Variables | Cameroon | DRC | Gabon | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex of family head | Female | 73.1 | 76.7 | 55.5 |
Male | 26.9 | 23.3 | 44.5 | |
Marital status | Single | 9.3 | Â | 25.2 |
Married | 84.6 | 100 | 57.6 | |
Widow/Divorce | 6,1 | Â | 17.2 | |
Primary occupation | Farming /illegal logging | 96.1 | 100 | 73.9 |
Worker | 2,4 | Â | 6.3 | |
Trader | 1.1 | Â | 2.7 | |
Retired | 0.4 | Â | 17.1 | |
Age of the family head(Years) | ≤30 | 17.7 | 29.6 | 3.9 |
31-39 | 21.3 | 14.8 | 12.4 | |
40-49 | 23.1 | 18.5 | 21.9 | |
50-59 | 22.7 | 13 | 22.5 | |
60 and above | 15.2 | 24.1 | 39.3 | |
Level of education | No formal education | 4.7 | 22.4 | 30.7 |
Primary education | 63.6 | 56.9 | 39.1 | |
Secondary education | 31 | 20.7 | 28.6 | |
University | 0.7 | Â | 1.6 | |
Source of potable water | Unprotected | 79,7 | 100 | 71,3 |
Protected | 20,3 | Â | 28,7 | |
Quality of roof material | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Roofingtile | 2.5 | Â | 7.8 | |
Metal roof | 62.5 | Â | 92.2 | |
thatch | 2.9 | 30 | Â | |
Marantaceae /other leaves | 32.1 | 70 | Â | |
Ownership of household durable goods | Motorcycle Bicycle Car Refrigerator Television Radio Electricity | 27.4 3.6 3.2 2.2 36.8 56.3 44.8 | 8.3 88.4 0 0 0 100 | 4.3 0.9 1.7 1.7 15.7 14.3 6,1 |
Length of stay in the area | <1Â year | 3.5 | Â | 10,3 |
1-2 years | 3.6 | Â | 1.1 | |
>2 < 5 years | 7.2 |  | 5.9 | |
4 > 5 ≤ 10 years | 6.1 |  | 9.2 | |
>10Â years | 79.6 | 100 | 73.5 | |
Place of residence before the study | In another part of the forest | 9.3 | Â | 22.9 |
In another forest | 12.9 | 1.6 | Â | |
Inside the forest | 3.2 | 90.9 | 3.1 | |
In the same part of the forest | 74.6 | 7.5 | 74 | |
Main source of income | Salary | 3.6 | Â | 2.7 |
Occasional odd jobs | 3 | Â | 0.9 | |
Agriculture | 43.4 | 100 | 94.6 | |
Illegal logging | 1.4 | Â | 1.8 | |
Agriculture&trading | 14.1 | Â | Â | |
Agriculture & illegal logging | 34.5 | Â | Â | |
Household wealth index scores | 0-1 2–4 5-7 | 15.2 53.5 31.5 | 100 | 54.4 45.6 |