Research Article
Postharvest Practices, Perceptions, and Knowledge of Mycotoxins among Groundnut Farmers in the Adamawa, Centre, and North Regions of Cameroon
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics of groundnut farmers.
| | Sociodemographic characteristics | Overall, N = 3801 | Adamawa, N = 991 | Centre, N = 1611 | North, N = 1201 | value | value |
| | Age (years) | 21.848 | 0.0012 | | 18–30 | 81 (21.5%) | 26 (26.3%) | 18 (11.2%) | 37 (31.6%) | | | | 31–45 | 181 (48.0%) | 50 (50.5%) | 82 (50.9%) | 49 (41.9%) | | | | 46–60 | 81 (21.5%) | 18 (18.2%) | 42 (26.1%) | 21 (17.9%) | | | | >60 | 34 (9.0%) | 5 (5.1%) | 19 (11.8%) | 10 (8.5%) | | | | Gender | 202.43 | <0.0012 | | Female | 191 (50.3%) | 13 (13.1%) | 149 (92.5%) | 29 (24.2%) | | | | Male | 189 (49.7%) | 86 (86.9%) | 12 (7.5%) | 91 (75.8%) | | | | Marital status | — | 0.0413 | | Single | 39 (10.3%) | 4 (4.0%) | 19 (11.8%) | 16 (13.3%) | | | | Divorced | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | | | | Married | 339 (89.2%) | 95 (96.0%) | 140 (87.0%) | 104 (86.7%) | | | | Education level | — | <0.0013 | | Not in school | 83 (22.4%) | 33 (33.7%) | 9 (5.8%) | 41 (35.0%) | | | | Primary | 112 (30.3%) | 26 (26.5%) | 54 (34.8%) | 32 (27.4%) | | | | Secondary | 174 (47.0%) | 39 (39.8%) | 92 (59.4%) | 43 (36.8%) | | | | University | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.9%) | | | | Land area under groundnuts (ha) | — | <0.0013 | | 0–0.5 | 214 (56.3%) | 29 (29.3%) | 130 (80.7%) | 55 (45.8%) | | | | 0.6–1.0 | 96 (25.3%) | 30 (30.3%) | 26 (16.1%) | 40 (33.3%) | | | | 1.1–3 | 65 (17.1%) | 37 (37.4%) | 4 (2.5%) | 24 (20.0%) | | | | >3 | 5 (1.3%) | 3 (3.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (0.8%) | | | | Average income from groundnut production (FCFA) | 636 000 | 1 508 011 | 183 684 | 507 123 | 218.36 | <0.0014 |
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1n (%), 2Pearson’s chi-squared test, 3Fisher’s exact test, 4Kruskal–Wallis rank sum test.
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