Background:
On a CATI project, sponsored by our partners, D3 Systems, we had the opportunity to insert a few questions of our own. We decided to devise a classification of households’ economic status, in order to replace the lengthy LSM predictor questions in telephonic surveys. We have run these questions in
two consecutive CATI surveys.
Economic Comfort Segments & Household Incomes:
The baseline measurement was taken prior to President Ruto’s inauguration on September 13th, 2022.
The results of the follow-up survey in November of that year reflect the initial optimism: mean household incomes increased and the proportion of self-perceived economically disadvantaged households decreased. Only among the least affluent segment did incomes decline.
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