Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya

Pastoralism

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Table 5 Results of Mann-Whitney U test with Hodges-Lehmann effect (HLE) size estimator (between rich and poor/middle class families)

GIS data results of differences between rich and poor/middle class families in local herd movements
		Poor/middle Mean	MW
Parameter	Rich mean ± SD	Poor mean ± SD	U	z	p	HLE
Maximal distance to water (m)	2,000.48 ± 740.61	2,691.37 ± 950.22	252	−2.909	0.0036	864.74
Herding radius (m)	2,092.21 ± 774.32	2,570.48 ± 855.33	279	−2.46	0.0014	400.69
Maximum herding distance (m)	7,035.94 ± 1,305	7,039.9 ± 1,869.3	424	−0.082	0.9340	31.7