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Table 3 F tests of the significance of factors influencing variation in age, education level (EDU) and the number of wives of household head, number of children per family, number of hired herders and area of cultivated land per household and number of households per settlement across the four study sites in Kenya and Tanzania. NDF and DDF are the numerator and denominator degrees of freedom, respectively

From: Comparative social demography, livelihood diversification and land tenure among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania

Response variable

Effect

NDF

DDF

Fvalue

Pr > F

Age

Site

3

394

8.59

< 0.0001

Number of wives of the household head

Site

3

385

8.79

< 0.0001

Age

1

385

39.18

< 0.0001

Children

1

385

177.46

< 0.0001

Age × site

3

385

10.00

< 0.0001

Children × site

3

385

5.78

0.0007

Number of children per family

Wife

1

390

74.54

< 0.0001

Wife × wife

1

390

14.99

0.0001

Livestock_PERHH

1

390

6.62

0.0104

Herders

1

390

4.95

0.0266

Education level of the household head

Site

3

382

22.00

< 0.0001

Gender

1

382

46.40

< 0.0001

Age

1

382

12.78

0.0004

Age × site

3

382

5.56

0.001

Livestock_PERHH

1

382

4.80

0.029

Number of hired herders per household

Site

3

387

16.66

< 0.0001

Edu

1

387

4.03

0.0453

Children

1

387

10.95

0.001

Wife

1

387

5.42

0.0205

Livestock_PERHH

1

387

27.07

< 0.0001

Area of cultivated land per household

Site

3

377

1.26

0.2877

Wife

1

377

3.39

0.0665

Wife × site

3

377

3.42

0.0175

Age

1

377

2.13

0.1456

Wife × age

1

377

7.51

0.0064

Wife × age × site

3

377

11.62

< 0.0001

Edu

1

377

6.20

0.0132

Edu × site

3

377

4.19

0.0062

Number of households per settlement

Site

3

392

9.76

< 0.0001

Wife

1

392

8.72

0.0033

Wife × site

3

392

2.10

0.0991