Table 6.
Household characteristics after the armed conflict in Côte d'Ivoire (second survey, late 2003/early 2004) and households' socioeconomic fate during the armed conflict.
| Characteristics | Socioeconomic fate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Worse off' | 'Even' | 'Better off' | p-value | |
| Head of household (% of households with the same socioeconomic fate) | ||||
| Sex: male | 85.7 | 87.8 | 91.7 | |
| Sex: female | 14.3 | 12.2 | 8.3 | 0.887* |
| Education: no | 71.4 | 60.3 | 50.0 | |
| Education: primary | 28.6 | 24.4 | 41.7 | |
| Education: higher | 0.0 | 15.4 | 8.3 | 0.390* |
| Occupation: farmer | 100.0 | 96.2 | 91.7 | |
| Occupation: merchant | 0.0 | 3.2 | 8.3 | |
| Occupation: retiree | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Occupation: teacher | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Occupation: others | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.391* |
| Household composition (averages based on counts) | ||||
| Average no. of inhabitants | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 0.995** |
| Average no. of males | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 0.695** |
| Average no. children (< 16 years) | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 0.502** |
| Accessibility (% of households with the same socioeconomic fate) | ||||
| Gravel road | 7.1 | 35.3 | 25.0 | |
| Minor road | 50.0 | 26.3 | 33.3 | |
| Main road | 42.9 | 38.5 | 41.7 | 0.162* |
| Located in village with following economic activities (% of households with the same socioeconomic fate) | ||||
| Subsistence farming | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1.000* |
| Agricultural production | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1.000* |
| Trade | 42.9 | 60.9 | 66.7 | 0.380* |
| Fishing | 57.1 | 39.1 | 33.3 | 0.380* |
| Wood processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000* |
| Artisanry | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000* |
| Migrational change during the armed conflict (% of households with the same socioeconomic fate) | ||||
| < 0 | 21.4 | 24.4 | 50.0 | |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.1 | 41.7 | |
| > 0 | 14.3 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 0.383* |
| Natural population change during the armed conflict (% of households with the same socioeconomic fate) | ||||
| Births: 0 | 78.6 | 83.3 | 83.3 | |
| Births: 1 | 21.4 | 13.5 | 16.7 | |
| Births: 2 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.812* |
| Deaths: 0 | 64.3 | 62.8 | 75.0 | |
| Deaths: 1 | 28.6 | 24.4 | 25.0 | |
| Deaths: >1 | 7.1 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 0.835* |
| Heavy cases of illness during the armed conflict (% of households with the same socioeconomic fate) | ||||
| 0 | 21.4 | 37.8 | 41.7 | |
| 1 | 28.6 | 33.3 | 16.7 | |
| > 1 | 50.0 | 28.8 | 41.7 | 0.376* |
| Reported problems during the armed conflict (% of households with the same socioeconomic fate) | ||||
| Socioeconomic difficulty | 50.0 | 72.4 | 83.3 | 0.134* |
| Health-related problems | 21.4 | 52.6 | 25.0 | 0.022*# |
| IDPs/refugees | 0.0 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 0.568* |
| Public services interrupted | 0.0 | 12.8 | 33.3 | 0.050*# |
| Lack of food | 14.3 | 26.9 | 75.0 | 0.001*# |
| Insecurity and threats | 0.0 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 0.285* |
* Based on Fisher's exact test
** Based on Kruskal-Wallis test
# Significant at 95% significance level