Table 1 Demographic characteristics of cocoa farmers
From: A double-hurdle model estimation of cocoa farmers’ willingness to pay for crop insurance in Ghana
Variable | Description | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 87.5 |
Female | 12.5 | |
Age | 20–29 | 2.1 |
30–39 | 8.3 | |
40–49 | 32.5 | |
50–59 | 31.3 | |
Above 60 | 25.8 | |
Marital status | Single | 28.3 |
Married | 71.7 | |
Educational level | No education | 18.8 |
Primary/JHS | 34.6 | |
Middle/SHS | 43.3 | |
Tertiary | 3.3 | |
Years of farming experience in cocoa | 5–10 | 5.8 |
11–15 | 15.7 | |
16–20 | 17.8 | |
Above 20 | 60.7 |