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Table 2 General characteristics of the participants

From: COVID- 19 and human right to food: lived experiences of the urban poor in Kenya with the impacts of government’s response measures, a participatory qualitative study

Participants’ characteristics

Total N = 80

n

%

Participants missing individual data

17

21

Participants with individual data

63

79

Village of residence

 Korogocho

30

47.6

 Viwandani

33

52.4

Age group

  < 24 years old

14

22.2

 25–35 years old

16

25.4

 36–55 years old

26

41.3

 56 years and above

7

11.1

Gender

 Female

32

50.8

 Male

31

49.2

Education level

 Elementary school

29

46.0

 Secondary school

27

42.9

 College/university

7

11.1

Occupation

 Unemployed

13

20.6

 Casual labor

17

27.0

 Own business

30

47.6

 Employed

3

4.8

Marital status

 Married

32

50.8

 Single

24

38.1

 Divorced/separated

4

6.3

 Widowed

3

4.8

Religion

 Christian

58

92.1

 Muslim

5

7.9

Ethnicity

 Kikuyu

20

31.7

 Luo

13

20.6

 Luhya

12

19.0

 Kamba

8

12.7

 Kisii

6

9.5

 Borana

4

6.3