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Table 3 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents (N = 1270)

From: Food insecurity, coping strategies, and resilience of agricultural cooperative members during COVID-19 in West Africa

Variable

Ivory Coast

Ghana

Mali

Senegal

Total sample

Active cooperative

Poorly/Not active cooperative

Total

Active cooperative

Poorly/Not active cooperative

Total

Active cooperative

Poorly/Not active cooperative

Total

Active cooperative

Poorly/Not active cooperative

Total

Gender of respondent (1 if men and 0 if women)a

 Women

115 (63%)

67 (37%)

182 (100%)

134 (60%)

90 (40%)

224 (100%)

95 (41%)

138 (59%)

233 (100%)

39 (51%)

38 (49%)

77 (100%)

716 (56%)

 Men

86 (63%)

50 (37%)

136 (100%)

65 (62%)

40 (38%)

105 (100%)

112 (48%)

123 (52%)

235 (100%)

39 (50%)

39 (50%)

78 (100%)

554 (44%)

Education level of respondent (1 = Yes, 0 if not)a

 Literate

0 (0%)

3 (100%)

3 (100%)

15 (44%)

19 (56%)

34 (100%)

41 (43%)

55 (57%)

96 (100%)

22 (54%)

19 (46%)

41 (100%)

174 (14%)

 Primary level

63 (86%)

10 (14%)

73 (100%)

44 (72%)

17 (28%)

61 (100%)

78 (51%)

75 (49%)

153 (100%)

23 (58%)

17 (42%)

40 (100%)

327 (26%)

 Secondary/technical level

27 (77%)

8 (23%)

35 (100%)

15 (63%)

9 (37%)

24 (100%)

17 (40%)

26 (60%)

43 (100%)

9 (27%)

24 (73%)

33 (100%)

135 (11%)

 University/Tertiary level

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

2 (100%)

6 (100%)

0 (0%)

6 (100%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

5 (100%)

5 (100%)

14 (1%)

Plot ownership by respondent (1 if Yes, 0 if not)a

 No

68 (65%)

36 (35%)

104 (100%)

45 (67%)

22 (33%)

67 (100%)

16 (33%)

33 (67%)

49 (100%)

6 (26%)

17 (74%)

23 (100%)

243 (19%)

 Yes

133 (62%)

81 (38%)

214 (100%)

154 (59%)

108 (41%)

262 (100%)

191 (46%)

228 (54%)

419 (100%)

72 (55%)

60 (45%)

132 (100%)

1027 (81%)

Loss of income due to COVID-19 from March to October 2020 by respondenta

 No

146 (75%)

49 (25%)

195 (100%)

29 (76%)

9 (24%)

38 (100%)

53 (47%)

60 (53%)

113 (100%)

4 (36%)

7 (64%)

11 (100%)

357 (28%)

 Yes

55 (45%)

68 (55%)

123 (100%)

170 (58%)

121 (42%)

291 (100%)

154 (43%)

201 (57%)

355 (100%)

74 (51%)

70 (49%)

144 (100%)

913 (72%)

Type of crops usually grown by respondenta

 Cash crops

143 (63%)

83 (37%)

226 (100%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

3 (43%)

4 (57%)

7 (100%)

1 (13%)

7 (87%)

8 (100%)

242 (19%)

 Food crops

58 (63%)

34 (37%)

92 (100%)

198 (60%)

130 (40%)

328 (100%)

204 (44%)

257 (56%)

461 (100%)

77 (52%)

70 (48%)

147 (100%)

1028 (81%)

Agriculture as usually main occupation of respondenta

 No

8 (21%)

30 (79%)

38 (100%)

42 (61%)

27 (39%)

69 (100%)

13 (33%)

26 (67%)

39 (100%)

16 (37%)

27 (63%)

43 (100%)

189 (15%)

 Yes

193 (69%)

87 (31%)

280 (100%)

157 (60%)

103 (40%)

260 (100%)

194 (45%)

235 (55%)

429 (100%)

62 (55%)

50 (45%)

112 (100%)

1081(85%)

Age of respondent (number of years)b

 Mean (standard deviation)

44.77 (12.86)

45.12 (12.90)

46.80 (13.0)

44.67 (12.98)

43.95 (12.38)

43.42 (12.00)

44.40 (12.92)

44.16 (12.75)

43.89 (12.93)

44.49 (12.93)

44.11 (12.60)

43.17 (12.54)

44.47 (12.80)

  1. Source: Authors’ calculation (2023)
  2. aWhen variables are qualitative, we report frequencies with relative percentages in brackets
  3. bWhen variables are quantitative, we report means with standard deviations in brackets