Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of survey respondents among members of AEA in 2022.

Variable		Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age	20–39	204	24.1
	40–59	494	58.4
	≥60	148	17.5
Sex	Male	818	96.7
	Female	28	3.3
Place of residence	Urban	251	29.7
	Rural	595	70.3
Role in the association	Leader	255	30.1
	Member	591	69.9
Marital status	Married	803	94.9
	Single/divorced/separated/widowed	43	5.1
Educational status	Cannot read and write	236	27.9
	Can read and write	242	28.6
	Primary education	232	27.4
	Secondary education and above	136	16.1
Educational status of partner (n = 803)	Cannot read and write	446	55.5
	Can read and write	178	22.2
	Primary education	123	15.3
	Secondary education and above	46	7.0
Occupation	Farmer	601	71.0
	Merchant	114	13.5
	Employee	59	7.0
	Daily laborer	42	5.0
	Un-employee	12	1.4
	Other B	18	2.1
Occupation of partner	Farmer	580	68.6
	Employee	30	3.6
	Daily laborer	37	4.4
	Un-employee	90	10.6
	Other B	66	7.8
Wealth status	Poor	282	33.3
	Medium	286	33.8
	Rich	278	32.9

^B waver, plumber and local beer maker.