From: Is bean really a women’s crop? Men and women’s participation in bean production in Uganda
Variables | Male headed (N = 542) | Female headed (N = 117) | Chi-square/t test |
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Intercropping (%) | 73.12 | 76.55 | 0.86 |
Who owns the bean crop (%) | |||
Men | 32.27 | 4.59 | 97.66*** |
Women | 35.11 | 86.24 | |
Both men and women | 32.62 | 9.17 | |
Who owns the bean plots (%) | |||
Men | 84.01 | 16.26 | |
Women | 4.04 | 68.29 | 354.09*** |
Both men and women | 11.95 | 15.45 | |
Mode of land acquisition for bean plots (%) | |||
Purchased | 51.71 | 29.66 | |
Borrowed/rented in | 20.60 | 19.31 | 37.51*** |
Inherited | 26.60 | 51.03 | |
Government | 1.09 | ||
Rating of the soil fertility (%) | |||
Good | 30.97 | 29.66 | |
Medium | 59.62 | 55.17 | 4.35 |
Poor | 9.41 | 15.17 | |
Average number of bean plots | 1.22 (0.59) | 0.84 (0.46) | 2.85*** |
Size of bean plot (acres) | 1.04 (0.90) | 0.78 (0.55) | 3.19*** |
Average distance to bean plot (km) | 0.99 (0.95) | 0.92 (0.86) | 1.16 |