The source adds the following information:
"The main data source for this study was the most recent household level budget
survey in Kenya, the KIHBS 2015/16. The household budget survey data was collected over a period of 12 months between April 2015 and May 2016 and this facilitated the control for seasonality. The sampling frame was based on the fifth National Sample Survey and Evaluation Frame (NASSEP V). The survey was conducted in 2,400 clusters stratified by rural and urban. The interviews were conducted across all 47 counties in Kenya, covering about 24,000 households. The final dataset used in this analysis consisted of 21,773 households".
Nearly ** million poor people were estimated to be living in Kenya in 2020. This represented some * more individuals than the estimates for 2019. According to the source, the increase in poverty was related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Before the health crisis, the number of poor Kenyans was decreasing.
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