Table 2 Selected indigents’ characteristics compared with those of the non-selected poor
Kilwin (loti) | Polesgo (non loti) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selected indigents (n = 57) | Non-selected poor (n = 1423) | p-value | Selected indigents (n = 8) | Non-selected poor (n = 1390) | p-value | |
Individual characteristics | ||||||
Mean age | 58.2 (55.0–61.4) | 36.1 (35.4–36.8) | 0 | 48.9 (30.8–66.9) | 36.5 (35.8–37.2) | 0.01 |
% of people aged 60 years and older | 40.4 (27.6–53.1) | 7.4 (6.1–8.8) | 0 | 12.5 (0.0–40.2) | 7.3 (5.9–8.6) | 0.57 |
% of females | 49.1 (36.1–62.1) | 51.4 (48.8–54.0) | 0.73 | 62.5 (22.0–100) | 48.6 (46.0–51.3) | 0.43 |
% people without education | 82.1 (72.1–92.2) | 50.0 (50.4–55.6) | 0 | 100 | 64.8 (62.3–67.3) | 0.07 |
% of people without activity | 53.6 (40.0–66.6) | 38.3 (35.8–40.9) | 0.02 | 83.3 (52.2–100) | 33.5 (31.0–36.0) | 0.01 |
% of people engaged in the informal sector | 39.3 (26.5–52.1) | 40.3 (37.7–42.8) | 0.88 | 16.7 (0.0–47.9) | 43.9 (41.3–46.5) | 0.18 |
% of people employed in the private sector | 7.1 (0.4–13.9) | 15.1 (13.2–17.0) | 0.1 | 0 | 20.0 (17.9–22.1) | 0.22 |
Household characteristics | ||||||
% of households with a bicycle | 40.3 (27.0–53.1) | 83.2 (81.2–85.1) | 0 | 100 | 91.6 (90.2–93.1) | 0.39 |
% of households with a motorbike | 50.9 (37.9–63.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
% of households with a television set | 21.0 (10.5–31.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
% of households with a refrigerator | 1.8 (1.6–5.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
% of households with a phone (mobile) | 91.2 (83.9–98.6) | 91.6 (90.2–93.1) | 0.91 | 62.5 (22.0–100) | 87.6 (85.8–89.3) | 0.03 |
% of households with mud-brick houses | 35.1 (22.7–47.5) | 30.8 (28.4–33.2) | 0.49 | 100 | 97.9 (97.2–98.7) | 0.68 |
% of households headed by women | 29.8 (17.9–41.7) | 24.2 (22.0–26.5) | 0.34 | 37.5 (0.0–78.0) | 16.3 (14.4–18.3) | 0.11 |