Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent in the household

Age of the respondent in years

38

39

35

Mean

37.562

39.259

35.071

SD

10.939

12.028

8.561

T-test

-3.369

p-value

0.001***

Respondent relationship in the household

 Male head

64

95

17

 Female head

6

0.0

16

 Housewife

27

0.5

67

 Other

3

5.0

0.8

 Pearson chi²

225.365

 p-value

0.000***

Education level of respondent

 No formal education

13

8

22

 Primary education (1^st – 8^th grade)

54

50

59

 Secondary education (9^th – 12^th)

29

35

19

 Higher education (> 12 grade)

4

7

0.0

 Pearson chi²

32.431

 p-value

0.000***

Marital status of the respondent

 Married

93

96

88

 Single

3

3

2

 Divorced

1

0.0

2

 Widowed

4

1

8

 Pearson chi²

14.798

 p-value

0.002**

Total number respondent household members

7

7

7

Mean

7.128

7.183

7.047

SD

2.610

2.742

2.412

T-test

-0.451

p-value

0.652

Number of male household members above 15 years

2

2

2

Number of female household members above 15 years

2

2

2

Number of children below or equal to 15 years

3

3

3

Amount of years respondent has been farming

21

23

19

Mean

20.864

22.448

18.539

SD

10.156

10.949

8.377

T-test

-3.387

p-value

0.001***