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Table 3 Household (HH) characteristics of 170 date palm growers in four provinces (Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, and Baluchistan) of Pakistan, interviewed during 2012–2013

From: Socio-economic characterisation of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) growers and date value chains in Pakistan

Variable	Frequency (n)	Percentage
Marital status
Single	11	6
Married	125	74
Widowed	29	17
Divorced	5	3
Education
Illiterate	68	40
Primary	29	17
Secondary	40	24
Intermediate	10	6
Bachelor	14	8
Master	9	5
Average age of HH head (years)
≤30	8	5
31–55	105	62
>55	57	33
Type of date palm grower
Small scale	121	71
Medium scale	30	18
Large scale	19	11

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