Table 3.

Economic shocks experienced by farmers across zones in Nigeria.

Shock	POOLED	NC	NE	NW	SE	SS	SW	Pearson chi2
Death/illness of hh member
Yes	9.40	6.05	11.86	6.19	12.75	11.90	3.95	37.23∗∗∗
No	90.60	93.95	88.14	93.81	87.25	88.10	96.05
Theft/loss of property
Yes	14.29	8.88	30.68	18.39	2.98	14.68	3.95	232.34∗∗∗
No	85.71	91.12	69.32	81.61	97.02	85.32	96.05
Increase in price of inputs
Yes	5.12	10.02	1.69	6.19	5.63	4.56	-	54.58∗∗∗
No	94.88	89.98	98.31	93.81	94.37	95.44	100.00
Fall in price of outputs
Yes	1.17	3.97	-	1.50	0.66	0.40	-	49.95∗∗∗
No	98.83	96.03	100.00	98.50	99.34	99.60	100.00
Fall in price of major food items
Yes	14.99	20.92	8.43	16.14	17.14	18.51	0.89	79.34∗∗∗
No	85.01	79.08	91.57	83.86	82.86	81.49	99.11
Job loss
Yes	0.77	-	-	0.38	1.00	2.82	-	39.34∗∗∗
No	99.23	100.00	100.00	99.62	99.00	97.18	100.00
Had experienced at least one shock
Yes	31.22	31.38	39.66	33.02	28.64	32.94	7.89	80.71∗∗∗
No	68.78	68.62	60.34	66.98	71.36	67.06	92.11

∗∗∗P < 0.01 ∗∗P < 0.05 ∗P < 0.1.

North Central (NC), North East (NE), North West (NW), South East (SE), South South (SS), South West (SW).