Table 2.
Changes in wealth indicators, 1996–2006 | Households with ≤1 ha of land in 1996 (n = 52) | Households with >4 ha of land in 1996 (n = 53) | Test of differencea |
Safety rank of water source (1–3, 3 = safest) | +0.54 | +0.57 | 0.21 |
No. cattle | +0.43 | +5.61 | 2.43*** |
No. goats | +0.81 | +3.2 | 1.51 |
No. employees | +0.10 | +1.22 | 3.09*** |
Farm size, ha | +0.002 | +0.45 | 0.88 |
Farm size, % change | −0.244 | +2.8 | 1.15 |
Land transactions (proportion of households) | |||
Farm abandonedb | 0.26 | 0.02 | 3.94** |
Sales of farmland | 0.38 | 0.19 | 2.20** |
aTest of difference is a t test for continuous variables and a χ2 test for binary variables. Significance: **P < 0.05; ***P < 0.01.
bLand sold off entirely or relinquished to creditor.