Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample, total and stratified by county
| Characteristics | Total (N = 382) | Kajiado (N = 100) | Kilifi (N = 93) | Kwale (N = 89) | Taita Taveta (N = 100) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 194 | 50.8 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 47.3 | 65 | 73.0 | 41 | 41.0 |
| Female | 188 | 49.2 | 56 | 56.0 | 49 | 52.7 | 24 | 27.0 | 59 | 59.0 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 18–25 | 46 | 12.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 7 | 7.5 | 5 | 5.6 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 26–35 | 105 | 27.5 | 39 | 39.0 | 25 | 26.9 | 21 | 23.6 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 36–45 | 91 | 23.8 | 16 | 16.0 | 27 | 29.0 | 28 | 31.5 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 46–55 | 69 | 18.1 | 12 | 12.0 | 17 | 18.3 | 16 | 18.0 | 24 | 24.0 |
| 56–65 | 46 | 12.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 15 | 16.1 | 14 | 15.7 | 13 | 13.0 |
| ≥ 66 | 25 | 6.5 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.15 | 5 | 5.6 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Head of household | ||||||||||
| No | 159 | 41.6 | 51 | 51.0 | 41 | 44.1 | 19 | 21.4 | 48 | 48.0 |
| Yes | 223 | 58.4 | 49 | 49.0 | 52 | 55.9 | 70 | 78.7 | 52 | 52.0 |
| Level of education* | ||||||||||
| No formal schooling | 72 | 18.9 | 32 | 32.0 | 21 | 22.6 | 4 | 4.5 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Lower | 175 | 45.8 | 31 | 31.0 | 47 | 50.5 | 25 | 18.1 | 72 | 72.0 |
| Higher | 135 | 35.3 | 37 | 37.0 | 25 | 26.9 | 60 | 67.4 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Occupation† | ||||||||||
| Agricultural | 178 | 46.6 | 31 | 31.0 | 42 | 45.2 | 24 | 27.0 | 81 | 81.0 |
| Indoor-based | 108 | 28.3 | 38 | 38.0 | 31 | 33.3 | 30 | 33.7 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Unemployed | 83 | 21.7 | 30 | 30.0 | 17 | 18.3 | 28 | 31.5 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Retired | 13 | 3.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.2 | 7 | 7.9 | 2 | 2.0 |
*
Low: pre-primary, primary; Higher: post-secondary, university.
†
Agricultural: herding, farming; Indoor-based: shop/service worker, teacher, civil servant, health worker, student, small business owner.