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. 2020 Oct;79:254–268. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.08.014

Table 8.

Trends in rural welfare with time-variant and time-constant rural/urban categorizations over space.

Δ in mean, 2008–14 (Administrative definition)
Time-variant categories based on the 2002 and 2012 censuses Time-constant categories based on the 2002 census
Value of consumption (1,000s TSh/AE/day) 0.15 0.23
1 = Poor 0.00 −0.01
Proportion of food consumed that was purchased 0.09 0.11
Proportion of budget spent on food −0.02 −0.02
1 = Any household member completed primary school 0.04 0.05
1 = Modern roof materials 0.17 0.18
Time to access/fetch water in dry season (minutes) −17.49 −18.84
1 = Electricity 0.04 0.06