Disability and labour market participation among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the importance of labour market participation and the high number of people with disabilities in rural Africa who rely on subsistence agriculture to survive, very few studies have documented labour market outcomes among farmers with and without disabilities in Africa.

Objective

We examined how labour market participation differed by disability and other factors among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya.

Methods

We use cross-sectional data collected between January and April 2022 from sorghum farmers enrolled in a trial evaluating the impact of a programme designed to improve labour market participation among sorghum farmers in rural Western Kenya. Disability and Labour market outcomes were assessed using questions from the Washington Group /ILO Lab

SUBMITTER: Bechange S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11226002 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature