Table 5.
Welfare indicators of households that shift rural/urban categories between administrative and night light designations (mean values, 2014).
| Rural (administrative) - rural (night light) | Rural (administrative) – urban (night light)a | Urban (administrative) - rural (night light)a | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value of consumption (1,000s TSh/AE/day) | 2.57 | 3.98*** | 4.44*** |
| 1 = Poor | 0.32 | 0.05*** | 0.16*** |
| Proportion of food purchased | 0.57 | 0.86*** | 0.88*** |
| Proportion of budget spent on food | 0.77 | 0.71*** | 0.67*** |
| 1 = Any member completed primary school | 0.73 | 0.96*** | 0.78 |
| 1 = Modern roof materials | 0.64 | 0.98*** | 0.85*** |
| Time to access/fetch water in dry season (minutes) | 51.64 | 3.43*** | 31.41*** |
| 1 = Electricity | 0.05 | 0.74*** | 0.38*** |
| Obs. | 1912 | 72 | 304 |
a
Asterisks denote the statistical significance of a two-sample t-test for equality of means between column 1 (rural-rural) and column 2 or 3. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.