Skip to main content

Table 3 Demographic information on respondents of Tekeze dam and Lake Hashenge fishery associations

From: Assessment of fish post-harvest losses in Tekeze dam and Lake Hashenge fishery associations: northern Ethiopia

 

No (%)

 

No (%)

Variables (n = 254)

Age range in years

 

Education

 

 15–19

36 (14.1)

Illiterate

61 (24)

 20–24

62 (24.3)

 1–4

70 (27.6)

 25–29

32 (12.5)

 5–8

87 (34.3)

 30–34

39 (15.3)

 9–10

36 (14.2)

 35–39

36 (14.1)

 Above 10

0

 40–44

22 (8.6)

  

 45–49

14 (5.5)

Occupation

 50–54

10 (3.9)

 Full time

299 (90.2)

 55–59

2 (0.8)

 Additionala

25 (9.8)

 60–64

1 (0.4)

  

Sex

 Male

241 (94.9)

  

 Female

13 (5.1)

  
  1. N.B:1–4 = first cycle (primary school), 5–8 = second cycle (junior school) and 9–10 = secondary school
  2. a Includes agriculture, trade and guards in different offices