| Background factors | Categories | Level of Food Security (%) | X2 | P-Value | |
| Food insecure HHs (n = 153) | Food secure HHs (n = 234) | ||||
| Sub County | Pokot North | 36.6 | 37.6 | 0.04 | 0.841 |
| West Pokot | 63.4 | 62.4 | |||
| Type of ecological zone | Agro-pastoral | 63.4 | 62.4 | 0.04 | 0.841 |
| Pastoral | 36.6 | 37.6 | |||
| HH main occupation | Farmer agro-pastoral | 47.1 | 52.1 | 16.962 | 0.002*** |
| Pure Pastoral | 43.1 | 27.4 | |||
| Pure crop farming | 0.7 | 5.6 | |||
| Civil servant/Employee in private/labourers | 5.2 | 6.0 | |||
| Business | 3.9 | 9.0 | |||
| Household average monthly income | <3000 | 58.8 | 60.3 | 1.061 | 0.588 |
| 3000 - <10,000 | 22.9 | 25.2 | |||
| 10,000 and above | 18.3 | 14.5 | |||
| Household main source of food | Own farm | 66.7 | 65.4 | 11.712 | 0.003*** |
| Buying | 28.8 | 34.6 | |||
| Government/NGOs Food Aid | 4.6 | 0.0 | |||
| Household main source of water | River | 89.5 | 79.9 | 7.053 | 0.070* |
| Piped water | 4.6 | 9.0 | |||
| Borehole | 5.2 | 8.1 | |||
| Others | 0.7 | 3.0 | |||