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Table 4 Major economic activities affected by COVID-19 (in percentage)

From: Effects of covid-19 on the livelihoods of rural women in Ethiopia

The major economic activities

Affected (%)

Forced to cease (%)

Crop production

61.32

19.00

Livestock rearing

58.29

18.10

Handcraft

72.73

59.09

Small business trade

94.06

83.91

Remittance

94.28

77.14

Labor migration

28.57

25.00

Productive safety net program (PSNP)

59.38

50.00

Daily labor wage

84.82

70.54

Renting of productive assets (Land, Oxen)

46.15

23.08

Selling of firewood

18.52

14.81

Trading of livestock

91.30

84.06

  1. The percentage of affected for each economic activity is calculated from the number of respondents who engaged in the respective economic activities. The percentage of forced to cease is calculated from the respective affected economic activities