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

Pastoralism

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Table 5 Three-stage least squares regression analysis for herd size determinants amongst pastoral communities in Baringo District, Kenya.

Variables	Coefficient	S.E.	z	P>z
Gender of household head	0.212^a	0.116	1.83	0.068
Age of household head	0.006^b	0.003	1.98	0.048
Education level of household head	-0.018^b	0.008	-2.11	0.035
Size of the household	0.024^c	0.005	4.41	0.001
Log non-livestock income	-0.070^c	0.018	-3.90	0.001
Intensity of cattle rustling	-0.003^b	0.087	-0.04	0.471
Type of land ownership	0.031	0.151	0.20	0.840
Drought and/or diseases	-0.186^a	0.156	-1.19	0.083
Livestock lost to rustlers	-0.001	0.079	-0.01	0.989
Livestock inherited	0.438^c	0.160	2.74	0.006
Dowry received	0.089	0.088	1.01	0.311
Livestock bought	0.115	0.074	1.55	0.122
Predicted probability of migrating	0.427^c	0.151	2.84	0.005
Constant term	0.316	0.241	1.31	0.190
Observations	110
Probability >F	0.000
RMSE	0.358
R-squared	0.49
Chi²	106.78

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