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4.3.4 Marital Status
Marital status has an implication on the choice and extent of participation in livelihood activities.
Majority of the respondents, constituting approximately 57.8 percent who participated in this
study indicated that they were married followed by those who were widowed at 23.4 percent
whilst divorced/separated formed 12.3 percent and the least number was the single who
represented 6.5% of the respondents. This depicts that majority of the respondents were married
and therefore majority of them had diversified productive economic activities with their partners
compared to those not married, divorced or widowed.
Figure 4.4: Percentage distribution of the respondents by marital Status
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4.3.5 Religion
The respondents were asked about their religion. 92% of the respondents indicated that they were
Christians while 8% were traditionalists. The researcher did not encounter any Muslim
respondent and therefore they were not represented in the study.

Figure 4.5: Percentage distribution of the respondents by religion
4.3.6 Family size
When asked about the size of the family, 46% of the respondents indicated they were more than
5 members, 24% indicated they were family size 4, 18% indicated that they were more than 7
members while 12% indicated that they were family size 6. This implies that majority of the
households have at least 5 family members and the higher the family size, the higher the
demand/competition for the scarce available resources. The same was also pointed during the
focus group discussions. The key informants further clarified that big family sizes translated to
increased population in the area and hence increased demand for the available natural resources
like land and water as well as living a life of hand-to- mouth and hence development was a
challenge within the households.
The results of the analysis are presented in figure 4.6.
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Figure 4.6 : Percentage distribution of the respondents by family size
4.3.7 Other dependants
The respondents were asked to indicate other dependants relying on them. 60% of the
respondents indicated that their parents depended on them, followed by those who indicated
vulnerable children at 24%, those who indicated relatives were 14% while 2% indicated friends.
This indicates that majority of the people in the area support their parents due to old age and also
support vulnerable children who need their support and care.
Figure 4.7: Percentage distribution of respondents by the number of dependants
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4.4 Water and Livelihood situation in Kibauni
The study sought to find out the water and livelihood situation in Kibauni. Below is the analysis
of the findings.

4.4.1 Occupation
The respondents were asked to indicate their occupation.
Figure 4.8: Percentage distribution of respondents by occupation
The results show that 84% of the respondents indicated that they were farmers, followed by10%
of those who were categorized as public servants and 6% were business people. The results were
clarified during the FGDs and key informant interviews that almost all residents relied on