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Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics

From: Factors affecting purchasing process of digestate: evidence from an economic experiment on Sicilian farmers’ willingness to pay

 

(T1) (56 units)

(T2) (55 units)

(T3) (56 units)

(T4) (56 units)

Total sample (223 units)

Gender

 Male

92.9%

94.5%

94.6%

96.4%

94.6%

 Female

7.1%

5.5%

5.4%

3.6%

5.4%

 Fisher’s exact test p value 0.613

Age

 18–39

32.1%

38.2%

37.5%

25.0%

33.2%

 40–49

32.1%

29.1%

39.3%

44.6%

36.3%

 50–65

30.4%

21.8%

16.1%

25.0%

23.3%

  > 65

5.4%

10.9%

7.1%

5.4%

7.2%

 Fisher’s exact test p value 0.459

Educational rate

 Elementary school

3.6%

9.1%

7.1%

3.6%

5.8%

 Middle school

28.6%

29.1%

39.3%

46.4%

35.9%

 High school Diploma

35.7%

38.2%

39.3%

30.4%

35.9%

 Degree

30.4%

21.8%

14.3%

17.9%

21.1%

 Other

1.8%

1.8%

0.0%

1.8%

1.3%

 Fisher’s exact test p value 0.407

Farm income (€/year)

 Less than 10,000

14.3%

12.7%

16.1%

8.9%

13.0%

 10,000–19,999

28.6%

27.3%

32.1%

23.2%

27.8%

 20,000–39,999

25.0%

25.5%

30.4%

19.6%

25.1%

 40,000–49,999

5.4%

1.8%

8.9%

1.8%

4.5%

 > 50,000

26.8%

32.7%

12.5%

46.4%

29.6%

 Fisher’s exact test p value 0.732

Crops

 Seed

53.6%

43.6%

69.6%

42.9%

52.5%

 Fruit

7.1%

9.1%

10.7%

10.7%

9.4%

 Citrus

8.9%

7.3%

5.4%

8.9%

7.6%

 Livestock

10.7%

12.7%

1.8%

1.8%

6.7%

 Field Horticulture

17.9%

23.6%

1.8%

35.7%

19.7%

 Greenhouse Horticulture

0.0%

1.8%

5.4%

0.0%

1.8%

 Other

1.8%

1.8%

5.4%

0.0%

2.2%

 Fisher’s exact test p value 0.370