Table 2 Selected farm and farmer characteristics in the surveyed households (N = 541)
Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender of household head(1 = male, 0 = otherwise) | 0.79 | 0.41 | 0 | 1.00 |
Age (yrs) of household head | 60.44 | 13.44 | 26.00 | 96.00 |
Years of schooling of household head | 4.90 | 4.77 | 0 | 18.00 |
Number of adults in the household | 3.52 | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
Number of children in the household | 1.11 | 1.45 | 0 | 9.00 |
Size of crop land (Ha) | 6.27 | 14.27 | 0 | 270.00 |
Number of heads of cattle kept | 34.60 | 55.26 | 0 | 474.00 |
Number of shoats kept | 4.84 | 20.55 | 0 | 250.00 |
Claim that a household had experienced food unavailability during the past 12 months (1 = yes, 0 = otherwise) | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0 | 1.00 |
District | ||||
Central district | 0.35 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Chobe district | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
South east | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Main activity of the household head | ||||
Crop farming | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Livestock keeping | 0.79 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Formal employment | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Business | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Retired | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Access to grazing land | 0.91 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Access to cropping land | 0.75 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 1.00 |