Research Article
On-Farm Management of Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn. in Amuria District, Eastern Uganda
Table 1
Socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents (
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| Factor | Sex | Total | Percentage | Male | Female |
| Age (years) | | | | | <30 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 27.50 | 30–49 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 45.00 | 50–69 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 17.50 | >70 | 5 | 3 |
8 | 10.00 |
| Period of stay (years) | | | | <21 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 50.00 | 21–35 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 21.25 | >35 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 28.75 |
| Marital status | | | | Single | 6 | 8 | 14 | 17.50 | Married | 35 | 23 | 58 | 72.50 | Widowed | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10.00 |
| Family size (number of persons) | | | | 1–4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 13.75 | 5–9 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 67.50 | >9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 20.75 |
| Gender | | | | | Male | | | 44 | 55.00 | Female | | | 36 | 45.00 |
| Education background | | | | None | 10 | 12 | 22 | 27.50 | Primary | 20 | 11 | 31 | 38.75 | Secondary | 10 | 9 | 19 | 23.75 | Tertiary | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10.00 |
| Current occupation | | | | Peasant | 31 | 25 | 56 | 70.00 | Student | 1 | 4 | 5 | 06.25 | Civil servant | 8 | 4 | 12 | 15.00 | Self-employed | 4 | 3 | 7 | 08.75 |
| Plot/land size (hectare) | | | | | <10 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 79.75 | 10–29 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 18.75 | >30 | 2 | | 2 | 02.50 |
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