Effects of cattle rustling and household characteristics on migration decisions and herd size amongst pastoralists in Baringo District, Kenya

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Table 4 Single-equation regression analysis for herd size determinants amongst pastoral communities in Baringo District, Kenya.

Variables	Coefficient	S.E.	z	P>z
Gender of household head	0.214^a	0.124	1.72	0.089
Age of household head	0.007^a	0.004	1.87	0.065
Education level of household head	-0.017^a	0.008	-1.97	0.051
Size of the household	0.024^c	0.006	4.11	0.002
Log non-livestock income	-0.070^c	0.019	-3.66	0.001
Intensity of cattle rustling	-0.001^b	0.093	- 0.01	0.039
Type of land ownership	0.029	0.162	0.18	0.858
Drought and/or diseases	-0.184^a	0.167	-1.10	0.075
Livestock lost to rustlers	-0.001	0.084	-0.00	0.997
Livestock inherited	0.436^b	0.172	2.54	0.013
Dowry received	0.086	0.094	0.92	0.362
Livestock bought	0.116	0.080	1.45	0.149
Predicted probability of migrating	0.436^c	0.161	2.70	0.008
Constant term	0.316	0.258	1.23	0.223
Number of observations	110
F(13,96)	7.18
Probability >F	0.000
R-squared	0.493
Adjusted R-squared	0.424
RMSE	0.383

^aSignificant at 10%; ^bsignificant at 5%; ^csignificant at 1%. S.E., standard error. RMSE, root mean square error.