Socio-economic characteristics of farmers participating in the planned comparisons. Statistics presented: count (%) and mean (SD).
| Tree Planting Planned Comparison | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machakos County | Makueni County | Kitui County | |||||
| Mwala (n = 78) | Yatta (n = 291) | Kibwezi East (n = 192) | Mbooni East (n = 91) | Mwingi East (n = 463) | Kitui Rural (n = 178) | Total (n = 1293) | |
| Gender (women) | 45 (58%) | 238 (82%) | 158 (82%) | 47 (52%) | 260 (56%) | 116 (65%) | 864 (67%) |
| Married | 66 (85%) | 234 (80%) | 172 (90%) | 67 (74%) | 411 (89%) | 160 (90%) | 1110 (86%) |
| Age | 48.9 (12.8) | 49.5 (14.2) | 43.6 (11.9) | 46.2 (12.6) | 44.9 (12.7) | 44.9 (13.5) | 46.0 (13.2) |
| Household size | 4.7 (2.7) | 5.3 (2.3) | 5.4 (1.7) | 6.6 (4.0) | 6.2 (2.6) | 6.1 (2.5) | 5.8 (2.6) |
| Farm size (ha) | 2.4 (1.4) | 2.4 (11.8) | 3.1 (3.7) | 7.4 (11.3) | 4.0 (2.3) | 1.8 (1.2) | 3.3 (6.8) |
| Primary source of income (farming) | 73 (94%) | 201 (69%) | 158 (82%) | 71 (78%) | 371 (80%) | 163 (92%) | 1037 (80%) |
| Secondary source of income (off-farm income) | 11 (14%) | 74 (25%) | 99 (52%) | 41 (45%) | 116 (25%) | 89 (50%) | 430 (33%) |
| Estimated distance to main road (km) | 2.1 (2.2) | 2.3 (2.4) | 1.6 (1.7) | 1.7 (1.4) | 7.0 (5.0) | 1.8 (1.4) | 3.8 (4.2) |
| Received food aid in past five years | 1 (1%) | 5 (2%) | 7 (4%) | 7 (8%) | 277 (60%) | 64 (37%) | 362 (30%) |
| House with a permanent roof | 72 (92%) | 247 (85%) | 160 (83%) | 86 (95%) | 237 (51%) | 109 (61%) | 911 (70%) |
| Planting Basin Planned Comparison | |||||||
| Machakos County | Makueni County | Kitui County | |||||
| Mwala (n = 40) | Yatta (n = 41) | Kibwezi East (n = 90) | Mbooni East (n = 75) | Mwingi East (n = 93) | Kitui Rural (n = 172) | Total (n = 511) | |
| Gender (women) | 26 (65%) | 34 (83%) | 65 (72%) | 62 (83%) | 73 (78%) | 148 (86%) | 408 (80%) |
| Married | 34 (85%) | 34 (83%) | 83 (92%) | 65 (87%) | 81 (87%) | 152 (88%) | 449 (88%) |
| Age | 51.6 (11.0) | 55.3 (14.5) | 47.1 (13.4) | 45.5 (10.9) | 42.9 (7.6) | 45.6 (12.1) | 46.6 (12.0) |
| Household size | 4.0 (2.1) | 6.3 (2.6) | 5.5 (1.7) | 6.7 (4.4) | 6.6 (2.3) | 6.2 (2.4) | 6.0 (2.8) |
| Farm size (ha) | 2.2 (2.4) | 1.6 (1.1) | 3.8 (5.4) | 4.5 (5.3) | 4.3 (2.3) | 1.7 (1.1) | 3.0 (3.6) |
| Primary source of income from farming | 36 (90%) | 22 (54%) | 78 (87%) | 46 (61%) | 73 (78%) | 166 (97%) | 421 (82%) |
| Secondary source of income (off-farm income) | 7 (18%) | 7 (17%) | 43 (48%) | 35 (47%) | 28 (30%) | 87 (51%) | 207 (41%) |
| Estimated distance to main road (km) | 2.7 (3.7) | 2.3 (2.3) | 1.7 (1.3) | 1.3 (0.9) | 7.1 (4.9) | 1.4 (1.1) | 2.7 (3.3) |
| Received food aid in past five years | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 22 (24%) | 28 (37%) | 34 (37%) | 60 (35%) | 145 (28%) |
| House with a permanent roof | 39 (98%) | 32 (78%) | 74 (82%) | 71 (95%) | 58 (62%) | 113 (66%) | 387 (76%) |