Table 1.
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
|||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
M-PESA user | 0.432 | 0.496 | 0.698 | 0.459 |
Own cell phone | 0.692 | 0.462 | 0.758 | 0.428 |
Per capita expenditure | 73,137 | 131,229 | 64,025 | 87,078 |
Per capita food expenditure | 31,825 | 31,123 | 30,092 | 25,612 |
Per capita nonfood subsistence expenditure | 13,795 | 44,218 | 16,587 | 44,308 |
Propensity to spend on medical care | 0.418 | 0.493 | 0.456 | 0.498 |
Per capita medical care expenditure | 3,653 | 22,142 | 3,019 | 22,480 |
Propensity to spend on education | 0.527 | 0.499 | 0.603 | 0.489 |
Per capita education expenditure | 5,364 | 22,717 | 4,362 | 14,809 |
Illness shock | 0.239 | 0.427 | 0.401 | 0.490 |
Propensity to receive remittances | 0.387 | 0.487 | 0.419 | 0.494 |
Total remittances received (includes zeros) | 9,041 | 86,817 | 4,840 | 13,832 |
All expenditure variables are measured in Kenyan shillings, and the exchange rate during the survey period was approximately KSh 75 = US $1.