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Table 3 Descriptive summary statistics of continuous variables by livelihood pathways

From: Pastoral livelihood pathways transitions in northern Kenya: The process and impact of drought

Variable

Livelihood pathways

F-statistic

Hanging in

Dropping out

Moving up

Moving out

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Age of household head (in years)

48.14

17.42

52.78

16.83

47.60

17.12

48.58

15.83

32.51***

Household size (adult equivalent)

4.697

2.026

5.426

2.149

4.752

2.043

5.317

2.276

40.30***

IHS of household head’s education

2.785

0.526

2.723

0.459

2.839

0.555

2.800

0.479

14.73***

IHS of household education stock

2.343

0.832

2.596

0.965

2.615

0.984

2.884

1.019

57.20***

IHS of amount of savings

1.539

2.992

1.031

2.478

2.635

4.031

2.785

3.997

96.42***

IHS of remittances

4.199

3.678

4.189

3.629

4.270

3.727

4.319

3.731

0.420

IHS of size of land irrigated

0.023

0.319

0.037

0.334

0.056

0.466

1.427

0.550

3.110**

  1. Note: IHS stands for inverse hyperbolic sine transformation. Significance level: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05. The F-statistic is the ANOVA test that indicates if there is a significant difference in the means of the selected variables among the four livelihood pathways. The adult equivalents for household size were computed using the World Health Organization (WHO) adult equivalent conversion factors