Assessment of Status of Climate Change and Determinants of People’s Awareness to Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Case of Sarlahi District, Nepal

Table 2

Socioeconomic characteristics and association with knowledge of climate change.

Socioeconomic characteristics	Knowledge on climate change		Chi-square	value
	Yes	No
Sex
Male; Female	41; 19	22; 20	2.6622	0.103; ns
Age group
25–35; 36–49; 50–60; Above 60	11; 17; 14; 0	7; 12; 31; 10	15.479	≤0.001
Family size
Less than 4; 4–6; >6 (joint)	19; 15; 8	11; 27; 22	9.02	≤0.01
Education of respondent
Illiterate; Literate	4; 38	47; 13	46.79	≤0.000001
Primary occupation
Agriculture	60	42	—	—
Secondary occupation
Business; Daily wages; Driving; Service; Teaching; Agriculture (primary and secondary)	3; 5; 2; 2; 3; 27	1; 6; 6; 1; 0; 46	10.2474	0.248; ns
Total land holding (average)	20.97	19.406	27.07	0.132; ns
Land ownership
Male; Female	9; 51	9; 33	0.7026	0.402; ns
Guardian
Male; Female	56; 4	40; 2	0.1619	0.687; ns
Decision role
Male; Female	58; 2	40; 2	0.1338	0.715; ns

Significant at less than 10% LOS. Significant at less than 1% LOS.