Table 2 Description of the 14 socioeconomic variables gathered from 483 informants in 10 communities of Amazonian Peru and Bolivia
Independent variable | Variable type | Levels |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Nominal | 1) Men; 2) Women |
Age | Continuous | Between 18 and 91 years |
Ethnicity | Nominal | 1) Indigenous; 2) Mestizo |
Size of family (number of children) | Continuous | Between 0 and 18 |
Education (years) | Continuous | Between 0 and 16 years |
Languages spoken | Nominal | 1) Only native language; 2) Only Spanish; 3) Native language and Spanish |
Migratory status | Ordinal | 1) Non-migrant; 2) Migrant from other ethnic group in the same ecoregion; 3) Migrant from other ecoregion |
Time in residence (years) | Continuous | Between 0.17 and 85 years |
Farm animals | Ordinal | 1) No animals; 2) Subsistence livestock; 3) Commercial livestock |
Farm size (ha) | Continuous | Between 0 and 10 ha |
Tools | Ordinal | 1) Low cost (e.g. machetes, axes, bows and arrows, fishhooks, traditional agricultural tools); 2) Average cost (e.g. fishing-nets, carts, shotguns/rifles, plow, mechanical seed distributors); 3) High cost (e.g. fumigators, tractors, chainsaws, water pumps) |
Transport | Ordinal | 1) No transport; 2) No fuel consumption (e.g. canoe, bicycle); 3) Low fuel consumption (e.g. motorbike, small outboard motor); 4) High fuel consumption (e.g. truck, large outboard motor) |
House size (m2) | Continuous | Between 10 and 272 m2 |
House construction materials | Ordinal | 1) Local plant materials ≥50%; 2) Mixed material ≥50%; 3) Foreign commercial materials ≥50% |