Table 1.

Socio-economic characteristics of respondents

VariableMasvingo Ward 23Zaka Ward 1Zaka Ward 2ruZaka Ward 15Masvingo Ward 13Bikita Ward 10Gutu Ward 13Statistic
N77745172325166 
Sex
Female59.751.449.047.256.329.439.4 
Male40.348.651.052.843.870.660.614.511**
Education
≤ Secondary46.847.343.150.034.443.142.4 
> Secondary53.252.756.950.065.656.957.62.760
Age57.57 (10.84)54.30 (11.30)58.02 (11.14)54.60 (8.74)57.25 (13.18)55.60 (12.60)56.71 (11.2)1.126
Household size5.08 (1.82)6.09 (1.61)6.12 (2.29)7.34 (2.58)5.94 (1.64)7.10 (2.14)6.15 (2.12)9.143***
Total owned farm size3.43 (1.66)3.34 (3.32)2.53 (1.07)2.68 (0.82)1.41 (0.66)5.00 (1.23)2.31 (1.24)36.740***
Farm size under business use0.52 (0.13)0.61 (0.28)0.47 (0.29)1.43 (0.51)0.54 (0.12)0.98 (0.78)1.01 (0.35)84.399***
Distance to the market1.79 (0.84)11.22 (1.17)7.62 (0.60)4.24 (1.74)8.21 (3.41)6.81 (2.05)5.95 (2.34)204.140***
Friends in farm business2.81 (1.18)1.0 (0.12)1.02 (0.14)1.90 (1.23)1.81 (1.18)2.02 (0.14)1.26 (2.14)56.818***
Seasonal seed sales (tonnes)/Ha1,029.22 (305.66)686.22 (305.0)777.43 (274.41)650.76 (261.56)520.44 (218.14)914.90 (325.41)397.50 (273.99)36.590***
Seasonal farm income/ha
US$
1,087.33 (360.76)742.31 (337.49)709.03 (247.67)638.81 (393.16)631.88 (425.35)989.84 (260.66)487.33 (360.76)10.708***
Notes:

Mean (standard deviation) values are reported for continuous variables. Ha refers to hectare. One-way ANOVA F statistic is reported; significant at the 10% level; **significant at the 5% level; ***significant at the 1% level. Percentage distribution is reported for categorical variables. Chi-square statistic is reported for categorical variables

Source: Authors’ own work

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