Supply-Side Practices and Constraints of the Kola Nut (Cola nitida (Vent) Schott. and Endl.) Value Chain in Ghana: A Descriptive Evidence

Table 2

Characteristics of respondents.

Variable	Level	Category of respondents (frequencies)
		Farmers	Pickers	Processors	Brokers	Marketers/traders
Gender	Male	120	15	38	3	38
	Female	67	132	101	84	56
Marital status	Married	142	101	110	65	76
	Single	4	9	2	2	1
	Widowed	24	15	15	12	10
	Divorced	16	18	12	8	7
	Cohabitation	1	4	0	0	0
Level of education	None	34	29	31	22	23
	Up to primary school	26	39	33	25	20
	JHS/middle school	111	77	63	37	31
	Secondary/vocational/technical	12	1	3	2	5
	Tertiary	3	0	0	0	0
	Nonformal education	1	1	9	1	15
Member of association	Yes	0	1	2	1	3
	No	187	146	137	86	91
Migration status	Native	106	73	50	41	14
	Settler	81	74	89	46	80
Total		187	147	139	87	94

JHS: junior high school.