Pastoralism has been the main livelihood option in Mandera County for many decades, but currently it has faced many challenges due to shortage of pasture arising from land degradation and frequent droughts brought about by climate change. This has caused loss of animals leading to food insecurity, high poverty rates, and a necessity to diversify to other non-livestock livelihoods. This study aimed at identifying, documenting and analyzing the contribution of livelihood options on the socio economic wellbeing of households in Mandera East Sub-County. The specific objective of the study were to: (i) assess the contribution of cattle rearing on the socioeconomic wellbeing, (ii) contribution of goat keeping on the socioeconomic wellbeing, (iii) contribution of irrigated crop farming on the socioeconomic wellbeing, (iv) contribution of the provision of unskilled labour by households on the socioeconomic wellbeing, and (v) contribution of small scale business enterprises on the socio economic wellbeing of households. A descriptive research design was used. A sample of 150 households was selected using the snowball sampling technique. A researcher administered structured questionnaire was used. The data were analyzed using descriptive (frequencies, percentages, cross-tabulations, means, median, mode and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (simple linear regression, chi-square test) in a Statistical Package for the Social Science (IBM SPSS version 26). The study found out that socioeconomic wellbeing of the households in Mandera East Sub County had a mean of 6.42 on a scale of 1 to 10.
Adan, R (2021). Contribution Of Livelihood Options To Socio-economic Wellbeing Of Households In Mandera East Sub-county, Kenya. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-livelihood-options-to-socio-economic-wellbeing-of-households-in-mandera-east-sub-county-kenya
Adan, Rahma "Contribution Of Livelihood Options To Socio-economic Wellbeing Of Households In Mandera East Sub-county, Kenya" Afribary. Afribary, 19 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-livelihood-options-to-socio-economic-wellbeing-of-households-in-mandera-east-sub-county-kenya. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Adan, Rahma . "Contribution Of Livelihood Options To Socio-economic Wellbeing Of Households In Mandera East Sub-county, Kenya". Afribary, Afribary, 19 May. 2021. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-livelihood-options-to-socio-economic-wellbeing-of-households-in-mandera-east-sub-county-kenya >.
Adan, Rahma . "Contribution Of Livelihood Options To Socio-economic Wellbeing Of Households In Mandera East Sub-county, Kenya" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 22, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-livelihood-options-to-socio-economic-wellbeing-of-households-in-mandera-east-sub-county-kenya