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Table 2 Summary of households’ profile

From: Socio-economic factors influencing household forest dependency in Chobe enclave, Botswana

Variable

Items

N

M (SD)

%

n

Gender

Male

  

38.8

71

Female

  

61.2

112

Age (years)

  

49.33 (17.28)

 

182

Ethnicity

BaSubiya

  

53

97

BaYei

  

13.7

25

BaTawana

  

10.9

20

BaMbukushu

  

6.6

12

BaSarwa

  

7.1

13

BaNabjwa

  

0.5

1

Others

  

8.2

15

Education level

None

  

13.1

24

Primary

  

44.8

82

Secondary

  

36.1

66

Tertiary

  

5.5

10

Employment status

Full-time employed

  

12.6

23

Part-time employed

  

6.6

12

Self-employed

  

14.2

26

Unemployed

  

54.1

99

Others

  

12.6

23

Average monthly income (USD)

< 45.00

  

42.8

77

> 45.00 < 90.00

  

32.2

58

> 90.00 < 135.00

  

7.8

14

>135 .00 < 180.00

  

3.9

7

> 180.00 < 225.00

  

6.1

11

> 225.00 < 270.00

  

3.3

6

> 270.00

  

3.9

7

Household size

 

183

4.85 (2.64)

  

Length of residency (years)

  

40.26 (20.73)

 

175

  1. N total sample size, M mean, SD standard deviation, n subset of the sample