Table 2

Summary statistics of household characteristics

VariablesFull sample (N = 919)Forest extractors (N = 683)Forest non-extractors (N = 236)p-value
MeanSDMeanMean
Age46.413.645.5747.190.071
Gender 1 = male87.8 87.688.00.854
Marital status 1 = married88.5 88.188.90.700
Household size6.22.26.246.100.347
Education level: Primary66.7 70.163.40.030
Secondary30.5 29.031.90.336
Tertiary2.8 0.94.70.000
Migration status 1 = Native79.5 78.380.80.348
Own land size2.71.92.792.550.048
Livestock number9.810.110.648.890.009
Asset value (KES)24,315.248,495.620,544.3327,964.860.020
Wealth categories: Wealthiest33.4 32.434.70.458
Middle wealth33.3 35.531.70.225
Poorest33.3 32.233.60.637
Total income (KES)106,660.3165,328.697,386.211,5636.490.094
Household expenditure (KES)141,664.591,368.9137,937.3214,5271.860.224
Off-farm income53,887.8129,842.042,470.5564,938.300.009
Shocks value31,286.750,768.731,575.6231,007.090.865
Distance to the market (Km)3.12.93.223.050.361
Extension51.6 54.249.00.117
FUG membership 1 = yes50.6 61.5400.000
Participation in PFM 1 = yes52.0 63.141.10.000
Road distance14.18.413.7414.460.198
Distance to forest (Km)2.62.42.532.630.526
No. of extracted forest products1.010.031.01
Value of forest products extracted13180.43445.613180.4
Perception change in forest cover 1 = increased31.6 38.125.30.000
Forest access79.3 96.962.20.000

Note(s):p-value based on independent t test; 0.01 significance at 1%, 0.05 significance at 5% 0.1 significance at 10%

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