Impact Of Agricultural Market Reforms On Smallholder Farmers In ...

Table 4.1.1-Description of sample of Bénin Small Farmer Survey
Number of Percent of Number of
villages in
sample
total households
in sample
Percent of
total
Sum of Percent of
weights total
Department Atacora 15 15% 135 15% 62,189 13%
Atlantique 10 10% 90 10% 60,806 13%
Borgou 27 27% 242 27% 74,908 16%
Mono 10 10% 90 10% 86,923 18%
Ouémé 19 19% 171 19% 85,194 18%
Zou 19 19% 171 19% 104,944 22%
Total 100 100% 899 100% 474,964 100%
Table 4.1.2-Household characteristics by department
Department
Atacora Atlantique Borgou Mono Ouémé Zou Total
Household size 8.8 7.6 11.3 7.4 8.4 9.1 8.8
Children under 15 yrs 4.2 3.5 5.7 3.2 4.3 4.4 4.2
Adults 15-65 yrs 4.3 3.9 5.4 3.9 4.0 4.5 4.3
Adults over 65 yrs .4 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .2
Dependency ratio (%) 48% 46% 50% 45% 50% 49% 48%
Femaled headed (%) 0% 7% 2% 2% 3% 12% 5%
Polygamous (%) 30% 42% 29% 31% 39% 45% 36%
Source: IFPRI/LARES Small Farmer Survey.
Table 4.1.3-Household characteristics by sex of head
Sex of household head
Male Female Total
Household size 8.9 6.4 8.8
Children under 15 yrs 4.3 3.1 4.2
Adults 15-65 yrs 4.4 3.1 4.3
Adults over 65 yrs .2 .2 .2
Dependency ratio (%) 48% 47% 48%
Femaled headed (%) 0% 100% 5%
Polygamous (%) 38% 5% 36%
Source: IFPRI/LARES Small Farmer Survey.
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