Table 1 Respondents’ socio-economic characteristics by study area base with their respective kebeles
From: Coffee farmers’ perception of climate change trends in Gimbi district, Western Ethiopia
Farmers characteristics | Categories of the farmers | Study area base | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowland | Midland | Highland | Total | |||||
AB | ED | BT | MG | LY | CM | |||
Gender | Male | 67 | 67 | 62 | 67 | 53 | 42 | 358 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 25 | 44 | |
Age | 35 and below | 28 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 92 |
36–50 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 51 | 24 | 28 | 174 | |
51–65 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 104 | |
Above 65 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 32 | |
Education | Can't read & write | 0 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 18 | 83 |
Primary school | 13 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 106 | |
Secondary school | 36 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 112 | |
High school | 18 | 9 | 27 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 101 | |
Occupation | Farming alone | 45 | 40 | 55 | 24 | 59 | 35 | 258 |
Farming and off-farm | 22 | 27 | 12 | 43 | 8 | 32 | 144 | |
Total | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 402 | |