Table 4.

Distribution of economic shocks across farmers’ characteristics.

	Death /illness of hh member	Theft/loss of property	Increase in price of inputs	Fall in price of outputs	Fall in price of major food	Job Loss	Had experienced at least one shock	Pearson chi2
	Yes (%)	Yes (%)	Yes (%)	Yes (%)	Yes (%)	Yes (%)	Yes (%)
Male	9.17	15.33	4.86	1.13	14.89	0.65	31.62	0.363
Female	9.78	12.60	5.55	1.23	15.15	0.97	30.57
Age
>18	9.23	17.26	8.63	2.68	19.05	1.19	34.82	9.27∗∗
18–24	6.93	14.36	6.44	2.97	15.84	0.99	30.20
25–40	7.08	17.92	4.95	1.18	16.51	1.30	33.96
41–60	9.00	13.02	4.20	0.86	12.43	0.43	28.45
>61	16.32	8.28	4.60	0.00	15.40	0.23	31.03
Education
None	8.57	25.05	4.84	0.00	13.19	0.44	38.46	19.48∗∗∗
Primary	11.04	11.76	5.92	1.36	16.24	0.72	31.28
Secondary	9.30	13.62	4.76	1.62	15.46	1.08	30.27
Higher	5.03	11.17	3.63	0.84	11.73	0.56	24.30
Marital status
Single	10.34	15.51	7.43	2.42	17.45	1.29	34.41	9.52∗∗∗
Married	8.23	14.37	4.65	0.79	14.23	0.51	29.66
Other	18.35	10.09	3.21	1.38	15.60	1.83	37.61
Income and assets
Val. of output ₦
<10000	11.44	12.72	7.00	1.81	18.51	1.13	33.41	6.63
10000–20000	8.33	14.09	3.57	0.40	14.29	0.79	30.56
20001–30000	8.56	12.67	2.74	1.71	9.93	0.00	26.37
30001–40000	4.35	15.53	5.59	0.00	19.25	0.62	30.43
>40000	8.18	18.49	3.27	0.49	9.49	0.16	30.11
Access to electricity
Yes	9.68	10.01	4.48	0.49	13.02	1.38	27.91	10.68∗∗∗
No	9.21	17.28	5.57	1.65	16.37	0.34	33.54
Mobile phone
Yes	9.59	13.13	5.50	1.18	15.61	0.90	31.13	0.104
No	8.37	21.04	2.94	1.13	11.54	0.00	31.90
Health related characteristics
Use of mosquito nets
Yes	9.28	16.08	4.96	2.02	14.15	0.37	31.80	0.26
No	9.47	13.26	5.21	0.68	15.47	1.00	30.89
Disability
Yes	7.97	11.30	7.21	1.21	20.67	0.72	37.50	8.86∗∗∗
No	18.27	14.77	4.78	0.96	14.07	0.78	30.21

∗∗∗P < 0.01 ∗∗P < 0.05 ∗P < 0.1.