Table 4 Farmers’ perception of the effectiveness of vetiver grass in erosion control.
Variables | Level of agreement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | Agree | Undecided | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Total | |
Age | ||||||
≤ 30 | 6 (14.29) | 23 (54.76) | 11 (26.19) | 1 (2.38) | 1 (2.38) | 42 (100.00) |
31–40 | 41 (35.96) | 26 (22.81) | 39 (34.21) | 5 (4.39) | 3 (2.63) | 114 (100.00) |
41–50 | 45 (39.47) | 31 (27.19) | 33 (28.95) | 3 (2.63) | 2 (1.75) | 114 (100.00) |
51–60 | 38 (43.68) | 27 (31.03) | 17 (19.54) | 4 (4.60) | 1 (1.15) | 87 (100.00) |
Above 60 | 14 (32.56) | 13 (30.23) | 14 (32.56) | 2 (4.65) | 0 (0.00) | 43 (100.00) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.0066 (P = 0.0962)* | ||||||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 107 (36.64) | 96 (32.88) | 73 (25.00) | 11 (3.77) | 5 (1.71) | 292 (100.00) |
Female | 37 (34.26) | 24 (22.22) | 41 (37.96) | 4 (3.70) | 2 (1.85) | 108 (100.00) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.2324 (P = 0.0009)*** | ||||||
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 123 (38.68) | 89 (27.99) | 94 (29.56) | 7 (2.20) | 5 (1.57) | 318 (100.00) |
Single | 6 (16.67) | 19 (52.78) | 8 (22.22) | 2 (5.56) | 1 (2.78) | 36 (100.00) |
Widow | 12 (41.38) | 6 (20.69) | 8 (27.59) | 2 (6.90) | 1 (3.45) | 29 (100.00) |
Divorce | 3 (25.00) | 3 (25.00) | 2 (16.67) | 4 (33.33) | 0 (0.00) | 12 (100.00) |
Separated | 0 (0.00) | 3 (60.00) | 2 (40.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 5 (100.00) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.0030 (P = 0.0210)** | ||||||
Household size | ||||||
≤ 5 | 94 (42.34) | 63 (28.38) | 54 (24.32) | 6 (2.70) | 5 (2.25) | 222 (100.00) |
6–10 | 50 (28.09) | 57 (32.02) | 60 (33.71) | 9 (5.06) | 2 (1.12) | 178 (100.00) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.0834 (P = 0.5324) | ||||||
Level of education | ||||||
No formal education | 26 (27.08) | 23 (23.96) | 40 (41.67) | 6 (6.25) | 1 (1.04) | 96 (100.00) |
Primary education | 25 (31.65) | 25 (31.65) | 24 (30.38) | 5 (6.33) | 0 (0.00) | 79 (100.00) |
Secondary education | 74 (38.34) | 63 (32.64) | 47 (24.35) | 4 (2.07) | 5 (2.59) | 193 (100.00) |
Post-secondary education | 19 (59.38) | 9 (28.13) | 3 (9.38) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (3.13) | 32 (100.00) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.0094 (P = 0.0000)*** | ||||||
Income per cropping season (US dollars) | ||||||
≤ 200 | 136 (36.46) | 114 (30.56) | 102 (27.35) | 15 (4.02) | 6 (1.61) | 373 (100.00) |
201–250 | 1 (14.29) | 1 (14.29) | 4 (57.14) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (14.29) | 7 (100.00) |
251–300 | 3 (37.50) | 2 (25.00) | 3 (37.50) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 8 (100.00) |
301–350 | 2 (25.00) | 2 (25.00) | 4 (50.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 8 (100.00) |
Above 350 | 2 (50.00) | 1 (25.00) | 1 (25.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 4 (100.00) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.2334 (P = 0.0301)** | ||||||
Secondary occupation | ||||||
Civil servant | 21 (40.38) | 17 (32.69) | 12 (23.08) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (3.85) | 52 (100.00) |
Private business | 122 (37.08) | 91 (27.66) | 97 (29.48) | 15 (4.56) | 4 (1.22) | 329 (100.00) |
Student | 1 (5.26) | 5 (26.32) | 12 (63.16) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (5.26) | 19 (100.00) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.4236 (P = 0.1411) | ||||||