Research, Policy and Practice
Variable | All households (n = 116) | Camel households (n = 52) | Non-camel households (n = 64) | t-statistic | |||
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Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. | ||
Per capita income (UShs ‘000) | 163.06 | 303.767 | 231.67 | 419.315 | 107.32 | 138.063 | − 2.230** |
Occupation of household head (1, pastoralist; 0, otherwise) | 0.74 | 0.440 | 0.75 | 0.437 | 0.73 | 0.445 | − 0.190 |
Age of household head (years) | 49.62 | 14.975 | 54.19 | 13.776 | 45.91 | 14.982 | − 3.070* |
Years of experience in rearing camels | Â | Â | 26.05 | 20.281 | Â | Â | Â |
Marital status (1, married polygamous; 0, otherwise) | 0.74 | 0.439 | 0.81 | 0.398 | 0.69 | 0.467 | − 1.446 |
Household size (continuous) | 11.05 | 5.138 | 11.27 | 5.010 | 10.88 | 5.272 | − 0.410 |
Household member completed primary | 0.17 | 0.379 | 0.19 | 0.398 | 0.16 | 0.366 | − 0.507 |
Dependence ratio | 0.67 | 0.818 | 0.71 | 0.823 | 0.64 | 0.819 | − 0.423 |
On-farm income (UShs ‘000) | 1085.00 | 1471.227 | 1628.80 | 1728.317 | 643.16 | 1044.305 | − 3.791* |
Off-farm income (UShs ‘000) | 411.35 | 1172.925 | 318.04 | 526.811 | 487.17 | 1507.846 | 0.771 |
Proportion of off-farm income to total income | 0.36 | 0.379 | 0.26 | 0.353 | 0.44 | 0.381 | 2.667* |
Access to credit (1, yes; 0, otherwise) | 0.29 | 0.457 | 0.25 | 0.440 | 0.32 | 0.471 | 0.783 |
Number of alternative sources of income (continuous) | 1.00 | 0.780 | 0.92 | 0.788 | 1.06 | 0.774 | 0.9567 |
Assets owned (0 = only agric; 1 = agric and non-agric) | 0.66 | 0.510 | 0.73 | 0.490 | 0.61 | 0.523 | − 1.279 |
Crop area cultivated | 4.40 | 3.691 | 4.86 | 4.037 | 4.02 | 3.371 | − 1.220 |
Feeling of food scarcity (1 = yes; 0 = no) | 0.93 | 0.254 | 0.88 | 0.323 | 0.97 | 0.175 | 1.788*** |
Months of scarcity | 5.49 | 4.622 | 5.00 | 4.847 | 5.89 | 4.622 | 1.010 |
Meals consumed per day in times of scarcity | 1.45 | 0.450 | 1.47 | 0.504 | 1.43 | 0.450 | − 0.336 |
Proportion of food consumed in scarcity | 0.59 | 0.595 | 0.66 | 0.726 | 0.54 | 0.471 | − 1.063 |
Received extension | 0.41 | 0.495 | 0.48 | 0.505 | 0.36 | 0.484 | − 1.319 |
Member of social group | 0.41 | 0.494 | 0.31 | 0.466 | 0.49 | 0.504 | 0.291 |
Received remittances | 0.21 | 0.407 | 0.15 | 0.364 | 0.25 | 0.436 | 1.269 |
Distance to nearest input stockiest | 8.31 | 6.756 | 9.19 | 6.473 | 7.63 | 6.942 | − 1.204 |
Distance to nearest extension office | 6.69 | 5.817 | 6.41 | 5.648 | 6.91 | 5.980 | 0.446 |
Distance to nearest health centre | 4.08 | 3.520 | 4.17 | 3.555 | 4.01 | 3.520 | − 0.242 |
Distance to nearest primary school | 2.67 | 3.110 | 3.04 | 4.258 | 2.36 | 1.604 | − 1.154 |
Distance to nearest secondary schools | 11.09 | 6.663 | 11.44 | 7.124 | 10.83 | 6.355 | − 0.469 |