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. 2014 Nov 25;9(11):e113614. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113614

Table 1. Description and summary of social, economic, and food security variables surveyed in four coastal fishing villages in Kenya.

Indicator Description Range (min to max) Mean (SD)
Age Age of female head-of-household respondent 18 to 80 39.65 (14)
Education Number of years of education by the female head-of-household 0 to 12 2.8 (3.62)
Household size Number of people living in household 1 to 28 6.81 (3.84)
Household structure Number of adults 1 to 10 2.32 (1.37)
Number of children 0 to 18 4.65 (3.04)
Occupations Number of total occupations (part-time or full-time) in the household and number of different jobs (occupational diversity) 0 to 6 2.39 (1.06)
Fortnightly expenditures Cash expenses of the household standardized over a two week period (recorded in Kenya shillings) 350 to 15821 4665.15 (2656.62)
Wealth Material Style of Life principal component axis from presence of absence of household possessions (radio, cell phone, bicycle, toilet, electricity, type of cooking fuel and house construction) −1.89 to 6.14 0 (2.22)
Food security No. of days per week that protein was consumed by household 0 to 7 4.42 (2.37)
Diet diversity (number of seven major food groups consumed by the household over the past three days) 2 to 7 4.68 (1.34)
Food Coping Strategies Index (FCSI) (frequency and severity of coping behaviours during the most recent dry season and monsoon season). 0 to 47.75 16.34 (10.62)