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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of sampled farm households

From: Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change: Evidence from northern Uganda

Variable

Mean

Std. Dev

Min

Max

Gender (1 = Male, 0 = Female)

0.54

0.50

0

1

Household size

6.79

3.63

1

24

Marital status (1 = married, 0 = otherwise)

0.82

0.39

0

1

Farming Experience (Years)

18.80

13.62

1

65

Access to Extension (1 = yes, 0 = No)

0.19

0.39

0

1

Land Owned (Acres)

7.94

32.76

0

600

Land cultivated (Acres)

2.90

1.07

0.5

7

Access to credit (1 = yes, 0 = No)

0.63

0.48

0

1

Time taken to market (Hours)

0.98

0.97

0

6

Farm income (UGX)

821,704.80

717,340.90

10,000

5,000,000

Group membership (1 = yes, 0 = No)

0.48

0.50

0

1

  1. In case of dummies, the mean refers to mean proportions (in percentage)