30.8 |
Buy food on credit basis | 78 | 19.5 |
Send children to work | 45 | 11.3 |
Selling wood | 25 | 6.3 |
Selling household livestock | 21 | 5.3 |
Selling charcoal | 13 | 3.3 |
Petty trading | 9 | 2.3 |
Begging | 7 | 1.75 |