Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics of the households in each village
Variables | Mepuagiua (n = 157) | Lioma (n = 139) | t-test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | Min | Max | Sd | Average | Min | Max | Sd | tCritical | p (T ≤ t) | |
Age of household head | 36.9 | 18 | 83 | 14.72 | 33.2 | 18 | 65 | 10.4 | 1.969 | 0.013** |
Size of the household | 4.89 | 1 | 11 | 2.12 | 5.2 | 1 | 13 | 2.01 | 1.968 | 0.122 |
Farm size (ha) | 1.32 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.85 | 1.39 | 0.2 | 5.5 | 1.01 | 1.969 | 0.565 |
Livestock diversity | 2.73 | 0 | 4 | 0.56 | 3.06 | 0 | 6 | 1.14 | 1.971 | 0.671 |
Education of household head | 4.71 | 0 | 10 | 2.57 | 5.9 | 0 | 16 | 2.54 | 1.968 | < 0.001*** |
Crop diversity | 3.27 | 1 | 9 | 1.31 | 3.87 | 1 | 9 | 1.68 | 1.969 | < 0.001*** |