Research Article
Households’ Preference for Local Rice in the Upper East Region, Ghana
Table 2
Socioeconomic characteristics of respondents.
| Description | Frequency | Percentage |
| Sex | | | Male | 31 | 17.2 | Female | 149 | 82.8 | Age | | | 20–29 | 23 | 12.8 | 30–39 | 46 | 25.6 | 40–49 | 62 | 34.4 | 50–59 | 34 | 18.9 | 60+ | 15 | 8.3 | Household size | | | 1–5 | 54 | 30.0 | 6–10 | 105 | 58.3 | 11–15 | 13 | 7.2 | 16–20 | 8 | 4.4 | Marital status | | | Single | 141 | 78.3 | Married | 39 | 21.7 | Education | | No formal | 17 | 9.4 | Primary | 25 | 13.9 | Junior high | 30 | 16.7 | Secondary | 35 | 19.4 | Tertiary | 73 | 40.6 | Income | | <1000 | 80 | 44.4 | 1000–2000 | 73 | 40.6 | 2000–3000 | 20 | 11.1 | 3000–4000 | 3 | 1.7 | 4000–5000 | 4 | 2.2 |
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Note. $1 = GH3.89 at the time of the survey.
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