Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of potato farmers interviewed in August and September 2013.
| Demographic variable of respondents | Entire sample (mean) N = 204 |
Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agroecological zone | ||||
| SWH (n = 68) | EH (n = 68) | LAC (n = 68) | ||
| Sex of the respondent | ||||
| Male | 58 | 56 | 56 | 63 |
| Female | 42 | 44 | 44 | 37 |
| Age group | ||||
| 18–30 years | 25 | 29 | 30 | |
| 31–64 years | 66 | 68 | 66 | |
| ≥65 years | 9 | 3 | 4 | |
| Sample (mean years ± SE)∗ | 39.6 ± 0.9 | 41.26 ± 1.6a | 39.28 ± 1.4a | 38.16 ± 1.5a |
| Education level | ||||
| None (0 years) | 18 | 7 | 15 | |
| Primary (1–7 years) | 56 | 52 | 72 | |
| Secondary (8–11 years) | 13 | 30 | 10 | |
| Advanced secondary (12-13 years) | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
| University/college (≥14 years) | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sample (mean years ± SE)∗ | 6.0 ± 0.3 | 6.24 ± 0.6a | 7.12 ± 0.5a | 4.73 ± 0.4b |
∗Mean values with the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05. SWH: southwestern highlands; EH: eastern highlands; LAC: Lake Albert Crescent. Numbers of female and male respondents were not significantly different at P ≤ 0.1 for all the three agroecological zones.