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Table 1 Household characteristics

From: Is radio an effective method for delivering actionable information for responding to emerging pest threats? A case study of fall armyworm campaign in Zambia

Characteristics

Total sample

Non listeners

Radio listeners

Female

Male

HH members (#)

7.0 (0.1)

6.7 (0.3)

7.1 (0.2)

6.9 (0.2)

7.1 (0.2)

HH members full time on farm (#)

4.4 (0.1)

4.3 (0.2)

4.4 (0.1)

4.3 (0.2)

4.5 (0.1)

Age of HH head (years)

52.2 (0.6)

50.7 (1.2)

52.9 (0.8)

51.1 (0.9)

53.2 (0.9)

Total farmed land (acres)

6.3 (0.4)

5.7 (0.8)

6.6 (0.5)

5.4 (0.5)

7.1 (0.6)

Education level (%)

     

 None

5

3

10

6

5

 Primary school

42

41

47

49

36

 Secondary school

48

51

42

40

56

 University

3

3

1

4

2

 Vocational

2

2

0

2

1

 Suffered FAW last season

349

88

86

88

87

  1. HH: household
  2. *Std error in parenthesis