Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of households in southern and eastern Cameroon in May 2012
| Household characteristic | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Age of household head (years) | 277 | |
| Mean | 43·7 | |
| Minimum | 17·0 | |
| Maximum | 82·0 | |
| Education of household head | 277 | |
| No formal education | 4·7 | |
| Primary class 1–4 | 21·3 | |
| Completed primary school | 42·2 | |
| Failed to complete Form 4 | 22·0 | |
| Completed secondary Form 4 | 6·9 | |
| Completed secondary Form 6 | 1·1 | |
| Completed Form 4 + vocational training | 1·1 | |
| Completed university | 0·7 | |
| Household size group | 258 | |
| Low (1–4) | 33·7 | |
| Medium (5–9) | 56·2 | |
| High (10–14) | 10·1 | |
| Residence within the study area | 275 | |
| <12 months | 2·2 | |
| 1–2 years | 3·6 | |
| >2–<5 years | 7·3 | |
| >5–<10 years | 6·2 | |
| >10 years | 80·7 | |
| Residence before coming into the study area | 277 | |
| Same area (outskirts of forest) | 75·1 | |
| Another forest (not current forest site) | 13·0 | |
| Another part of this forest | 8·7 | |
| Inside the forest | 3·2 | |
| Energy source for cooking | 276 | |
| Firewood | 97·2 | |
| Charcoal | 2·2 | |
| Paraffin stove | 0·8 | |
| Source of energy for lighting | 277 | |
| Kitchen firewood | 66·9 | |
| Electricity | 30·0 | |
| Paraffin lantern | 3·3 | |
| Water source | 276 | |
| Pond | 62·0 | |
| River | 17·0 | |
| Public spring | 10·5 | |
| Bore hole | 9·1 | |
| Piped | 1·6 | |
| Economic activities of forest-dependent communities | 279 | |
| Farming | 51·8 | |
| Hunting and gathering forest foods | 28·0 | |
| Trading | 7·6 | |
| Artisan works | 5·3 | |
| Salaried employment | 3·2 | |
| Artisanal logging & informal timber trading | 2·9 | |
| Pension | 11·0 | |
| Casual employment | 0·4 | |
| HFIAS† | 279 | |
| Food secure | 16·8 | |
| Mildly food insecure | 47·0 | |
| Moderately food insecure | 7·5 | |
| Severely food insecure | 28·7 |
Data presented are number of households and percentage of the total number of households.
†
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale; total score (range 0–27) is calculated from the individual scores of the nine frequency-of-occurrence questions and categorized into four levels of household food insecurity.