Table 3.
Socio- economic and demographic characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | Rural | Peri-urban | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Number of income earners in the household | 0.212 | ||||
| None | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.9 | |
| 1–2 | 109 | 98.2 | 103 | 93.6 | |
| 3–5 | 1 | 0.9 | 5 | 4.5 | |
| Above 5 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Average household monthly income | 0.195 | ||||
| Below 50,000 | 21 | 18.9 | 10 | 9.1 | |
| 50,000–150,000 | 35 | 31.5 | 41 | 37.3 | |
| 160,000–200,000 | 16 | 14.4 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Above 200,00 | 39 | 35.1 | 44 | 40.0 | |
| Average household monthly expenditure | 0.561 | ||||
| Below 20,000 | 9 | 8.1 | 4 | 3.6 | |
| 20,000–50,000 | 19 | 17.1 | 20 | 18.2 | |
| 60,000–100,000 | 36 | 32.4 | 32 | 29.1 | |
| 110,000–200,000 | 27 | 24.3 | 28 | 25.5 | |
| Above 200,000 | 20 | 18.0 | 26 | 23.6 | |
| Average household monthly expenditure on food | 0.535 | ||||
| Below 20,000 | 16 | 14.4 | 11 | 10.0 | |
| 20,000–50,000 | 36 | 32.4 | 31 | 28.2 | |
| 60,000–100,000 | 29 | 26.1 | 38 | 34.5 | |
| 110,000–200,000 | 20 | 18.0 | 17 | 15.5 | |
| Above 200,000 | 10 | 9.0 | 13 | 11.8 | |
| Means of obtaining food | 0.005 | ||||
| Own production | 57 | 51.4 | 36 | 32.7 | |
| Purchase | 52 | 46.8 | 74 | 67.3 | |
| Gifts/donation | 2 | 1.8 | |||
| Household access to credit | 0.940 | ||||
| Yes | 50 | 45.0 | 49 | 44.5 | |
| No | 61 | 55.0 | 61 | 55.5 | |
| Household agricultural land ownership | 0.001 | ||||
| Allocated | 11 | 9.9 | 8 | 7.5 | |
| Inherited | 45 | 40.5 | 21 | 19.8 | |
| Borrowed | 3 | 2.7 | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Rented | 17 | 15.3 | 37 | 34.9 | |
| Bought | 35 | 31.5 | 39 | 36.8 | |
| Mean (Standard Deviation) | Mean (Standard Deviation) | ||||
| Age of the household head | 42.5 (12.04) | 44.9 (11.27) | 0.444 | ||
| Years spent in school by household head | 8.7 (4.37) | 7.2 (3.97) | 0.041 | ||
| Years spent in school by spouse | 7.5 (4.25) | 6.4 (3.57) | 0.086 | ||
n: number of households; n = 111 (Rural), n = 110 (Peri-urban)
P-value significant at ≤ 0.05 level