Table 1 Descriptive statistics for study variables
From: Food insecurity in pastoral communities of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania
Variables | Food secure | Food insecure | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | |||
 < 35 | 38 (35.8) | 54 (41.2) | 92 (38.8) |
 35 +  | 68 (64.2) | 77 (58.8) | 145 (61.2) |
Sex of household head | |||
 Male | 87 (82.1) | 108 (82.4) | 195 (83.2) |
 Female | 19 (17.9) | 23 (17.6) | 42 (17.7) |
Marital status | |||
 Married | 84 (78.5) | 97 (74.0) | 181 (76.1) |
 Other | 23 (21.5) | 34 (26.0) | 57 (23.9) |
Household size (persons) | |||
 < 7 | 41 (38.3) | 40 (30.5) | 81 (34.0) |
 7 +  | 66 (61.7) | 91 (69.5) | 157 (66.0) |
Attended school | |||
 Yes | 49 (45.8) | 43 (32.8) | 92 (38.7) |
 No | 58 (54.2) | 88 (67.2) | 146 (61.3) |
Economic activities | |||
 Pastoralism only | 51 (47.7) | 74 (56.5) | 125 (52.5) |
 Pastoralism/petty trading/beekeeping | 56 (52.3) | 57 (43.5) | 113 (47.5) |
TLU | |||
 < 44 | 36 (33.6) | 47 (35.9) | 83 (34.9) |
 44 +  | 71 (66.4) | 84 (64.1) | 155 (65.1) |
Owns donkeys | |||
 Yes | 41(38.7) | 73 (56.6) | 114 (48.5) |
 No | 65 (65.3) | 56 (43.4) | 121 (51.5) |
Owns chickens | |||
 Yes | 39 (86.4) | 26 (19.8) | 65 (27.3) |
 No | 68 (63.6) | 105 (80.2) | 17 3(72.7) |
Food storage facility | |||
 Present | 88 (83.0) | 67 (51.1) | 155 (65.4) |
 Absent | 18 (17.0) | 64 (48.9) | 82 (34.6) |
Distance to the market (km) | |||
 ≤ 5 | 72 (67.3) | 58 (44.3) | 130 (54.6) |
 > 5 | 35 (32.7) | 73 (55.7) | 108 (45.4) |
Village | |||
 Nainokanoka | 37 (61.7) | 23 (38.3) | 60 (25.2) |
 Erkeepusi | 33 (47.1) | 37 (52.9) | 70 (29.4) |
 Bulati | 37 (34.3) | 71 (65.7) | 108 (45.4) |
 Total | 107 (45.0) | 131 (55.0) | 238 (100) |