Table 2. Household characteristics by community.

Characteristic*	Tzotzil of Chamula	Tzeltal of Oxchuc
Tzotzil speaking, %	99.04	4.17
Tzeltal speaking, %	0.96	94.37
Spanish speaking, %	65.93	81.91
Income from commerce, %	20.13	6.46
Family members migrated for work, %	10.64	21.11
Planted maize in 1998, %	100	100
Sold maize last year, %	11.41	11.97
Maize harvest sufficient for household needs, %	35.85	50.17
Number maize types/household (mean, SD)	2.2 (0.2)	1.9 (0.2)
No. of years with seed lot (mean, SD)	30.6 (5.9)	27.2 (4.5)
Original seed lot from community, %	96.7	93.2
Origin of seed lot from parents, %	86.6	83.7
Yield of maize reported, kg/hectares (mean, SD)	936.6 (189.0)	589.7 (200.8)

^*Percentages are for households unless otherwise noted. Source for language is ref. 22; otherwise, information is from field data.