Empowerment resources, decision-making and gender attitudes: which matter most to livestock keepers in the mixed and livestock-based systems in Ethiopia?

Table 4 Prioritising empowering resources across study areas and gender of the respondents, 6 FGDs in 2021, rural Ethiopia

Empowerment Assets	Rank						Description
	Adiyo		Elweya		Horo
	M	W	M	W	M	W
Economic assets	6th	6th	5th	4th	5th	4th	Assets such as livestock, crops, land, house, or property necessary for living
Financial assets	4th	4th	6th	6th	1st	6th	Assets such as cash, credits, remittances, etc
Human assets	3rd	3rd	4th	5th	3rd	2nd	Training or schooling, formal or informal, that expands valued knowledge or skills
Social assets	4th	5th	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	Assets such as informal or formal networks of support outside the family
Informational assets	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	5th	Information assets such as market information, extension advisory services, agricultural technology information, etc
Psychological assets	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	6th	1st	Autonomy, positive relations, self-acceptance (specifically one’s self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-consciousness)

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