Research, Policy and Practice
Table 1 Respondents’ socio-economic characteristics
Variable | Mean | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pooled | Market participants (n = 116) | Non-participants (n = 85) | p value for the test of statistical differences | |
Age of respondents (years) | 38.33 (11.52) | 39.47 | 36.78 | 0.101 |
Household size (numbers) | 6.42 (2.67) | 6.59 | 6.18 | 0.287 |
Years of formal schooling | 2.00 (3.61) | 2.08 | 1.89 | 0.723 |
Land size owned (ha) | 3.28 (4.94) | 2.84 | 3.87 | 0.145 |
Annual household income (KES)μ | 16,512.00 (31,496.00) | 13,067.52 | 21,211.71 | 0.070* |
Tropical livestock units (TLUs) | 11.32 (13.25) | 13.60 | 8.2 | 0.004*** |
Annual off-farm income (KES)μ | 6110.96 (29,807.89) | 2670.00 | 10,807 | 0.056* |
Number of shocks experienced | 2.58 (1.49) | 3.25 | 1.67 | 0.000*** |