Income Growth and Mobility of Rural Households in Kenya: Role of Education and Historical Patterns in Poverty Reduction



Table 1.Summary Statistics of Variables Used in the Models

Variable Description

Variable

Name

Unit

Mean

Std Deviation

Household Income

Income

Ksh(‘000)

165.29

192.98

Distance to tarmac road

dtmrd

km

7.72

7.90

Mean dist to elect and phone

mdist

Km

4.52

4.86

Age of head

agehd

years

54.98

13.63

Education of head

educhd

years

6.36

4.89

Gender (male headedness)

malehd

1/0

.84

.37

% adults working off farm

padofe

years

.36

.27

Land cultivated

ldcult

acres

13.70

16.44

Number of livestock owned

nlvstok

count

18.21

42.49

Number of adult males

nmalad

count

2.49

1.58

Number of adult females

nfemad

count

2.41

1.41

Months head at home

month

months

10.45

3.53

Group Membership

gpmem

1/0

.77

.42

Completed primary school

primo

1/0

.53

.49

Completed high school

seco

1/0

.21

.41

Some college education

cole

1/0

.17

.38

No. of Observations=2648

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