Indigenous and Scientific Forecasts on Climate Change Perceptions of Arable Farmers: Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda

Table 3 Household characteristics of respondents

Variable	Variable definition	Arable farmers (N = 580)
Male	Gender of the household head (1 if female)	0.54
Female	Gender of the household head (1 if female)	0.46
No school	No formal education (1 if yes)	0.24(0.43)
Primary	Primary education (1 if yes)	0.53 (0.5)
O-level	Ordinary secondary education (1 if yes)	0.18(0.39)
Higher educ	Advanced secondary education or diploma (1 if yes)	0.04(0.18)
Secondary educ	Ordinary or advanced secondary education (1 if yes)
Tertiary educ	Certificate, university education(1 if yes)	0.01(0.08)
Age(years)	Household head age (completed years)	45.54(14.17)
Farming exp	Farming experience (completed years)	24.11(13.72)
Farm size	Farm size owned(acres)	7.95(25.09)
Herd mobility	Herd mobility (1 if yes)
Forest	Reside forested areas (1 if yes)	0.21(0.41)
Mountain	Reside in mountainous area (1 if yes)	0.17(0.37)
Wetlands	Reside in wetland area (1 if yes)	0.14(0.35)
Lowlands	Reside in lowland area (1 if yes)	0.34(0.47)
Mountainous and forested	Reside in mountainous and forested area (1 if yes)	0.14(0.35)