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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of sampled finger millet producing household heads in Bungoma and Kisii counties, Kenya

From: Farmers’ knowledge and perception of finger millet blast disease and its control practices in western Kenya

Household head characteristics

Variable measured

Bungoma (%)

N = 46

Kisii

(%)

N = 93

Overall

(%)

N = 139

Chi square

Age

 ≤ 35 years

9

11

10

8.61(df = 3)

Gender

% Male

41

44

43

 

Education level

% Secondary and below

63

84

77

10.03(df = 4)

Main source of income/livelihood

% Food crop farming

67

93

84

16.2 (df = 5)