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Table 1 Selected attributes of household survey participants (n = 72)
From: Suburban pastoralists: Pastoral adaptation strategies at the rural-urban interface in Nairobi, Kenya
Age (years) | Â |
 30–44 | 39% |
 45–60 | 54% |
 65+ | 7% |
Highest education level | |
 Tertiary | 39% |
 Secondary | 3% |
 Primary | 18% |
 No formal education | 40% |
Largest single income source | |
 Sale of livestock and farm products | 68% |
 Business ventures (e.g. real estate, transport, trading) | 15% |
 Wage employment | 8% |
 Remittances | 1% |
 No major cash income (subsistence herding) | 8% |
Mean herd size per household | |
 Cattle | 20 |
 Goats | 18 |
 Sheep | 25 |
Distance to nearest urban centre | |
 0–5 km | 76% |
 6–10 km | 24% |
Household distribution in wealth ranking categories | |
 High | 28% |
 Middle | 60% |
 Low | 12% |