versus those in Nariva. To compare indicator scores between two
groups (e.g. male headed versus female headed households) the
raw data was transformed into the units used in producing the
LVI (mathematical transformations are noted in Table 1 and as described
by Hahn et al. (2009)). For example, if a household farmed
2 crops the raw score is 2, which is then transformed into the average
agricultural livelihood index by the function 1/(2 + 1) = 0.33).
These (transformed) mean scores were compared to identify significant
differences. The results are reported in Tables 4–6.