Agropastoral Mobility and Rangelands Multiple Uses in the Miombo Frontier Ecozone of Tabora Region, Western Tanzania

Table 3

Socioeconomic characteristics of respondents ().

Variable	Agropastoralists (frequency)	Percentage	Crop farmers (frequency)	Percentage
Gender
Males	98	77.78	89	70.63
Females	28	22.22	37	29.37
Total	126	100.00	126	100.00
Ages (years)
15–30	38	30.16	52	41.27
31–50	65	51.59	64	50.79
51–70	22	17.45	8	6.35
>70	1	0.80	2	1.59
Total	126	100.00	126	100.00
Marital Status
Married	88	69.84	89	70.63
Never married	21	16.66	17	13.49
Divorced	7	5.55	5	3.97
Widowed	9	7.15	14	11.11
No response	1	0.80	1	0.80
Total	126	100.00	126	100.00
Educational level
No formal education	38	30.16	19	15.08
Primary school	85	67.46	90	71.43
Secondary school	3	2.38	16	12.69
Tertiary education	0	0	1	0.80
Total	126	100.00	126	100.00
Occupation	120	47.62	132	52.38
Household size
1–10	105	83.33	115	91.27
11–20	21	16.67	11	8.73
>30	—	—	—	—
Total	126	100.00	126	100.00
Duration of residence
<15 yrs	67	53.17	37	29.37
15–20 yrs	39	30.96	55	44.65
>30 yrs	20	15.87	34	26.98
	126	100.00	126	100.00
Herd size (number of animals)			Land size (ha)
<1	—	—	30.09
3–4.99	—	—	53	24.54
>5	—	—	21	9.72
<50	97	42.17	—	—
51–100	65	28.26	—	—
101–200	39	16.96	—	—
201–300	24	10.44	—	—
>300	5	2.17	—	—

Note. Mean age = 44 years. Mean family size was 9; Mean farm size = 2.8 ha. Source: Tabora Agropastoral Mobility Survey, 2016.