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 6 Precautionary measures undertaken against residents of respondents

Measures taken	Response	Miwani N(%)	Nyando N(%)	Lower Nyakach N(%)	Total N (%)	P-Value
Move family to another location	Yes	94(72.9 %)	64(43.8 %)	38(34.9 %)	196(51.0 %)	0.463
Move family to another location	No	35(27.1 %)	82(56.2 %)	71(65.1 %)	188(49.0 %)	0.463
Put valuables to safety	Yes	98(76.0 %)	56(38.4 %)	59(54.1 %)	213(55.5 %)	0.000
Put valuables to safety	No	31(24.0 %)	90(61.6 %)	50(45.9 %)	171(44.5 %)	0.000
Call the police	Yes	15(11.6 %)	53(36.3 %)	12(11.0 %)	80(20.8 %)	0.000
Call the police	No	114(88.4 %)	93(63.7 %)	97(89.0 %)	304(79.2 %)	0.000
Contact relatives	Yes	38(29.5 %)	66(45.2 %)	31(28.4 %)	135(35.2 %)	0.005
Contact relatives	No	91(70.5 %)	80(54.8 %)	78(71.6 %)	249(64.8 %)	0.005
Alert the neighbour	Yes	82(63.6 %)	109(74.7 %)	96(88.1 %)	287(74.7 %)	0.000
Alert the neighbour	No	47(36.4 %)	37(25.3 %)	13(11.9 %)	97(25.5 %)	0.000
Put domestic animals to safety	Yes	104(80.6 %)	100(68.5 %)	94(86.2 %)	298(77.6 %)	0.002
	No	25(19.4 %)	46(31.5 %)	15(13.8 %)	86(22.4 %)	0.002
Keep belongings at high places	Yes	108(83.7 %)	69(47.3 %)	86(78.9 %)	263(68.5 %)	0.000
Keep belongings at high places	No	21(16.3 %)	77(52.7 %)	16(14.7 %)	114(29.7 %)	0.000
Make trenches in front of house	Yes	98(76.0 %)	56(38.4 %)	59(54.1 %)	213(55.5 %)	0.000
Make trenches in front of house	No	31(24.0 %)	90(61.0 %)	50(45.9 %)	171(44.5 %)	0.000
Store food grains	Yes	79(61.2 %)	53(36.3 %)	81(74.3 %)	213(55.5 %)	0.000
Store food grains	No	50(38.8 %)	93(63.7 %)	28(25.7 %)	171(44.5 %)	0.000

Source: Field work (2014)
These were the precautionary measures undertaken by respondents after flood mitigation education. Cross- tabulation was performed to establish these measures in relation to where the respondents resided. Keep belongings at high places was ranked top in Miwani 108(83.7 %), and alert neighbour at 96 (88.1 %) and 109 (74.7 %) in Lowwer Nyakach and Nandi division respectively. A chi-square conducted revealed that some precautionary measures undertaken such as putting valuables to safety, calling the police, contacting relatives, alerting the neighbour, storing food grains, putting domestic animals to safety and keeping belongings at high places were significantly associated with residence of the respondents (p = 0.000)