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Table 1 Socio-demographics of farmers and market vendors interviewed

From: Farmer and market vendor perceptions of COVID-19 impacts on horticultural fresh food systems in Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa

Socio-demographics

Category

Tonga n = 260

Fiji n = 365

Samoa n = 200

Farmers

 Gender (%)

Male

90.1

90

54.5

Female

9.9

10

43.6

Not stated

0

0

1

 Age (years)

18–30

2.1

10

12.9

31–50

46.5

54.7

41.6

51–70

45.8

30.7

40

 > 71

5.6

4.7

3.0

Vendors

 Gender (%)

Male

22.2

34.3

34

Female

65.2

65.7

66

Not stated

12.6

0

0

 Age (years)

18–30

13.6

9.7

9

31–50

56.8

40.3

58

51–70

28.0

45.4

29

 > 71

1.7

4.2 a

3

  1. a 0.5% of participants were not prepared to disclose their age range