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Table 2 Socioeconomic characteristics of respondent households

From: On-farm diversity, use pattern, and conservation of enset (Ensete ventricosum) genetic resources in southern Ethiopia

Variable

Category

   

Zone

     
  

K-T

 

Had

 

Gur

 

Sil

  
  

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Mean%

Sex of HH

Male

49

81.67

51

85

47

78.33

50

83.33

82.08

 

Female

11

18.33

9

15

13

21.67

10

16.67

17.92

Age of HH

 < 45

16

26.67

16

26.67

14

23.33

12

20

24.17

 

45–65

30

50

28

46.67

33

55

30

50

50.42

 

 > 65

14

23.33

16

26.67

13

21.67

18

30

25.42

Education level

Illiterate

23

38.33

24

40

25

41.67

26

43.33

40.83

 

Read and write

16

26.67

15

25

19

31.67

19

31.67

28.75

 

Primary

13

21.67

13

21.67

12

20

11

18.33

20.42

 

Secondary

8

13.33

9

15

4

6.67

4

6.67

10.42

  1. HH = household, K-T = Kembata-Tembaro, Had = Hadiya, Gur = Gurage, Sil = Silte, N = number of respondents