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Table 2 Sample overview and living standard profile per village (indicating best (bold) and worst (italic) performance per metric)

From: Exploring willingness-to-pay for ‘malaria-free’ rice among rural consumers in Rwanda: examining the potential for a local voluntary standard

  

Living standard metrics (study participants only)

  

Ratio of sampled to actual households

Wealth index

Multidimensional poverty index

Ubudehe category

Able to save past 3 months

   

[− 14, 14]

(< 0 = shortfall)

(Headcount x intensity)

0-1-2

(poorest = 0)

0 = No

1 = Yes

Zone

Village

n/N

Mean

Mean

Mean*

%

Zone 1: no rice cultivation (no marshland)

      

40.0%

Ruhuha I

29/185

0.55

0.34

1.29

0.10

 

Kimikamba

28/172

2.82

0.20

0.75

0.14

 

Kazabagarura

30/127

− 0.63

0.40

1.30

0.20

 

Kiyovu

29/136

− 0.72

0.41

1.44

0.03

Zone 2: rice cultivation in marshland, no larviciding

      

20.0%

Nyaburiba

28/112

− 0.64

0.45

1.46

0.14

 

Rwanzunga

30/151

1.50

0.28

1.61

0.43

Zone 3: rice cultivation in marshland, larviciding under expert supervision

      

20.3%

Kibaza I

30/173

− 1.40

0.38

1.66

0.10

 

Kibaza II

29/96

− 1.14

0.44

0.97

0.03

Zone 4: rice cultivation in marshland, community-based larviciding

      

19.7%

Rutare

30/145

0.07

0.40

1.31

0.13

 

Gikundamvura

27/134

1.11

0.33

1.56

0.19

Total sample

 

290/1432

0.13

(3.46)

0.37

(0.16)

1.33

0.15

  1. *9 missing observations (n = 281). Standard deviations for total sample provided in parentheses (bottom row), for wealth and MPI index only