GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: Change in Gender Roles as a Factor in Gender Participation and Empowerment in the Oil Mining Industry: A Case of Lokichar, Turkana County, Kenya. Three null hypotheses were tested using chi square test of independence. The null hypotheses tested include; There is no relationship between equal hiring and equal opportunity for men and women to work in mining activities; There is no relationship between involvement in oil mining activities and change in livelihood and There is no relationship between involvement in oil mining activities and equal opportunity for men and women to work in mining activities. 2. Author Information Corresponding author Name: Caroline Shikuku is a PHD student at the University of Nairobi Institution: University of Nairobi, Kenya. Email: c.shikuku@yahoo.com Co-author 1 Name: Prof. Edward Mburugu Institution: University of Nairobi Co- author 2 Name: Dr. Joseph Kabiru Institution: University of Nairobi 3. Date of data collection: 2018-2019 4. Geographic location of data collection: Lokichar, Turkana County, Kenya 5. Funding sources that supported the collection of the data: NON