Table 2.

Socioeconomic and demographic profiles of respondents.

Household characteristics		Study sites		Total	%
		Nyamakate (n)	Chundu (n)
Gender of household head	Male	64	171	235	73
	Female	32	53	85	27
Age of the household head	Below 29	24	20	44	14
	30–40	34	75	109	34
	41–50	14	32	46	14
	51–60	13	26	39	12
	60+	11	71	82	26
Marital status of the head	Never married	5	7	12	4
	Married	73	180	253	79
	Divorced/separated	5	7	12	4
	Widowed	13	28	41	13
	Cohabiting	0	2	2	1
Household size	1–3	11	32	43	13
	4–6	49	113	162	51
	7–9	25	58	83	26
	10–12	9	17	26	8
	Above 13	2	4	6	2
Period of stay in the MZBR	1–5	20	18	38	12
	5–10	16	24	40	13
	10–15	15	26	41	13
	16–20	26	33	59	18
	21–25	6	22	28	9
	26–30	6	35	41	13
	Above 30	7	66	73	23
Education level of household head	None	11	54	65	20
	Primary	28	85	113	35
	Secondary	55	82	137	43
	Tertiary	1	1	2	1
	Vocational training	1	2	3	1
Wealth rank category	Poor	20	80	100	31
	Average	68	127	195	61
	Rich	8	17	25	8
Occupation/job of the household head	Gardening	17	11	28	9
	Rural farmer	73	199	272	85
	Farm laborer	1	3	4	1
	Business	2	3	5	2
	None	2	0	2	1
	Pension	0	2	2	1
	Professional	0	6	6	2
Family member employed in the wildlife sector	Yes	12	15	27	8
	No	84	209	293	92