Factor | Variable | Kajiado | Makueni | ||
N (mean) | % respondents | N (mean) | % respondents | ||
Family size |
| (5.75) |
| (5.55) |
|
Gender | Male | 42 | 70.00 | 53 | 88.33 |
Female | 18 | 30.00 | 7 | 11.67 | |
Flock owner | Father | 50 | 83.33 | 58 | 96.67 |
Mother | 5 | 8.33 | 2 | 3.33 | |
Children | 5 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Manager | Father | 27 | 45.00 | 49 | 81.67 |
Mother | 25 | 41.67 | 1 | 1.67 | |
Children | 8 | 13.33 | 10 | 16.67 | |
Main activity | Farming | 58 | 96.67 | 42 | 70.00 |
Police | 1 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Business | 1 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Teaching | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 6.67 | |
Farming and business | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 18.33 | |
Mechanics | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.67 | |
Pastors | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.33 | |
Education | Primary | 54 | 90 | 34 | 56.66 |
Secondary | 4 | 6.66 | 23 | 38.34 | |
Post-sec. | 2 | 3.34 | 3 | 5.00 | |
Land ownership | Individual | 34 | 56.67 | 56 | 93.33 |
Communal | 26 | 43.33 | 4 | 6.67 | |
Farming type | Pastoralism | 23 | 38.34 | 3 | 5.00 |
Semi-commercial | 37 | 61.66 | 3 | 5.00 | |
Mixed farming | 0 | 0.00 | 54 | 90 |