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Table 1 Summary statistics of sampled households.

From: Consumer demand heterogeneity and valuation of value-added pulse products: a case of precooked beans in Uganda

Household characteristic

Pooled (N = 558)

Urban (N = 329)

Peri-urban (N = 115)

Rural (N = 114)

Percent

    

Occupation of the household head (%)

    

 Farming (crop and livestock)

21.1

8.2a

17.4a

61.1b

 Salaried employment

32.1

34.7a

27.0b

10.6c

 Self-employed off-farm

39.8

45.4a

41.7b

22.1c

 Casual labor on-farm

0.4

0.0a

0.9b

0.9b

 Casual labor off-farm

3.5

3.8a

4.3b

1.8c

 Other

7.5

7.9a

9.6b

4.4c

 Gender of respondents (% female)

69.2

70.5a

65.2a

69.3a

 Perception on the sufficiency of bean consumption levels (% just enough)

78.0

79.9a

82.5a

67.6b

Mean (standard deviation)

    

Household head education (av. years)

11.06 (4.24)

12.08a (4.12)

11.47a (3.88)

7.37b (2.80)

Respondent education (years schooled)

9.65 (4.80)

10.77a (4.69)

10.01b (4.27)

6.06c (3.77)

Average household size (no. members)

6.30 (3.26)

6.13a (3.58)

6.07a (2.43)

7.00b (2.94)

Average age of household head (years)

45.38 (13.91)

44.87a (14.25)

44.14a (13.23)

48.08b (13.37)

Average monthly household income (UGX)

    

 First quartile (25th)

200,000a

150,000b

39,166.7c

 Median 50th

500,000a

400,000b

112,500c

 Last quartile (75th)

900,000a

850,000b

250,000c

  1. Superscripts a, b and c show significance in the difference between two paired categories. Paired similar superscripts (aa, bb, and cc) mean no significant difference between two categories while paired different superscripts (ab, bc, ac) mean significance difference at p < 0.05. Figures in parentheses are standard deviations