Cross-sectional study of drivers of animal-source food consumption in low-income urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya

BMC Nutrition

Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the sample (n = 203)

Variable	Categories	Mean	SD
Area/month^a	Dagoretti/December’13	0.296	0.457
	Dagoretti/January’14	0.197	0.399
	Korogocho/January’14	0.143	0.351
	Korogocho/February’14	0.365	0.482
Sex of the head of the household^a	Female	0.251	0.435
Sex of the head of the household^a	Male	0.749
Education of the head of the household^a	Primary education	0.414	0.494
	Secondary, technical skills, college	0.365	0.482
	Not known/none^c	0.222	0.416
Level of household income (KES^b)^a	Less than 1,000 (<11.5$)	0.064	0.245
	1,001–5,000 (11.5–58$)	0.463	0.450
	5,001–10,000 (58–116$)	0.330	0.471
	10,001–20,000 (116–232$)	0.143	0.351
Does the household own their property^a	Rented	0.847	0.361
Does the household own their property^a	Owned (or parents owned)	0.153
Does the household own animals (excluding pets)^a	Yes	0.291	0.486
Does the household own animals (excluding pets)^a	No	0.709
Average number of household members		5	2.2
Share of male adults in the household		0.218	0.123
Average number of children in the household		2.6	1.7

^acategorical variables
^bKenyan Shillings
^cThree households reported that the head of household had no education and for 45 households the education level was unknown

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