Research Article
Awareness of Health Implications of Agrochemical Use: Effects on Maize Production in Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana
Table 3
Summary statistics of continuous variables.
| Variables | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Std. deviation |
| Age | 20 | 76 | 40.5 | 13.242 | Years of education | 0 | 15 | 4.156 | 4.802 | Household size | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3.162 | Number of extension visits | 0 | 4 | 0.416 | 0.729 | Number of children in school | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | Annual income (GH¢) | 480 | 13800 | | 2822 | Farm size (acres) | 1 | 23 | 4.909 | 3.076 | Quantity pesticides (lit/acre) | 2 | 7 | 4.837 | 1.146 | Quantity of fertilizer (kg/acre) | 0 | 150 | 85.6 | 0.629 | Labor (man-days) | 8 | 21 | 13.24 | 2.656 |
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Source: field survey (2015).
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