Table 1 Study villages, inhabitants, main economic activities and mobile phones possession
District | Village (No. interviewed) | Type of participants and their main economic activities | Mobile phone possession | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Livestock keeping inhabitants | Main economic activity | Level/No. phones | 1 (%) | 2 (%) | 3–4 (%) | 5–6 (%) | 7+ (%) | Total | ||
Kilosa | Parakuyo (43) | Maasai | Pastoralists | Individual | 39 (90.7) | 4 (9.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 43 (100.0) |
Family | 7 (16.3) | 7 (16.3) | 15 (34.9) | 9 (20.9) | 5 (11.6) | 43 (100.0) | ||||
Mvumi (41) | Sukuma | Agro-pastoralists | Individual | 36 (90.0) | 4 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 40 (100.0) | |
Family | 15 (46.9) | 9 (28.1) | 6 (18.8) | 1 (3.1) | 1 (3.1) | 32 (100.0) | ||||
Gairo | Chakwale (54) | Kaguru and Wanguu | Agro-pastoralists | Individual | 50 (96.2) | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 52 (100.0) |
Family | 17 (45.9) | 6 (16.2) | 9 (24.3) | 2 (5.4) | 3 (8.1) | 37 (100.0) | ||||
Overall | (138) | – | – | Individual | 125 (92.6) | 10 (7.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 135 (100.0) |
Family | 39 (34.8) | 22 (19.6) | 30 (26.8) | 12 (10.7) | 9 (8.0) | 112 (100.0) | ||||