Table 2 Summary of household characteristics
Continuous variables | Mean (n = 300) | Standard Deviations | t-test (mean comparison test) df = 289 | |||
Below average adopters (n = 166) | Above average adopters (n = 134) | Below average adopters | Above average adopters | t value | Pr(|T| > |t|) | |
Age | 38.674 | 45.298 | 10.576 | 10.757 | −5.351 | 0.000 |
Household size | 5.650 | 5.940 | 2.207 | 2.565 | −1.050 | 0.294 |
Farm size for irrigation (acres) | 1.342 | 0.854 | 1.059 | 0.763 | 4.475 | 0.000 |
Farm income for irrigation (GHS) | 6955.322 | 4958.172 | 7720.930 | 6299.212 | 2.414 | 0.016 |
Farm income for rain-fed (GHS) | 3020.587 | 2637.903 | 2802.323 | 3256.764 | 1.093 | 0.275 |
Categorical variables | Percentage | Pearson chi2 (1) | P value (Pr) | |||
Below average adopters (n = 166) | Above average adopters (n = 134) | Total (n = 300) | ||||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 41.00 | 30.00 | 71.00 | 1.7305 | 0.188 | |
Female | 14.33 | 14.67 | 29.00 | |||
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 38.67 | 26.67 | 65.33 | 3.3913 | 0.066 | |
Otherwise (single, separated and widowed) | 16.67 | 18.00 | 34.67 | |||
Household head | ||||||
Yes | 37.67 | 33.33 | 71.00 | 1.5471 | 0.214 | |
No | 17.67 | 11.33 | 29.0 | |||
Education | ||||||
Had formal education (JHS and above) | 19.67 | 14.67 | 34.33 | 0.2409 | 0.624 | |
Below Junior High School (JHS) education | 35.67 | 30.00 | 65.67 | |||
Off-farm income | ||||||
Yes | 17.33 | 31.00 | 48.33 | 43.0502 | 0.000 | |
No | 38.00 | 13.67 | 51.67 | |||