Table1.

Characteristics of the study households

Characteristics	No	%
No. of households	172	100
Sex of the household heads
Male	149	86.7
Female	23	23.3
Marital status of the household heads
Married (Monogamous)	97	56.0
Married (Polygamous)	65	38.0
Widowed	8	4.7
Single mothers	2	1.3
Educational level of the household heads
No formal education	19	11.0
Primary	92	53.4
Secondary	59	34.3
University	2	1.2
Occupation of the household heads
Subsistence farmers	92	53.5
Formal employment	24	14.0
Casual employment	28	16.2
Business/trade	18	10.5
Domestic worker	5	2.9
None	5	2.9
Household size by category
1–3	18	10.5
4–5	58	33.7
6–7	54	31.4
8–9	26	15.1
10+	16	9.3
Enterprise
Sugarcane	112	65.1
Dairy	77	44.7