Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the survey respondents
Characteristics | Category | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age (in years) | 18–35 | 186 (37.9%) |
36–55 | 207 (42.3%) | |
56–88 | 97 (19.8%) | |
Marital status | Married | 321 (65.5%) |
Not married | 82 (16.7%) | |
Divorced/separated | 39 (8.0%) | |
Widow/widower | 48 (9.8%) | |
Highest educational level achieved | No formal education | 43 (8.8%) |
Primary school | 358 (73.0%) | |
Secondary school | 68 (13.9%) | |
College/university | 21 (4.3%) | |
Main income generating activitiesa | Farming | 413 (84.3%) |
Entrepreneurship | 174 (35.5%) | |
Fishing | 12 (2.4%) | |
Animal husbandry | 23 (4.7%) | |
Formal employment | 13 (2.7%) |