Table 7.

Selected home garden and household characteristics by participation in urban jobs, Yucatán, Mexico

Variable		4 field sites	Hocabá (Peri-urban, sisal region)	Sahcabá (Semi-rural, sisal region)	Yaxcabá (Semi-rural, milpa region)	Kancabdzonot (Rural, milpa region)
Shannon diversity index (all plants, mean)	At least one household member participates in urban jobs	1.796	1.835	1.634	1.912	2.171
	No participation in urban jobs	1.786	1.503	1.372	1.900	2.059
	T-test p value	0.891	0.023	0.092	0.937	0.613
Shannon diversity index (herbs used for food purposes, mean)	At least one household member participates in urban jobs	0.395	0.400	0.108	0.699	0.686
	No participation in urban jobs	0.566	0.309	0.185	0.618	0.918
	T-test p value	0.013	0.412	0.389	0.582	0.386
Number of animals raised for food purposes (mean)	At least one household member participates in urban jobs	6.109	5.242	6.152	5.774	13.333
	No participation in urban jobs	8.364	4.375	8.772	7.528	12.068
	T-test p value	0.051	0.689	0.263	0.368	0.783
Wealth index (mean)	At least one household member participates in urban jobs	1.027	1.123	0.945	0.923	0.923
	No participation in urban jobs	0.848	1.005	0.663	0.843	0.843
	T-test p value	<0.001	0.295	0.008	0.445	0.445
Food consumption score (mean)	At least one household member participates in urban jobs	74.420	76.240	71.288	76.596	69.350
	No participation in urban jobs	67.900	72.140	58.430	68.150	74.110
	T-test p value	0.002	0.278	0.007	0.042	0.470

Note: Hocabá, n = 92; Sahcabá, n = 79; Yaxcabá, n = 78; Kancabdzonot, n = 53

Source: Author’s survey data (December 2016–April 2017)