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Table 1 Description of variables

From: Vegetable diversification in cocoa-based farming systems Ghana

Variable

Definition

Age of household head

Age measured in years from birth

Gender of respondent

Gender of vegetable farmers; male = 1, female = 0

Cocoa cultivation

Cocoa cultivation = 1, and 0 otherwise

Household type

Male headed = 1, female headed = 2, absentee husband = 3

Marital status of household head

Married = 1, unmarried = 2

Formal education status of household head

Never = 0, primary dropped = 1, primary completed = 2, MSLC/JHS = 3, secondary dropped = 4, secondary completed = 5, tertiary = 6

Household size

Number of household members

Utilisation of vegetable produce

Seed = 1; 0 otherwise

Land endowment

Own land = 1 and 0 otherwise

Total vegetable area

Land area in hectares