Factors Associated with the Technical Efficiency of Maize Seed Production in the Mid-Hills of Nepal: Empirical Analysis

Table 2

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the sampled households (categorical variables).

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Gender of the household head
Male	135	74.2
Female	47	25.8
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chhetri	125	68.7
Janajati	38	20.9
Dalit	19	10.4
Occupation of the household head
Agriculture	168	92.3
Government service	8	4.4
Wages	1	0.5
Private service	5	2.7
Family type
Joint	92	50.5
Nuclear	90	49.5
Migration of the household member
Yes	77	42.3
No	105	57.7
Farm categories
Large scale	71	39.01
Small scale	111	60.99