The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)
Table 3 Personal and socioeconomic characteristics of the agricultural landholders who have avoided farming as a profession (n = 100)
Characters | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Age (years) | Young ≤ 25 | 19 | 19.0 |
Middle 26–40 | 34 | 34.0 | |
Old ≥ 41 | 47 | 47.0 | |
2. Education | Primary education | 22 | 22.0 |
Secondary education | 28 | 28.0 | |
Higher-Secondary education | 30 | 30.0 | |
Degree and above | 20 | 20.0 | |
3. Farming experience (years) | Very Low (≤ 3) | 2 | 2.0 |
Low (4–6) | 7 | 7.0 | |
Medium (7–9) | 5 | 5.0 | |
High (≥ 10) | 86 | 86.0 | |
4. Left farming (years) | Very Low (≤ 3) | 21 | 21.0 |
Low (4–6) | 31 | 31.0 | |
Medium (7–9) | 31 | 31.0 | |
High (≥ 10) | 17 | 17.0 | |
5. Family size | Small ≤ 4 members | 31 | 31.0 |
Medium 5–8 members | 52 | 52.0 | |
Large ≥ 9 members | 17 | 17.0 | |
6. Family type | Nuclear Family | 55 | 55.0 |
Joint Family | 45 | 45.0 | |
7. Dependent on the family | ≤ 3 members | 37 | 37.0 |
4–5 members | 31 | 31.0 | |
≥ 6 members | 32 | 32.0 | |
8. Occupation | Business | 58 | 58.0 |
Service | 42 | 42.0 | |
9. Land holdings | Marginal and small farmers (< 2.5 ha) | 43 | 43.0 |
Medium farmers (2.5–5.0 ha) | 43 | 43.0 | |
Big farmers (> 5.0) | 14 | 14.0 | |
10. Livestock possession | Low (≤ 1) | 72 | 72.0 |
Medium (1–2) | 14 | 14.0 | |
High (≥ 2) | 14 | 14.0 | |
11. Annual income (₹) | ≤ 100,000 | 41 | 41.0 |
100,001–200,000 | 28 | 28.0 | |
200,001–300,000 | 13 | 13.0 | |
300,001–400,000 | 7 | 7.0 | |
400,001–500,000 | 1 | 1.0 | |
≥500,001 | 10 | 10.0 | |
12. Social participation | Low | 6 | 6.0 |
Medium | 85 | 85.0 | |
High | 9 | 9.0 |