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Table 1 Summary statistics of farmers socio-demographic characteristics.

From: Looking out for a better mitigation strategy: smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for drought-index crop insurance premium in the Northern Region of Ghana

Variables

Percentages

Sex of respondents

 

 Male

62

 Female

38

Education level

 

 No education

59

 Any form of education

41

Source of household income

 

 Personal savings

62

 Wages

3

 Family

21

 Friends

0.5

 Loans

0.5

 Farming

13

Access to climate information

 

 FBO/CBO

3.7

 NGO

3.7

 Extension officers

1.6

 Friends

20

 TV

10

 Radio

60

 Insurance company

1