Determinants of the Use of Hermetic Storage Bags for Maize Storage among Smallholder Farmers in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Descriptive analysis results of categorical variables.

Variables	Categories	Use of PICS bags				Total (n = 392)		χ^2 test
		User		Nonuser
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Sex	Male	189	96.4	179	91.3	368	93.8	4.438
	Female	7	3.6	17	8.7	24	6.2
Marital status	Single	1	0.5	0	0	1	0.3	7.951
	Married	188	95.9	176	89.8	364	92.9
	Divorced	3	1.5	6	3.1	9	2.3
	Widowed	4	2	14	7.1	18	4.6
Educational status	Illiterate	45	23	150	76.5	195	49.7	116.481
	Read and write	123	62.8	44	22.4	167	42.6
	Primary education	26	13.3	2	1	28	7.1
	Secondary and above	2	1	0	0	2	0.5

and significant at and .