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Table 1: Household characteristics by fresh produce production and sales behavior – Fruit
Group
Share
of all
HH value of
fruit sales
(US$)
HHs Mean Median
Group’s
share of
total
national
fruit
sales
HH income per
capita (US $)
Mean Median
17
Share of
fruit
sales in
total
HH
income
%
female
headed
Years formal
education of
HH head
Total land
holdings (ha)
HHs Mean Median Mean Median
Did not produce 35.7% $123 $56 25.2% 2.8 2.0 1.5 1.2
Produced but did not sell 51.8% $175 $80 24.7% 3.1 3.0 1.7 1.3
All fruit sellers 12.5% $32 $7 100% $183 $97 5.4% 18.3% 3.1 3.0 2.1 1.6
Quintile 1 (sold the least) 2.6% $1 $1 0.8% $138 $71 0.1% 23.1% 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.3
Quintile 2 2.6% $4 $3 2.3% $133 $77 0.7% 19.5% 2.9 3.0 1.7 1.4
Quintile 3 2.3% $8 $7 4.3% $158 $101 1.6% 15.7% 3.3 4.0 1.8 1.6
Quintile 4 2.5% $17 $15 10.5% $188 $110 4.3% 18.6% 3.0 3.0 2.4 1.7
Quintile 5 (sold the most) 2.5% $135 $69 82.1% $301 $153 17.5% 14.0% 3.8 4.0 3.0 2.5
Source of Data: TIA 2008