Welfare impact of adoption of improved cassava varieties by rural households in South Western Nigeria

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 2 Respondents’ distribution by socioeconomic characteristics

Variables	Frequency (n = 312)	Percentage (%)
Gender (dummy variable)
Male	236	75.6
Female	76	24.4
Marital status (categorical variable)
Single	30	9.6
Married	267	85.6
Divorced	6	1.9
Widowed	9	2.9
Religion (categorical variable)
Islam	120	38.5
Christianity	176	56.4
Traditional	16	5.1
Education Level (categorical variable)
Never went to School	85	27.2
Attempted Primary School	31	9.9
Completed Primary School	64	20.4
Attempted Secondary School	48	15.3
Completed Secondary School	52	16.6
Attempted Tertiary Education	10	3.2
Completed Tertiary Education	22	7
Primary Occupation (dummy variable)
Farming	286	91.7
Non-farming	26	8.3
Farming experience (continuous variable in years)
Less than or equal to 10	106	34.0
11–20	104	33.3
21–30	53	16.9
Above 30	59	15.7
Age (continuous variable in year)
Less than or equal to 30	47	15.1
30–40	99	31.7
41–50	92	29.5
51–60	40	12.8
above 60	34	10.9
Households Size (continuous variable)
1–4	131	42.0
5–8	131	42.0
above 8	50	16.0

Note: A dummy variable represents a variable created to represent an attribute with two distinct categories; continuous variable is a variable that takes any value in a certain range; categorical variable is a variable with more than two classes
Source: Field Survey Data, 2013