Table 3.
Household summary statistics
| Bishikiltu | Tutekunche | All | |
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| n (Households) | 76 | 73 | 149 |
| n (Individuals) | 425 | 451 | 876 |
| n (PRA) | 145 | 118 | 263 |
| n (PRA with water carriers) | 92 | 75 | 167 |
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| Average age | 21 | 20 | 21 |
| Percent male | 53 | 52 | 53 |
| Average household size | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| Average number of household members under 16 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Average education (highest grade attained) | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Males only | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Females only | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Household head | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Adults (age 16 or older) | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Percent literatea | 35 | 29* | 32 |
| Adult male | 55 | 49 | 52 |
| Adult Female | 19 | 25 | 22 |
| School-age (ages 7 to 16) | 60 | 30*** | 45 |
| Percent owning clocks | 0 | 1.3 | 0.67 |
| Percent owning watches | 46 | 41 | 43 |
| Percent owning mobile phones | 2.6 | 9.5 | 6.0 |
| Percent owning any timekeeping device | 47 | 43 | 45 |
| Average income from agricultureb | 241 | 227 | 234 |
| Average non-farm incomeb,c | 36 | 53 | 45 |
| Percent rent land to others | 18 | 6.8* | 12 |
| Percent rent land from others | 31 | 42 | 36 |
| Number of kerts owned | 7.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 |
| Number of kerts farmed | 5.9 | 8.0** | 6.9 |
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001, two-tailed t-test
a
The household head reported the level of literacy for each household member. Literacy is reported as can read easily, with difficulty, or not at all. Household members are considered literate if they answered that they could read easily.
b
Values are presented in United States Dollars (USD) with an exchange rate of 1 Ethiopian Birr =0.0881 USD using the July 2009 exchange rate.
c
23 percent of Bishikiltu and 21 percent of Tutekunche households reported nonfarm income.