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. 2014 Aug 30;91(6):1098–1113. doi: 10.1007/s11524-014-9894-3

TABLE 2.

Vulnerability related characteristics by slum of residence

Characteristic Total Viwandani Korogocho p value
Main food source
 Purchased raw food from market 86.8 88.9 85.1 0.002
 Purchased cooked street foods 13.2 11.1 14.9
Main source of income
 Formal labor 22.3 32.6 13.9 <0.001
 Casual labor 46.2 41.8 49.8
 Self-employed 14.0 11.7 15.9
 Remittance 17.5 13.9 20.5
Household income
 <KShs 10,000 71.0 61.7 78.6 <0.001
 ≥KShs 10,000 29.0 38.3 21.4
Dependency ratio 1.63 1.21 1.98 <0.001
Use of negative coping strategies
 No 23.4 34.8 14.1 <0.001
 Yes 76.6 65.2 85.9
Perceived security status
 Bad 49.5 42.2 55.4 <0.001
 Satisfactory 36.1 39.1 33.6
 Good 14.4 18.7 11.0
Experienced insecurity shocka
 No 91.2 93.3 89.5 >0.001
 Yes 8.8 6.7 10.5

Values are column percentages for characteristics

aMugging or burglary