Table 5.2 Average shock-induced estimated losses and consumption reductions in Yen Chau district, Vietnam, 2007, differentiated by households’ absolute
and relative poverty status (N in parentheses)
Whole
sample
Absolute poverty status
Relative poverty status
Poor
Non-poor
Sign. level
of diff.
Poorest
tercile
Median
tercile
Wealthiest
tercile
Sign. level
of diff.
No. of shocks experienced (2005–2011)
2.40 (291)
2.23 (57) 2.44 (234) n.s.
i
2.54 (93)
2.35 (98)
2.31 (100)
n.s.
iii
Average total loss (million VND)
25.99 (291) 19.29 (57) 27.63 (234) ***
i
21.43
a
(93)
23.53
a
(98) 32.66
b
(100)
**/*
iii
% shocks leading to reduced consumption 64.3 (697)
68.5 (127) 63.3 (570) n.s.
ii
69.5 (236)
63.5 (230)
59.7 (231)
*
ii
Average loss
due to 2010 drought
(million VND)
16.11 (137) 13.04 (23) 16.73 (114) n.s.
i
11.61
a
(41)
15.32
ab
(48) 20.75
b
(48)
***
iii
%
drought affected HH that reduced
consumption
78.1 (137)
73.9 (23) 79.0 (114) n.s.
ii
82.9 (41)
87.5 (48)
64.6 (48)
**
ii
Notes: *(**)[***] Differences statistically significant to a 10 % (5 %) [1 %] level of error probability based on (i) a Mann–Whitney
U test, or (ii) a Chi-square
test. Homogeneous subsets (a, b) are based on a pairwise Mann–Whitney
U test and account for family-wise error. In the case of the average total loss, the
difference between the poorest and the wealthiest tercile is significant to a 5 % level, and between the middle and wealthiest terciles to a 10 % level
(iii) a Kruskal-Wallis test
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