Socio-economic characteristics of the community that determine ability to uptake precautionary measures to mitigate flood disaster in Kano Plains, Kisumu County, Kenya

Geoenvironmental Disasters

Table 5 Knowledge clarity of mitigation actions and uptake of precautionary measures

	Responses	Low level uptake n (%)	High level uptake n (%)	Total	P value
Knowledge clarity	Not clear at all	44 (56.4)	34 (43.6)	100.0 (78)	0.033
	Not clear	142 (68.9)	64 (31.1)	206 (100.0)
	Clear	29 (50.0)	29 (50.0)	58 (100.0)
	Very clear	22 (62.9)	13 (37.1)	35 (100.0)
	Total	237 (62.9)	144 (37.1)	377 (100.0)

Source: Field work (2014)
Response of respondents on the question on ‘how clearly they know what mitigation actions to adopt to be able to prepare for floods and respond to them effectively’ was captured among 377 respondents. 237 (62.9 %) were of low uptake. A chi square test was conducted to ascertain an association between knowledge clarity on what mitigation actions to take and uptake of precautionary measures. Results reveal a significant association (p = 0.033)